Welcome Teachers
Constitution Lesson Resources
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Constitution Day Lesson Plans: Center for Civic Education
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Constitution Time Line and Lesson Plan:TimeLiner
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Interactive map of Philadelphia in the Late 18th Century
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Ben's Guide to the US Constitution
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Save Our History Constitution Lesson Plans (must register)
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Save the Bill of Rights: Interactive game
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Constitution Resources-US Department of Education
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Interactive Constitution
Community Helpers
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Lessons and Songs about Community Helpers
From a Kindergarten teacher in NY
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The Community Club
Click on the workers to learn about their jobs
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Time to Fight a Fire
Online story with a song to the tune of Wheels on the Bus
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Brainpop Jr. Communities
You need to have a subscription to wach the movie
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What Should Firefighter Fran Wear
Help Fran decide what to wear to fight a fire
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Firefighter's Reading List
list of children's books with a firefighter theme
Black History Month
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Famous African-American Cyberhunt
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African-American Hot List
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Rosa Parks bus activity
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The Underground Railroad
Take a virtual journey on the Underground Railroad with Harriet Tubman
5th GR
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Tons of VA SOL Games
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5th GR SOL Page
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Sights and Sounds from the Marco Polo Odyssey
Follow the route Marco Polo took across Asia
Middle Ages
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Ghosts in the Castle
Follow Marcus the Mouse to explore the castle
World War I
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World War I-BBC
Read and listen to stories about WWI from people who lived through it
Important People
Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln
Online quiz, treasure hunt and classroom activities
Benjamin Franklin
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Frequently Asked Question about Ben Franklin
From the Franklin Institute
Pocahontas
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Pocahontas
BBC-story and game (non Flash version)
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Pocahontas
BBC-story and game (Flash version
Christopher Columbus
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Christopher Columbus
BBC-story and quiz (non Flash version)
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Christopher Columbus
BBC-story and quiz (Flash version)
History Games
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DynoMo's History Fun and Games
from the BBC flash games
Social Studies Resources
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Teaching and Learning VA K-3 Social Studies Resources
Virginia Department of Education click on the appropriate grade level and SOL
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TechTrekers Social Studies Website
VA SOLs are highlighted in red
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Using Foldables in Virginia Studies
Engaging Students with Foldables for Virginia Studies
Elections
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2008 Presidential Election Interactive Map
also gives the history of the electoral college
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U.S. Electoral College
links to the Electoral College calculator, lesson plans, historical election results, and voting resources
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Voting America: United States Politics 1840-2008
Interactive Maps
Web 2.0
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I want to Web 2.0 Resources
Web 2.0 resources to help collaborate, communicate, discover, email, laugh, generate images, podcast, use multimedia, store phot