http://www.quia.com/jq/67219.html

http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/jfhms/principles.htm

CE.2b-d

http://salem.k12.va.us/staff/tlarocco/Constitutional%20Foundations-CE2%5B1%5D.ppt

Gives quotes meanings and descriptions to help understand the purpose and thoughts of the DoI

http://www.founding.com/declare/index.cfm

a copy of the document as well as translation

http://www.nationalcenter.org/VirginiaDeclaration.html

lesson plans and activites

http://www.gunstonhall.org/discover/cclesson1.html

http://www.history.com/minisites/declaration

all historic documents available

http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=1&title.raw=Declaration%20of%20Independence

a timeline of events and people that lead to the adoption of the Constitution

http://www.constitutioncenter.org/timeline/html/cw02_11927.html

a site to help teach ESL students, but works for all students!

http://www.elcivics.com/constitution_civics_1.html

http://www.quia.com/jq/68923.html

Citizenship Study Materials

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=bb93667706f7d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=bb93667706f7d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD

Great Lessons to help get this concept to the students

http://pbskids.org/democracy/educators/index.html

http://www.uscitizenship.info/citizenship-lib-general.htm

http://www.sbe.state.va.us/cms/Voter_Information/Other_Voter_Resources/Electoral_College_Process_text.html

http://www.quia.com/jq/92064.html

for immigrants but a great study tool

http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/M-76.pdf

http://www.youthleadership.net/index.jsp;jsessionid=D89794B44A9EC84ACCA7AB154F6E1F00.N1

CE.5a

http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm

PACronyms, 45 pages printed

http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/pacronyms/pacronyms.doc

http://www.campaignfinancesite.org/giving/book-sabato.html

http://www.campaignfinance.org/

http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/election/

National Archives

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/certificates.html

http://www.uselectionatlas.org/TOOLS/evcalc.php?year=2004

http://www.law.emory.edu/cms/site/index.php?id=3080

http://legis.state.va.us/laws/search/ConstitutionTOC.htm

Student Notes

http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/jfhms/Judicial_Branch_Notes.htm

Student notes

http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/jfhms/Supreme_Court_Cases_notes.htm

http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/jfhms/Judicial.htm

http://www.tourolaw.edu/Patch/CaseSummary.asp

This is a global market activity, based for elementary but could be changed to fit middle school

http://www.newyorkfed.org/education/econexjrnl.pdf

Click on the standard that is most appropriate for your lesson

http://www.ncee.net/ea/standards/

journaling and media usage

http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_Government/GOV0024.html

http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/specialist/ganzert_j/socialstudiesonline/StudyMaps/Grade8StudyMaps/Grade8StudyMaps.htm#unit1

http://www.quia.com/quiz/448123.html

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/index.html

Quia games and quizzes

http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/jfhms/CivicsandEconomics.htm

http://www.quia.com/pages/7solcivics.html

Bill of Rights Today

http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Civics/CIV0003.html

Create your own Court in the Classroom

http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Civics/CIV0024.html

Online Quiz for Students

http://www.spotsylvania.k12.va.us/sms/Reviews/Civics/1%20Civics%20Review.htm

Online Quiz for Students

http://www.spotsylvania.k12.va.us/sms/Reviews/Civics/2%20Civics%20Review.htm

Online Quiz for Students

http://www.spotsylvania.k12.va.us/sms/Reviews/Civics/3%20Civics%20Review.htm

online quiz for students

http://www.spotsylvania.k12.va.us/sms/Reviews/Civics/5%20Civics%20Reviews.htm

Online Quiz for Students

http://www.spotsylvania.k12.va.us/sms/Reviews/Civics/4%20Civics%20Review.htm

Weekly video Clips and discussions for the three branches, Constitutional Issues and global issues

http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/Default.aspx

we do not use the text but the activities are great!!

http://www.pcs.k12.va.us/instruction/curriculum-alignment/his7.htm

Instructional Links

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/History/

http://edsitement.neh.gov/special_features_view.asp?id=1

Norfolk Public Schools

http://ww2.nps.k12.va.us/education/components/links/links.php?sectiondetailid=49368&PHPSESSID=1316d1e948ce5bae071d0ee84fc4469f

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

http://www.history.com/media.do

Includes lesson plans

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/foreducators_index.html

Cum Tests for USII

http://www.quia.com/pages/kenzerhistory.html

http://fasttrackteaching.com/civics/

You'll have to look through, but some great activites in here

http://www.flashcardexchange.com/tag/civics

http://www.teacherlink.org/content/social/multiculturalguide/CivEcon.htm

http://www.quia.com/pages/ss8solreview.html

http://civics.pwnet.org/CE/CE.1.html

http://charles.va.schoolwebpages.com/education/components/links/links.php?sectiondetailid=3218&sc_id=1177491450

These are great for remediation and acceleration!!

http://dav.sbo.hampton.k12.va.us/pages/history8th.html

What templates to use for each strand and bullet!!

http://kwrich.people.wm.edu/resources/inspiration.pdf

here is an electronic version of the study cards we use!!!

http://www.acps.k12.va.us/curriculum/socialstudies/summary_grade8.pdf

http://www.slideshare.net/tag/civics

Lots of fun for your students!!

http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/jfhms/CivicsandEconomics.htm

http://www.frbsf.org/education/activities/drecon/2004/0402.html

The Dickerson Center, with lesson plans!!!!!

http://www.congresslink.org/cartoons/index.htm

Primary Sources Galore

http://www.free.ed.gov/HandSS.cfm

Easy navigation and great resources

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

Library of Congress

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb

The resources and text we don't use, but we can use the Instructional Activities

http://www.pcs.k12.va.us/instruction/curriculum-alignment/his6.htm

http://fluvannacounty.va.schoolwebpages.com/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=1832&sc_id=1157571251

Another Teacher's Website

http://guest.portaportal.com/jonesmagnet

Broken down by SOLs!

http://hcps2.hanover.k12.va.us/instruction/ss/resources_files/ss%20ms/US2/resources05/SOL%20Review/All%20AM%20BK%20USII.pdf

Instructional Resources

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/History/

http://edsitement.neh.gov/special_features_view.asp?id=1

Major Events and Happenings

http://www.cloudnet.com/%7Eedrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/

what a great way to start the year, discussing the issues of Reconstruction

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/

http://sandpuff.ccc.cccd.edu/%7Embrown/Hist1b/timeline.htm

http://www.solpass.org/7ss/ushistory1877on.htm

Norfolk Public Schools

http://ww2.nps.k12.va.us/education/components/links/links.php?sectiondetailid=49368&PHPSESSID=1316d1e948ce5bae071d0ee84fc4469f

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/maps/resource/5104.html

Old, vintage maps, great for comparisons and primary source work

http://etc.usf.edu/maps/index.htm

Great Notes, Quizzes and Other Teacher Goodies

http://cw3th31.remote.schoolcenter.com/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=57671

Study Maps, Research Ideas, Weblinks

http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/specialist/ganzert_j/socialstudiesonline/

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html

separated by SOL strands

http://www.quia.com/pages/pierpont7th.html

http://

http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/middle/6history.htm

http://honorsusii.wikispaces.com/unit+bulletin+boards?f=print

http://americanhistory2.si.edu/ourstoryinhistory/tryonline/index.cfm

Includes trustbusting, Sp-Am War and run for pres. as 3rd party

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tr/timeline.html

USII.3b, book about immigration life in NYC

http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/inforev/riis/contents.html

women's issues

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eleanor/

USII.3b, great research links

http://my.hrw.com/apps/alchemy/editors/display.jsp?tag=musiunnfpg_homeir

USII.3b

http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/index.html

Child Labor, Unsanitary Conditions

http://www.mbhs.edu/~jedunn/Jungle/Paul/political.htm

Smithsonian Site, Great!!

http://americanhistory.si.edu/Brown/history/1-segregated/white-only-1.html

Reading Passage

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdbookr.htm

Students got the chance to be an immigrant...

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/soliver/Culture%20&%20Cultural%20Diversity.pdf

With movies, sound bites and lots of graphics and maps!!!

http://www.cucps.k12.va.us/jbrandt/student/powerpoints/USII/Powerpoint--Westward%20Expansion.ppt

nice snapshot review, you could also have your kids make them!!!

http://tedu556.wikispaces.com/file/view/brochure+trifold+summary.doc

http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00002341.shtml

http://www.appomattox.k12.va.us/MiddleSchool/Social%20Studies%20Page/PP%207th%20grade/me11Imperialism.ppt

Loaded with graphics and pics

http://www.appomattox.k12.va.us/middleschool/Social%20Studies%20Page/PP%207th%20grade/me11Imperialism_files/frame.htm#slide0001.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/index.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/gildedage.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/index.html

http://my.hrw.com/apps/alchemy/editors/display.jsp?tag=musrtnnfpn_homeir

USII.5d

http://my.hrw.com/apps/alchemy/editors/display.jsp?tag=musgdnnfpn_homeir

great research links for students

http://my.hrw.com/apps/alchemy/editors/display.jsp?tag=musincnfpgna_homeir

A great site for teachers and students alike

http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/index.html

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/

http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage2.html

http://lcweb4.loc.gov/learn/collections/vv/history.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/timeline/harlemrenaissance.html

http://www.jacobandgwenlawrence.org/

http://www.stud.u-szeged.hu/Borthaiser.Nora/csaba.htm

http://web.dps.k12.va.us/gibson/7th%20Grade%20Webpage%20by%20Kirk/Depression_Thunt.htm

http://prohibition.osu.edu//default.cfm

http://www.prohibition.org/

Digital History

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=441

Alternate activities for your students, great visuals

http://www.people.vcu.edu/~cjbaedke/wqdocs/USHist.5dWQ_whitakerj.doc

Great Information for WWII, timeline and hyperlinks for further info

http://www.cloudnet.com/%7Eedrbsass/20thcentury.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/32_f_roosevelt/index.html

USII.6b

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/

USII.6b

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/

with interactive maps

http://my.hrw.com/apps/alchemy/editors/display.jsp?tag=muswonnfpn_homeir

http://newdeal.feri.org/

http://web.dps.k12.va.us/gibson/KirksWeb/WWII_SS.htm

USII.7c

http://my.hrw.com/apps/alchemy/editors/display.jsp?tag=musconnfpn_homeir

USII.7c, with interactive maps

http://my.hrw.com/apps/alchemy/editors/display.jsp?tag=muswvnnfpn_homeir

Critically analyzes happenings and the cause/effect relationships

http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/coldwar/default.htm

http://www.sps.k12.va.us/departments/middle/documents/3rd_Post-WWII.doc

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk/

USII.8a

http://my.hrw.com/apps/alchemy/editors/display.jsp?tag=muscrnnfpn_homeir

http://www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf03/youwere.pdf