Social Studies

Life Magazine - Google has scanned and made available full versions of life magazine from 1936 - 1972.

Life Photo Archive - Google Image search that searches Life magazine photos and includes photographer information for citation. Time & Life Photo Archive also available.


EyeWitness to History - Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it. Presentations of first-hand accounts of pivotal events in history; includes photographs, pictures, sound files, additional resources, and bibliographic citations (Source: About Us page)

World Climate - This site gathers in one place a worldwide range of climate data in an easy-to-use form. Climate data are historical weather averages, showing what the weather was typically like each month, averaged over a range of years. The site contains over 85,000 records. (Source: World Climate: About)

This Day In History - This site allows you to find out important (and not-so-important) things that happened any date of the year. There are often video and photo files to accompany the event. (Source: Kathy Schrock)