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It's never to early to start! (8th grade exam preparation)
Social Studies Review
Old 8th grade exams (look at these and familiarize yourself with the types of questions)
Judicial Review May 2006
Judicial Review in the United States
Marbury vs Madison
March 2006 Boston Massacre Lesson
Boston Massacre (use either the British View or Other View)
Crispus Attucks (Why was he important?)
March 2006 Common Sense Lesson
Common Sense Link (Wikipedia)
Common Sense Link (Constitution.org)
September 11th, 2001 Link
March 2006 Navigation Acts Lesson
Writs of Assistance
Sugar Act
Proclamation of 1763
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
Tea Act
Quartering Act
March 2006 PowerPoint Presentation
This provides a great deal of detail about the colonies.
This details life in the original 13 colonies.
Of the links under this catergory, I think this link is the best.
March 2006 Revolutionary War: Colonial Reaction Lesson
Stamp Act Congress
Gaspee Affair
Boston Tea Party
Committees of Correspondence
Sons of Liberty
Daughters of Liberty
March 2006 The Battle of Lexington & Concord Lesson
The Battles of Lexington & Concord (Groups #1 & 2)
Another Link to Lexington & Concord (Groups #3 & 4)
The Retreat from Concord
The battles from the British perspective (Groups #5 & 6)
My example for you, 719.
March 2006 Thomas Jefferson (Save our History) Lesson
History Channel
Jefferson's Home Site
March 2006 Tories & Patriots Lesson
Tories (Class 719)
Whigs (Class 719)
Hey, Class #719, how were these two groups similar & different?
May 2006 Alexander Hamilton's Economic Plan
1st Bank of the United States
James Madison & his viewpoint
May 2006 Lewis & Clark Expedition
Lewis & Clark Expedition (Wikipedia)
PBS Lewis & Clark information
Discovering Lewis & Clark
May 2006 Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase Negotiation
Music Groups that I enjoy.
Ask Mr. Caputo about this group. He loves them also.
My favorite teams and their websites.
Go Buccaneers!!
Professional American Football
Save Our History (Loyalist, Patriot or Undecided) Lesson
Loyalists during the Revolutionary War
Patriots during the Revolutionary War
Social Studies Resources
Boston Massacre
Creating Rubrics
This is a website Mr. Levine and I enjoy. So.. enjoy!!
Spy Letters during the American Revolution
Social Studies related info here.
The Road to the Revolutionary War
March 2006 A Prelude To The Revolutionary War Lesson
The Proclamation of 1763
The Sugar Act
The Stamp Act of 1765
The Townshend Acts
Tea Act
The Quartering Act
Tutorial on Microsoft Powerpoint and Publisher for students.
Powerpoint Tutorial.
This is a link to Microsoft Publisher. We will be using this to make brochures related to the 13 colonies/states!!!
Where I get my daily information.
Everything you need to know about anything.
Current events (political cartoons)
June 2006 7th Grade Test Final (Preparation)
Articles of Confederation (Textbook: 226-227)
Constitution of the United States (232-235)
Philadelphia Convention (232-233)
Judicial Branch
Seperation of Powers
Constitution as a Living Document
List of Presidents of the United States
Marbury v. Madison
Lousiana Purchase
War of 1812
Monroe Doctrine
Indian Removal Act
Erie Canal
Seneca Falls Convention
Abolitionism
Interchangeable Parts
E. C. Stanton
Fugitive Slave Act
Dred Scott
Underground Railroad
Reconstruction of the United States
Emancipation Proclamation
Election of 1860
States Rights
3/5 Compromise
June 2006 Cartoon Strips
General Web Link
California Gold Rush September 2006
Background of this important event
Important Vocabulary of this event.
Wikipedia Link to this event
September 2006 Mexican War
Go down to Mexican cessation
Mexican War
September 2006 Emancipation Proclamation Lesson
Wikipedia
Archives
Wikipedia
September 2006 Lincoln's Assassination and Reconstruction
Assassination
Encarta (reconstruction)
Wikipedia (reconstruction)
Unit 7 Assessment Topics
Emma Lazarus
Free Enterprise (Capitalism)
Laissez Faire
John D. Rockefeller
Sherman Antitrust Act
Andrew Carnegie
Irish Famine
Immigration to the US
Jacob Riis
Susan B. Anthony
19th Amendment
Pure food and Drug Act
NAACP
Free Enterprise (Use top two heading and paragraphs)
December 2006 The Progressive Era
Jacob Riis
Jacob Riis (click on pictures to answer the question you were given)
Muckrakers
Pure Food and Drug Act
Susan B. Anthony
Jane Addams
Battle of Britain Lesson February 2007
How did World War II begin?
The beginning of WWII
Great Britain
The Battle of Britian
How did Radar help?
The attacks on London
The Harlem Renaissance February 2007
Where did this event take place?
Who was W.E.B. Dubois?
Duke Ellington
Langston Hughes
African American Actor
March 2007 Exit project Links (Use this 812, 815, 819 and 8232 s
Irish Emigration
Irish Coming to America
Chinese immigration
Chinese immigration
Italian immigration
Italian immigration
F.D.R.'s New Deal March 2007
New Deal Overview. (everyone uses this link)
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (TEACHER'S EXAMPLE)
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) GROUP #1
The Federal Art Project (FAP) GROUP #2
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) GROUP #3
The Federal Music Project (FMP) GROUP #4
The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) GROUP #5
September 2007 Bering Land Bridge
Bering Land Bridge
Bering Land Bridge Visual Representation
Bering Land Bridge Quicktime Visual
719 Advertisement Links December 2007
New France
New Netherlands
New Spain
711 Webquest January 2008
711 Webquest
711 Northwest Passage Explorers January 2008
Henry Hudson information
French Explorers. Look for Verrazano at the bottom!!
Biography of Henry Hudson
Maps and information on the Northwest Passage
Northwest Passage information we all can use!!
Henry Hudson info. we can use!!
Jamestown Webquest
Here is your webquest. Good luck!!
La Salle and the Mississippi River
La Sale
More information on La Salle
La Salle again
History of Mississippi River
History of Mississippi River
Google translator
French & Indian War March 2008
French & Indian War
More on the French & Indian War
Use this also for the French & Indian War
March 2008 Tories & Patriots: Neigbors at War
Patriots Link
Tories Link
April 2008 Battles of the American Revolution
Use this link to see how the different battles were important!!
711 American Revolution
Boston Massacre
The Stamp Act
Boston Tea Party
May 2008 Declaration of Independence Information.
Useful information on this topic!!
Wikipedia Link
May 2008 Revolutionary War battles
Bunker Hill
Saratoga
Trenton
Charlestown
Yorktown
George Washington June 2008
Our 1st President
Alexander Hamilton June 2008
Alexander Hamilton's Economic Plan
June 2008 Patriots of the American Revolution
George Washington
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
2008-2009 School Year
Annotated Bibliography Topics
Tropical Storm Hanna.
Gene domino effect behind certain types of cancer.
Jobless Rate Jumps!!!
McCain and Obama Article.
In Bronx School, Culture Shock, Then Revival
The story of stuff.
Computer Viruses.
Expanding the Nation's Boundaries September 2008
Lewis & Clark Webquest
Industrial Revolution Inventions October 2008
cotton gin
Interchangeable Parts
Steamboats
telegraph
Factory System
Failure of Political Compromise October 2008
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Law
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Election of 1860
Harper's Ferry
Lincoln vs. Davis November 2008
Lincoln & Davis
Lincoln & Davis II
Lincoln & Davis III (student essay comparing both)
November 2008 Civil War Battles
Fort Sumter
Vicksburg
Antietam
Gettysburg
New York & the Civil War December 2008
Teacher's example
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Sharecropping system December 2008
Sharecropping in the United States
In the United States
The different plans for Reconstruction December 2008
Lincoln's Plan
Johnson's Plan
Radical Republican's Plan
Reconstruction Era Problems December 2008
Black Codes
Ku Klux Klan
15th Amendment
Plessy v. Ferguson December 2008
Background
The Case
The Decision
The Robber Barons January 2009
Carnegie
Astor
Ford
J.P. Morgan
Vanderbilt
The American Economy January 2009
Free Enterprise
Laissez Faire
cheap labor
Monopolies
Government Regulation
Prohibition Era Homework January 2009
"Save a Little Dram For Me"
Prohibition Era
Bootlegging
18th Amendment (the Government on Prohibition)
Volstead Act (the Government on Prohibition)
What Americans thought of the Prohibition Era
Theodore Roosevelt
Early Life
Life as President
T.R. on Conservation
Foreign Policy
Inventions that changed the world February 2009
History of typewriter
History of Cable Car
The importance of the telephone
History of the telephone
Inventions of Thomas Edison
history of kodak camera
Model T
Microsoft Publisher March 2009
How to create a newspaper article
World War I: Controlling Public Opinion.
Sedition Act
Espionage Act
Hoover's Plan & F.D.R.'S New Deal May 2009
Hoover's Plan
New Deal
New Deal Programs
The CCC
FERA
NRA
New Deal Programs
The Dust Bowl
Drought and Dust Storms
Human Displacement
Government Response
Dust Bowl Timeline
World War II: leaders and dictators
Stalin
Churchill
F.D.R.
Hitler
Mussolini
Hirohito
Pearl Harbor May 2009
Background of this event
Sleeping giant quote
Approach and Attack
Pearl Harbor