Welcome TAG Learners
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Free Rice!
Number One for Caring!http://www.freerice.com/ -
Geo-Bee Challenge
Geography - we'd be LOST without it!http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/ -
Kids Discover
http://www.kidsdiscover.com/aspx/kIndex.aspx -
Liberty Kids
Watch it on the History Channel, play games herehttp://www.libertyskids.com/fungames.html
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Learning Style Inventory - Used in SciMa Classes
Answer the questions to find more about yourself!http://www.oswego.edu/plsi/plsi48a.htm -
Learing Styles Test
ALL onlinehttp://faculty.ucc.edu/business-greenbaum/LearningStlyes.htm -
Multiple Intelligences Inventory
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm
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Class Website - 'tagtechie'
http://sites.google.com/site/tagtechie/Home -
Google Scholar
Great place to begin general researchhttp://scholar.google.com/ -
NJ Stories of the American Revolution
http://www.getnj.com/storiesofnewjersey/sojpg130.shtml
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Answers.com
Great place to begin good researchhttp://www.answers.com/ -
Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com/ -
Kid's Search Tools
Start your project work HERE!http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm -
KidSpace@IPL - the Internet Public Library
You've got questions? Here are your answers!http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/ -
Webcrawler
http://www.webcrawler.com/
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100 Milestone Documents of US History
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true& -
Chronology of US History Documents
http://www.law.ou.edu/ushistory/index.shtml -
Duke University
site from Mr. DiCamillohttp://guides.library.duke.edu/content.php?pid=18950&sid=216338 -
Famous Speeches
from Douglass Archiveshttp://douglassarchives.org/ -
Famous Trials
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm -
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
TMI - you could be here a serious amount of time!http://www.free.ed.gov/index.cfm -
From Revolution to Reconstruction
(and what happened afterwards!)http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/ -
Historical US Maps
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html -
Images - from Kids Click
Kids Click: Image Searchhttp://www.kidsclick.org/psearch.html -
Images- from Altavista
Alta Vista Image Searchhttp://www.altavista.com/image/default -
Images- from Ditto
Ditto.comhttp://www.ditto.com/default.aspx -
National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/charters.html -
NJ Historical Commision Archives
http://www.jerseyhistory.org/archivesmain.html -
NY Public Library - Digital Library
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm -
NY Public Library - Picture Collection
http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/index.cfm -
Political Cartoons
http://www.comics.com/editoons/ -
Presidential Libraries
http://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/ -
Songs of War
with MUSIC, of course!http://www.contemplator.com/war.html -
Thrilling Incidents in American History
Am. Revolution through Mexican-American Warhttp://www.generalatomic.com/AmericanHistory/ -
US Naval History
Maps-Pictures-Diagrams & morehttp://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org11-2.htm
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All Experts Homework Help
http://www.allexperts.com/cl1/37/Homework-Help/ -
HippoCampus
Cool! Free, online tutorials in many topicshttp://www.hippocampus.org/ -
Kid Info
All Subjectshttp://www.kidinfo.com/School_Subjects.html -
PATH- Pupils Ask, Teachers Help
http://www.pathwhelp.org/ -
Pitsco's Ask an Expert
Check the expert's website before submitting a questionhttp://www.askanexpert.com/ -
RefDesk: Ask the Experts
http://www.refdesk.com/expert.html -
Yahoo Answers - Homework Help
http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/;_ylt=AvxymTyK.aHMrgtV0d88.6m.xQt.?link=list&sid=396545134
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Animated Atlas
http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html -
Historic Maps of the US
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html -
National GeoSpatial Intelligence Agency
On and Off-line activitieshttp://www.nga.mil/ngakids/kids/games/index.html -
Zoom Into Maps
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/maps/index.html
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100 Best Books for Kids
http://www.teachersfirst.com/100books.cfm -
Aesop's Fables
online collectionhttp://www.aesopfables.com/ -
American Folklore
http://www.americanfolklore.net/ -
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/ -
FREE Online E-books
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page -
Glossary of Poetry Terms
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0903237.html -
Grimm's Fairy Tales
from National Geographichttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/index2.html -
Kids Reads
http://www.kidsreads.com/index.asp
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Fair Use and Plagiarisim
http://languagearts.pppst.com/plagiarism.html -
Merriam-Webster's Onlione Distionary
http://www.m-w.com/ -
"OWL"
Online Writing Lab for the 6 Writing Traitshttp://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/sixtraits.html -
The Write Site
http://writesite.org/ -
Biography Maker
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/BIO/STORY.HTM -
Writing Portfolio
Clear directions on writing, creating and evaluatinghttp://oswego.org/staff/jdecosa/web/writingportfoliooverview.htm -
Poetic Forms
from 'Poetry for Kids' by Kathi Mitchellhttp://www.kathimitchell.com/poemtypes.html -
Rhyme Time
from the Rhyme Zonehttp://www.rhymezone.com/ -
Show Us Your Style WebQuest
from the Universiyt of Richmondhttp://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/style/ -
Young Author's WebQuest
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/authors/
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Academy of natural Sciences, Philadelphia
http://www.ansp.org/http:// -
Art Institute of Chcago
http://www.artic.edu/ -
Exploratorium Home page
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ -
Franklin Institute
http://www2.fi.edu/ -
Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/ -
New Jersey State Museum
http://www.state.nj.us/state/museum/ -
Philadelphia Museum of Art
http://www.philamuseum.org/ -
Resources at the Smithsonian
http://www.si.edu/ -
San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts
http://www.famsf.org/ -
The Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en
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Adventures in Web Research
The place where we begin our journeyhttp://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/projects/webresearch/ -
How to Start a Research Project
http://www.jerseyhistory.org/dochowto.html -
ICYouC: T is for Thinking
Critical thinking on the nethttp://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html -
Plimouth - Research Starters
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/plymouth/ -
Revolutionary War Pictures
Perfect for Powerpointhttp://www.suelebeau.com/revwarphotos.htm -
Scholastic Research Tools
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/index.htm -
Tek Mom
http://www.tekmom.com/search/ -
Writing a Research Paper
Writing Workshophttp://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/writing/index.asp?topic=Research -
Look out for Pirates!
A Web Quest to Understand Copyright Lawhttp://www.cwu.edu/~loverroi/316/copyrightWQ.html
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Need a Song?
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/musicchild.htm
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America the Bountiful
Food in History - WOW!http://old.lib.ucdavis.edu/exhibits/food/index.html -
Archeaology's Interactive Dig
http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/index.html -
Early America
Excellent site; has 'pop-ups'http://www.earlyamerica.com/ -
History Detectives
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/ -
History Matters
Scholarly Studies from GMUhttp://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/wwwhistory/ -
History Wired
from the Smithsonian Institutehttp://historywired.si.edu/ -
Kids Gov
from the Federal Governmenthttp://www.kids.gov/k_5/k_5_social.shtml -
National Constituion Center
in Philadelphiahttp://www.constitutioncenter.org/ -
National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institue for kids!http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/index.cfm -
PBS Freedom - A History of US
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/ -
Social Studies for Kids
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/ -
Timeline of American Diplomacy
from Franklin to the presenthttp://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/timeline.html -
Timeline of US Diplomatic History
http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/timeline.html -
Webcasts from the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/results.php?cat=3&mode=a
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New Jersey History Kids
http://www.njhistorykids.org/ -
New Jersey History Partnership
www.njhistorypartnership.org/home_page.html
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BBC - History - Biographies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ -
Bio 4 Kids
http://www.biography.com/bio4kids/ -
Biographies - Revolution to Reconstruction
http://www.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/index.htm -
Biographies for Kids
from the Garden of Praisehttp://gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm -
Biographies from Info Please
http://www.infoplease.com/people.html -
Biography Maker
Read before you write!http://www.bham.wednet.edu/BIO/Biomaker.htm -
Colonial Botanist - William Bartram
from NGShttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0103/feature5/ -
Famous NJ Women
http://www.state.nj.us/hangout_nj/200303_womens_history_p1.html -
Inventors
Mega site!http://www.suelebeau.com/inventions.htm -
National First Ladies Library
http://www.firstladies.org/ -
Presidents of the United States
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ -
Women in History
Adams, Alcott, Barton... morehttp://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/figures.htm -
Women in US History
from the History Channelhttp://www.history.com/exhibits/woman/main.html
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13 Colonies
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/13.htm -
Characteristics of the Colonies
Travel around this site for loads of important information!http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies2.htm -
Founding the 13 Colonies
from 'Mr. Nussbaum'http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html -
Middle Colonies
from Kid Infohttp://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Mid_Colonies.html -
New England Colonies
from Kid Infohttp://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_NE_Colonies.html -
Southern colonies
from Kid Infohttp://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_S_Colonies.html -
Webquest
Children in Colonial Americahttp://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/WebQ97/COLAMER2.HTM -
Webquest - The American Colonial Era
http://www.scarborough.k12.me.us/wis/teachers/dtewhey/webquest/colonial/ -
Webquest - Founding of the Thirteen Colonies
http://www.lolo.k12.mt.us/Dave/The%20Thirteen%20Colonies%20A%20Webquest/The%20Founding%20of%20the%2013%20Original%20Colonies%20WebQuest.htm -
Colonial Web Quest
What was it like to live then?http://www2.lhric.org/kat/wq/colonial.htm
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from 'InfoPlease'
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0101029.html -
Mayflower Compact
from All About historyhttp://www.allabouthistory.org/mayflower-compact.htm -
Mayflower History
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/ -
Mayflower History
see a copy of the original Compact, learn about the signers and more!http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/index.php -
Oodles of Images
courtesty of Googlehttp://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=mayflower+compact&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=_3r5SpOINsiEnQfJteyDDQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CB4QsAQwAw -
You Be the Historian!
many items for your researchhttp://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/plymouth/
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Colonial Craftsmen
an A-B-C list with name and brief descriptionhttp://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sam/occupation.html -
Colonial Trades
from Colonial Williamsburghttp://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradehdr.cfm -
PICTURES!
over 100 colonial crafts!http://geneaknowhow.net/in/beroepen/luyken/luyken-en.html -
Occupations in Colonial America websites
http://www.re.msd.k12.de.us/colonialocc.htm -
Colonial Occupations
Think Quest adventurehttp://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215447/ -
What's in a Name?
Name origins from 'Behind the Name'http://www.behindthename.com/ -
Colonial soap making
Dish the dirt on good, clean, fun!http://www.alcasoft.com/soapfact/history.html -
Whaling in America
from the New Bedford Museumhttp://www.whalingmuseum.org/
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Ben and Me- Glimpses of his life
select four areas of his life to learn more abouthttp://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html -
History of Sarah Noble
http://www.nmhistorical.org/learningzone/sarahnoble.htm
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Archiving Early America
http://www.earlyamerica.com/ -
Colonial America
Stories for America's Libraryhttp://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/colonial -
Colonial Life
comprehensivehttp://www.42explore2.com/colonial.htm -
Colonization in Three Parts
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm -
K-12 Pirmary Sources
for Colonial America - extensivehttp://falcon.jmu.edu/%7Eramseyil/colonial.htm -
Kathy Mitchell's Colonial America
**WARNING** sound!http://www.kathimitchell.com/colonial.htm -
NJ Archives and Records
http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/archives.html -
NPS - Beginning and End of Colonial Life
http://www.nps.gov/colo/ -
Our America
the Colonial Periodhttp://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/our_america/colonial/ -
PBS Colonial House
'See' what life was really like!http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/panoramas.html -
Digital Antiquaria
Specializing in NJ Colonial & French & Indian Warhttp://www.digitalantiquaria.com/servlet/StoreFront
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Colonial America
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/colonial/ -
Colonial Life - Depth and Complexity
go to 'Be an Explorer'http://www.42explore2.com/colonial.htm -
History Mystery
Colonial Life 1http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=42 -
History Mystery
Colonial Life 2http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=43 -
What's Cooking?
Reading a Colonial Recipeshttp://www.jerseyhistory.org/recipe1.php
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1. How did Squanto help the Pilgrims?
http://www.americanindians.com/Squanto.htm -
2. Was the 'first Thanksgiving' like the modern holiday we now celebrate?
Scroll down to 'Traditional Colonial Dinner'http://www.plimoth.org/kids/homeworkHelp/dinner.php -
3. Name four foods that might have been on the menu AND four that DEFINITELY were not eaten
Use the same site as #2http://www.plimoth.org/kids/homeworkHelp/dinner.php -
4. What Indian tribe first met the Pilgrims...
...and showed them how to survive in the new world? What kind of houses did they live in?http://www.plimoth.org/kids/homeworkHelp/wampanoag.php -
5. Name four things that can be made from corn - beside food!
Scroll to the second page in this PDF - WOW!http://www.agintheclassroom.org/060605/Teachers/Printable/agmags/Corn%20Ag%20Mag.pdf -
6. Did Pilgrims just wear black and white?
Find out at this 'Mayflower Mythbuster' site from the History Channelhttp://www.history.com/minisites/thanksgiving/viewPage?pageId=874 -
7. What did Miles Standish have to say about the Wampanoag?
Were they friendly or unfriendly?http://www.history.com/minisites/thanksgiving/viewPage?pageId=869
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Mysteries of the Lost Colony
from the NC Museum of Historyhttp://ncmuseumofhistory.org/lostcolony/site/about.html
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Jump Back In Time from 'America's Library'
Read About the Revolution - write three key ideas you learnedhttp://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb -
American Revolution - timelines and facts
from the History Placehttp://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/index.html -
America During the Age of Revolution
Key Documents form the LOChttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/timeline.html
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American Founders
Primary Sources onlinehttp://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/founders/ -
Kid Info- Historical Figures in AMerican History
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Famous_Historical_People.htm -
Liberty! the PBS series
go to "SEARCH Liberty"http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/index.html -
People of the American Revolution
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/ipeople.asp -
People of the American Revolution
Great site created by Kathi Mitchellhttp://www.kathimitchell.com/revolt.htm -
People of the Revolution
If they aren't listed here, perhaps they weren't there!http://www.americanrevolution.com/ppl_biographies.html -
People of the Revolution
from US History Marchhttp://www.ushistory.org/march/people.htm -
Phillis Wheatley
a brief biographyhttp://web.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap2/wheatley.html -
Signers of the Declaration
http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/declaration/bio.htm -
Thomas Jefferson
his home and ideashttp://www.monticello.org/ -
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
http://www.sonsofliberty.com/ -
People of the American Revolution
links from Googlehttp://directory.google.com/Top/Society/History/By_Time_Period/Eighteenth_Century/Wars_and_Conflicts/American_Revolution/People/ -
Women in War and Peace
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets.html
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Ben Farnklin - A Man of many Talents
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/franklin/franklin.htm -
Ben Franklin's Wise Words
game from Think Questhttp://library.thinkquest.org/22254/ -
Cyber hunt - Ben Franklin
from Scholastichttp://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/benfranklin.htm -
Ben Franklin: An Extraodinary Life, An Electirc Mind
from PBShttp://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/
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1. Sh! A Secret Code from the General!
Washington - a SPY? Who Knew?!http://www.nps.gov/webrangers/medium/tour1/georgewashcode/index.html -
2. Portrait for Kids
a mystery from the Smithsonian Institutionhttp://georgewashington.si.edu/kids/portrait.html -
3. The Character of George Washington
from PBShttp://www.pbs.org/georgewashington/ -
4. George Washington at 19
video from the History Channelhttp://www.history.com/media.do?action=clip&id=gw_19years -
5. George Washington at 45
video from the History Channelhttp://www.history.com/media.do?action=clip&id=gw_45years -
6. George Washington at 57
video from the Histroy Channelhttp://www.history.com/media.do?action=clip&id=gw_57years -
7. Virtual Tour of Mount Vernon
ah, Home, Sweet Homehttp://www.mountvernon.org/learn/explore_mv/
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Arlington National Cemetary
Burial site of American Revolutionary War Veteranshttp://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/historical_information/index.html -
Battlefields
American 'Defenders' of Land, Sea and Skyhttp://www.nps.gov/history/hps/pad/defenders/intro.htm -
Fort Mifflin
the Siege - A Virtual marching Tourhttp://www.ushistory.org/march/phila/mifflin.htm -
Independence Hall
http://independencehall.org/ -
Rebelling for Freedom
American Revolution WebQuesthttp://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/amrevwar/ -
Revolution Road Maps
Web Quest for the American Revolution - placeshttp://www.bres.boothbay.k12.me.us/wq/nhicks/rd_map_student_page.htm -
Two new Jersey Cities during the Revolution
http://www.jerseyhistory.org/assets/njhs_jjourneys_pdf/pdf_file/nov99.pdf -
Valley Forge
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/index.html -
Virtual Marching Tour
... of the American Revolutionhttp://www.ushistory.org/march/
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Codes, Ciphers and Secret Messages
Lots of Depth and Complexityhttp://www.42explore2.com/codes.htm -
Pirates!
from national Geographichttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/pirates/ -
Pirates!
Learn More about them through this interactive activity form NGShttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/pirates/adventure.html -
Spy Letters, Methods and Maps
http://www.si.umich.edu/SPIES/ -
Spying Fun!
Send secret messageshttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/secretcodes/ -
The Patriot Spy
Paul Reverehttp://www.nps.gov/webrangers/difficult/tour1/patriot/index.html
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Common Sense
full texthttp://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/paine/CM/sense01.htm -
Signers
http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/declaration/bio.htm -
The Declaration of Independence
digital document and backgroundhttp://www.ushistory.org/declaration/index.htm -
Thomas Paine
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/tpaine/paine.htm -
What's Up With the Declaration?
from PBS 'Liberty! sitehttp://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_subject.html -
Join or Die!
the famouse rattlesnake flaghttp://www.loc.gov/exhibits/us.capitol/one.jpg
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American Revolution
from Kids Connecthttp://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/251/27/ -
Archiving Early America
PRIMARY sourceshttp://www.earlyamerica.com/ -
Headlines of the Am. Revolution
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_boston1774.html -
Liberty! The American Revolution
from PBShttp://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/ -
National Park Service
Revolutionhttp://www.nps.gov/revwar/index.html -
Revolitionary War in the News
Primary Sourceshttp://revolutionarywar.cloudworth.com/ -
Revolutionary War in the News
Primary Sourceshttp://revolutionarywar.cloudworth.com/ -
Scholastic's 'Our America'
American Revolutionhttp://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/our_america/revolutionary_war/ -
Timeline of Events
http://www.homeofheroes.com/hallofheroes/1st_floor/birth/1bc6a.html -
American Flag History - Join or Die!
Scroll down to 'Flags with a Snake motif'http://www.usflag.org/history/historicflags.html -
A guide to the American Revolution
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/revolution/home.html -
Our Story - The Revolution
Primary Sources - NJhttp://sites.bergen.org/ourstory/Resources/revwar/RW_Primary.htm
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Activity - Road to Revolution
Test your skills!http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html -
Gray's Ferry Prepares for Geo. Washington
find items in this 1789 engraving of Philadelphiahttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/inaug/ispy.html# -
Journey into War
http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/ -
Liberty's Kids
http://www.libertyskids.com/ -
Rebus Game
http://www.ushistory.org/march/games/rebus.htm -
Revolutionary Newspaper
http://oswego.org/staff/jdecosa/webquest/index.htm -
Revolutionary War
comprehensivehttp://www.42explore2.com/revolt.htm -
Sent Away
Acadians in Exile from Web Rangershttp://64.78.32.69/webrangers/activities/acadians/?id=24 -
The Patriot Papers - George Washington
Choose one - or more- of these activitieshttp://www.georgewashington.si.edu/kids/patriot.html -
Webquest - American Revolution
from Think Questhttp://library.thinkquest.org/11683/High.html -
Yankee Doodle
the story behind the songhttp://www.contemplator.com/america/ydoodle.html -
These United Colonies
A Virtual Tour of the American Revolutionhttp://www.historywiz.com/amerev-mm.htm -
Independence Oddities
Web Rangers Activitieshttp://www.webrangers.us/activities/independence/?id=13
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Interactive Constituion
search and locatehttp://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/ -
James Madison's Home
http://www.montpelier.org/learn/index.php -
The Constitution
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/constitution/
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About the Signers
http://www.constitutionfacts.com/constitution/Signers.htm -
Biographies of the Founders
http://www.colonialhall.com/biousc.asp -
Brief Character Sketches of the Founders
http://www.usconstitution.net/constframe.html -
Detailed Description of the Signers
from Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Signers_of_the_United_States_Constitution -
Picture the Signers
Find their face - get the factshttp://provost.uiowa.edu/students/conday/images/signersmural.html -
Signers of the Constitution
http://www.colonialhall.com/biousc.asp -
Signers of the Constitution
from Cyber Sleuth Kidshttp://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/US_History/Founding_Fathers/Signers_of_the_Constitution/index.htm -
Signers Primary Source Information
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/signers.html -
Who Were These Men?
from the Constitution Centerhttp://www.constitutioncenter.org/explore/FoundingFathers/index.shtml
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Who Wants to Marry a Founding Father?
Complete thie activity in your composition books; use the "WWTMAFF" format cardhttp://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/marry.htm -
Jump Back in Time!
The Bill of Rights form the Library of Congresshttp://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/nation/bofright_1 -
Bill of Rights Golf
Difficult - but FUN!!!http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/golf.htm -
Do You Have the Right?
Check in once a monthhttp://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/dnn/Default.aspx -
History Mystery - Bill of Rights
from Scholastichttp://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=11 -
Learning to Govern
Web Quest from Primary Source Learninghttp://www.primarysourcelearning.org/teach/lq/008/index.htm -
A Road map to the US Constitution
EVERYTHING you wanted to know (and more!)http://library.thinkquest.org/11572/ -
We Were There
Web Quest!http://babylon.k12.ny.us/usconstitution/
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People of the West
from PBShttp://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/
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Cyber Hunt - Lewis and Clark Expedition
from Scholastichttp://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/lewisandclark.htm -
Go West with Lewis and Clark
NGS Activityhttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/main.html -
Historic Steps of Lewis and Clark
Blue Ribbon Web Quest from USA Todayhttp://www.usaweekend.com/97_issues/971102/lewis_and_clark/971102trail_intro.html -
Lewis and Clark - Be a Reporter
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/lewis_clark/reporter1803/index.asp -
Lewis and Clark Exhibit
http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/ -
Lewis and Clark online exhibit
http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/index_flash.html -
Lewis and Clark online exhibit
http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/index_flash.html -
Westward Expansion
http://www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/LewisClark2/Circa1804/WestwardExpansion/WestwardExpansion.htm -
Create your own adventure with Lewis and Clark
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/01/index.html
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Protect the Harbor
Where would you build a fort? Partners will report on on fort to grouphttp://64.78.32.69/webrangers/activities/protectharbor/?id=20 -
The Star Spangled Banner
Activity - Web Rangerhttp://www.nps.gov/webrangers/difficult/tour3/starspangled/index.html -
Webquest - the War of 1812
Reliving history of the war in North Americahttp://library.thinkquest.org/22916/
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California Trail
http://www.nps.gov/cali/ -
Daniel Boone
from 'Archiving Early America'http://www.earlyamerica.com/lives/boone/ -
Eyewitness to History
AMAZING resourcehttp://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/owfrm.htm -
Ezra Meeker
the leader of the packhttp://www.meekermansion.org/ -
Facts About the Oregon Trail
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Facts.html -
Interactive Santa Fe Trail
http://www.kansasheritage.org/research/sft/ -
Mountain Men
in-depth look at most leading figureshttp://www.42explore2.com/mtnmen.htm -
Oregon Trail
comprehensivehttp://www.42explore2.com/oregon.htm -
Webquest - Oregon Trail
from Scholastichttp://teacher.scholastic.com/ilp/view.asp?SubjectID=2&SubheadID=5&TopicID=67&GradeID=&PageURL=/webquest/ushist/oregon.htm -
Western Expansion Group Creative Writing Project
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/west/gwrite/ -
Vocabulary of Western Expansion vocabulary
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/west/vocab/ -
Zebulon Pike
http://www.zebulonpike.net/resources.htm
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1. Wrting Folktales
Scholastic Writer's Workshophttp://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/folktalewshop_index.htm -
2. United States Folklore
Here is your research spot!Stories, poems, lengends and song from each of the fifty stateshttp://www.americanfolklore.net/ss.html -
American Writers and Their Works 1801 - 1850
http://www.shsu.edu/~eng_wpf/amlitchron_19th.html -
Public Domain Music
http://www.pdmusic.org/
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
sweatshops in Americahttp://www.americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/history/1820.htm -
Early Industrialization
from the Smithsonian Institutehttp://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/whole_cloth/u2ei/u2intro.html -
Inventoras and Inventions
http://www.42explore2.com/invent.htm
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All About the Gold Rush
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/home.html -
Gold Rush
California's untold Storyhttp://www.museumca.org/goldrush/ -
Gold Rush
go to 'Be An Explorerhttp://www.42explore2.com/goldrush.htm -
Land of Golden Dreams
http://www.huntington.org/Education/GoldRush/days/dayindex.html -
The Gold Rush
It's ALL here!http://www.42explore2.com/goldrush.htm -
Where's Gold Mountain?
LOC Web Quest using Primary Sourceshttp://www.primarysourcelearning.org/teach/lq/006/index.htm
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American West
'Celebration of the human spirit'http://www.americanwest.com/ -
Places
American Defenders of Land Sea and Skyhttp://www.nps.gov/history/hps/pad/defenders/intro.htm
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A Trail of Tears
Read about it at America's Public Libraryhttp://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/nation/tears_1 -
Abolition
History Mystery - Scholastichttp://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=1 -
Games We Play
Pastimes and Paradigmshttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu/games/intro.html -
Harvest of History
Make a movie about 1840 NY farm lifehttp://www.harvestofhistory.org/ -
Jefferson's West - a Web Adventure
Sound!http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/jeffwest/index.html -
Our America - Westward Expansion
a good place to beginhttp://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/our_america/westward_expansion/ -
The Eire Canal
A Journey Through Historyhttp://www.epodunk.com/routes/erie-canal/index.html -
Webquest- the Gold Rush
http://teacher.scholastic.com/webquest/socstudies/goldrush.htm -
Westward Expansion
Read an article; create a product to share informationhttp://www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/LewisClark2/Circa1804/WestwardExpansion/WestwardExpansion.htm -
Westward Expansion - a quest
Role Play 'in someone else's shoes'http://www.uni.edu/schneidj/webquests/standard9/WE_titlepage.html -
Westward Migration
History Mystery - Scholastichttp://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=17 -
Westward, Ho!
Cyber Hunthttp://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/westwardho.htm
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Map - US in 1860
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/socsci/books/content/maps/C_us_1860.pdf
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1. Escape on the Underground Railroad
from National Geographichttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/ -
2. Our America: Civil War
Our place to begin - vocabulary, timelinehttp://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/our_america/civil_war/ -
3. I Spy! Lincoln's Inaugaration
from the Library of Congresshttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/inaug/ispy2.html -
4. Civil War - Background & Activities
Go to 'Be an Explorer!' and analyze a Battlehttp://www.42explore2.com/civilwar.htm -
5. Be a Civil War Soldier!
Choose a side!http://www.webrangers.us/activities/civilwar/index.cfm -
6. Civil War Field Trips
in the footsteps of a Civil War Solidierhttp://www.civilwarfieldtrips.com/ -
7. Civil War Library Quest
Learning with Primary Sourceshttp://www.primarysourcelearning.org/teach/lq/010/index.htm -
8. Games We Play
* BONUS Activity - Pastimes and Paradigms of Civil War timeshttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu/games/intro.html -
8. Unlocking a Civil War Prison
Virtual Archaeologyhttp://www.archaeology.org/interactive/johnsons/index.html -
America's Story
Earn Points for every event you add to the class timelinehttp://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi -
Thomas Nast - the role of political cartoons
Primary Sources lessonhttp://cartoons.osu.edu/nast/keller_web.htm
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1. Mapping - Slave and Free States
Map the Stateshttp://www.mce.k12tn.net/civil_war/activities_for_lesson_1.htm -
2. Escape from Slavery
Follow the journey sing this Web Quest from Scholastichttp://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/plantation.htm -
3. Reformers in the early 1800's
Read and outline this 'Sparks Notes' articlehttp://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/sat2/history/chapter9section2.rhtml -
4. Understanding Slavery
from Discovery Schoolhttp://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/slavery/ -
5. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
http://www.freedomcenter.org/ -
6. NJ & the Underground RR
the Still Family, New Jersey Royalty!http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/nj/still_1 -
7. UR - Primary Sources
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/primary_sources.htm -
8. Reforming Health - Clara Barton & the Amreican Red Cross
Learn about Clara - Earn a Badge!http://www.nps.gov/clba/forkids/index.htm -
9. Resource-From Slavery to Civil Rights
Timeline from the LOChttp://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/civilrights/flash.html
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1. PBS - The Civil War
based on the Ken Burns Serieshttp://www.pbs.org/civilwar/ -
2. The Civil War for Kids
by Kids!http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/cwar.htm -
3. Civil War Timeline
from The Hisory Place, with quotes and pictureshttp://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html -
4. Civil War at the Smithsonian
Primary Sourceshttp://www.civilwar.si.edu/ -
5. Civil War
from 'Kids Connect'http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/264/27/ -
6. Gettysburg Address
High Resolution pdfhttp://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=36&page=pdf -
7. Documenting the American South
Primary Sourceshttp://docsouth.unc.edu/ -
8. Archeaology's Interactive Dig
http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/index.html -
9. The Civil War Homepage
numerous Primary Sources; good databasehttp://www.civil-war.net/ -
Facts and Figures about the American Civil War
http://www.19thalabama.org/cwfacts.html -
Civil War Webquest
Researching the People of the Warhttp://www.milforded.org/schools/simonlake/sherwood/cw/civilwar.htm
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1. Gettysburg
camp lifehttp://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/gettex/index.htmhttp:// -
2. Map Machine: the Civil War
from National Geographichttp://java.nationalgeographic.com/maps/civilwar/ -
3. Arlington National Cemetary
Who owned this land BEFORE it became our national cemetary?http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/historical_information/index.htmlhttp:// -
4. American Defenders
Places of air, land and sea defensehttp://www.nps.gov/history/hps/pad/defenders/intro.htm -
5. Gettysburg NP Virtual Tour
http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/getttour/main-ms.htm -
6. The Battle of Gettysburg
good background information from the Histroy Placehttp://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/battle.htm -
NJ Regiments in the Civil War
http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/njh/CivWar/Battles/new_jersey_in_the_civil_war.htm -
Dunker Church
Who were the Dunkers???http://www.cob-net.org/antietam/dunkers.htm
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1. Harriet Tubman : Civil War Spy
from National Geographichttp://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/PeoplePlaces/Harriettubman -
2. Louisa May Alcott
the Real Woman who wrote Little Womenhttp://www.alcottfilm.com/ -
3. Louisa May Alcott
Author, Humanitarianhttp://www.amlit.com/alcott/alcott.html -
4. Louisa May Alcott
Her 'Brainy' Quoteshttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/louisa_may_alcott.html -
5. NJ Regiments
http://www.civilwarroundtable.com/warstories/NJ_regiments.html -
Religious Aid
The Chaplain's Museumhttp://chaplainmuseum.org/default.html -
Soldier Studies
http://www.soldierstudies.org/
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Abraham Lincoln
Research Activity from Scholastichttp://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=6816 -
The Time of the Lincoln's
from PBS American Experiencehttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/
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1. Our America
Interactive Timelinehttp://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/our_america/index_flash.htm -
2.a.Civil War Music- Interactive
Compare the use of songshttp://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=545&title= -
Beautiful Dreamer - Stephen Foster
Read, look, listen, write and learnhttp://stephen-foster-songs.de/ -
2.b.Civil War Music, Part 1
from Madison University, SD; large collection of linkshttp://www.homepages.dsu.edu/JANKEJ/CIVILWAR/music.htm -
2.c.Civil War Music, part 2
Sheet Music collection from Duke Universityhttp://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/hasm/ -
2.d.Civil War Music, Part 3
http://www.civilwarmusic.net/http:// -
3. Lighting the Lighthouses
a 'how-to'http://www.creative-visions.com/fresnel.htm -
4. Delaware Lighthouses
http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/de.htm -
5. More Lighthouses
from the state of Delawarehttp://www.creative-visions.com/delaware.htm
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1. That Fateful Day
Moviehttp://www.fordstheatre.org/themes/fords/videos/books/mov/winik-012.mov -
2. Learn the Story
Lincoln Era, Assasination, Afermathhttp://www.fordstheatre.org/home/explore-lincoln/learn-story -
3. Lincoln Assasination
KEY resourceshttp://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln.html -
4.Information from 'About.com'
facts about the event, a timeline, conspiracy theorieshttp://americanhistory.about.com/b/2007/04/14/lincoln-shot.htm -
5.Assasination of Lincoln
Primary Sourceshttp://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1865/assasssination-abraham-lincoln.htm -
6. Assasination of President Lincoln
Library of Conress - Primary Sources and timeline of eventshttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alrintr.html -
American Experience - Bostn
Lincoln Assasination information from PBShttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/assassination/storyHighlights/ -
Surratt House Museum
loads and loads of information for ALL goup membershttp://www.surratt.org/index.html -
April 14 - On this Day in History
from the Library of Congresshttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
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Father William Corby - Union Chaplain
http://www.irish-society.org/Hedgemaster%20Archives/William_Corby.htm -
Hiaram Berdan - Berdan's Sharpshooters
http://www.civilwarhome.com/berdanbio.htm -
Thomas Meaghar and the Irish Brigade
http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/meagher.html -
General Michael Corcoran and the Confererate Irish
http://www.sligoheritage.com/archconfedirish.htm -
Bridget Divers
Daughter of the Regimenthttp://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/champions/BridgetDivers.pdf
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Play 'Super Sleuth'
Take on the mission to find out what's wron with this picture!http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/sleuth.cgi?action=new_mission -
VFT - Growth of a Nation
http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie2.html -
Writing Fix
10 Online Games for Writershttp://www.writingfix.com/gamesforwriters.htm
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Howrse
from Emilyhttp://www.howrse.com -
Club Penguin
from Derekhttp://www.clubpenguin.com/ -
Place the State
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html -
What I did on my summer vacation
http://montanahistoricalsociety.org/summervacation/ -
US Mint Time Machine
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/timeMachine/ -
VA Kids
ALL about out Veterans!http://www.va.gov/kids/k-5/index.asp -
Quiz Hub
Fun, Interactive Learninghttp://quizhub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm
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Math Hunt
http://teacher.scholastic.com/mathhunt/StartGame.asp?QuizID=20
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Tour 'My America'!
http://www.tramline.com/tours/ss/america/_tourlaunch1.htmhttp:// -
What I did for my summer vacation
Visist the Treasure State onlinehttp://montanahistoricalsociety.org/summervacation/ -
American Presidency
http://www.tramline.com/tours/ss/prez/_tourlaunch1.htm -
National Women's History Museum
Vitrual Museum Visithttp://www.nwhm.org/exhibits/intro.html
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FactHound's online Safari Contest
through May 1, 2008http://www.facthound.com/contest/
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Family Fun
great resource for school projects, craft and party ideashttp://familyfun.go.com/ -
Partner with you Child's Grade 3 - 5 Teacher
from Scholastichttp://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=1530 -
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Is it safe?http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08062.html -
Root and Sprout
Yes - it sounds like an environmental site; it is for the most important environment - your home! Check it outhttp://www.rootandsprout.com/
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17th Century History
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/17frm.htm -
Historical Treasures
LP Primary and Secondary Resourceshttp://www.k12science.org/curriculum/treasure/index.html -
How We investigate the Past
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade5/Grade_Five.html -
LP Anne Hutchinson
from the Bill of Rights Institutehttp://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/Instructional/Resources/Lessons/Lessons_List.asp?action=showDetails&id=37&ref=showCatD&catId=5 -
LP's - Jamestown
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/socialstudies/projects/jvc/unit/corporate/home.html -
LP-Jamestown Leadership
http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/teaching/jamestown/leadership.html
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18th Century
Eyewitness to Historyhttp://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/18frm.htm -
American Revolution
EXTRA lesson ideashttp://www.mce.k12tn.net/revolutionary_war/american_revolution.htm -
American Revolution
Federal Resources for Educational Excellencehttp://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=149&toplvl=151 -
Battle of the Battlegrounds
optional Webquest Activityhttp://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/battle/ -
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?
by Pat Robeson; economics, geography,http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade5/Cant_Behave.html -
Causes of War
Stamp Act, BostonMassacre & Tea Party andhttp://www.amrevonline.org/museum2/index.cgi2?a=pageview&page_id=26 -
Common Sense
http:// -
Conflict and Revolution Timeline
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/revwar-75.htm -
G/T Teaching Plan
41 pages - Need I say more?http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/07_Conn4_ThroughOurFathersEyes.pdf -
Getting Started with Documents
http://www.amrevonline.org/museum/educators.cgi?rm=show_lesson&name=_Section%201 -
LP George Washington
from the Bill of Rights Institutehttp://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/Instructional/Resources/Lessons/Lessons_List.asp?action=showDetails&id=30&ref=showCatD&catId=5 -
LP Heroism and the Declaration of Independence
from the Bill of Rights Institutehttp://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/Instructional/Resources/Lessons/Lessons_List.asp?action=showDetails&id=6&ref=showCatD&catId=4 -
Revolutionary Women
http://www.amrevonline.org/museum2/index.cgi2?a=pageview&page_id=44 -
Spy Letters of the American Revolution
PERFECT Curriculum Complimenthttp://www.si.umich.edu/spies/lounge-activities.html -
The Revolutionary War and Children's Literature
background and activity ideashttp://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/ushistory/revolution.html -
Through Our Father's Eyes
Using Primary Sources; from the Core Knowledge Networkhttp://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/07_Conn4_ThroughOurFathersEyes.pdf -
Amercain Revolution sources
from Teach US Historyhttp://www.teachushistory.org/Revolution/
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Fighting Ground guide
by Kathy Mitchell. Our class reading guidehttp://www.kathimitchell.com/fight.htm -
Women of the American Revolution
http://www.americanrevolution.org/women.html
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'A More Perfect Union'
TE in PDF formathttp://www.nccs.net/constitution-week/ampuTeachersGuide.pdf -
Constitution Day Resources
for depth and complexityhttp://www.njcss.org/NJCSS/constitutionday.html -
Independence Hall
LP from NPS Historic Places; Use with 'Signers' lessonshttp://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/132independence/132independence.htm -
Lesson Plans from the Missiori Bar Association
http://members.mobar.org/civics/LessonPlans.htm -
LP James Madison
from the Bill of Rights Institutehttp://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/Instructional/Resources/Lessons/Lessons_List.asp?action=showDetails&id=34&ref=showCatD&catId=5 -
Primary Source Set
from the Library of Congresshttp://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/cc_wethepeople_kit.php -
Teaching With Historic Places
Montpelierhttp://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/46montpelier/46montpelier.htm
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19th Century
Eyewitness to Historyhttp://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/19frm.htm -
Andrew Jackson - DBQ
excellent LP to debate Jacksonian Expansion Policyhttp://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_5/Unit_VQ4.html -
Autry Center
(yes, Gene)http://www.autry-museum.org/lessonplans.php -
By the Great Horn Spoon
S.C.O.R.E. guidehttp://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/spoon/spoontg.html -
By the Great Horn Spoon
depth and complexityhttp://www.hornspoon.info/ -
Corp of Discovery links
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grant/resources.html -
Lewis & Clark; more
weekly LP's from South Dakotahttp://www.sd4history.com/ -
LP - The Rise and the Fall of the Fur Trade
http://www.sd4history.com/Unit4/changelandlesson1.htm -
LP Sacajawea
from the Bill of Rights Institutehttp://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/Instructional/Resources/Lessons/Lessons_List.asp?action=showDetails&id=31&ref=showCatD&catId=5 -
Lyddie
SCORE LPhttp://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/lyddie/lyddietg.html -
Lyddie Activites
from Carol Otis Hursthttp://www.carolhurst.com/titles/lyddie.html -
Old West
Eyewitness to History - 1840 - 1900http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/owfrm.htmhttp:// -
Oregon Trail LP
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_History/USH0016.html -
Trail on Which They Wept
LP - Economics and Geography tie-ins for Trail of Tearshttp://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade5/Trail_Wept.html -
Westward Expansion Bookmarks
too cool!http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/west/book/ -
writing paper format
who knew?http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/west/writing/ -
Westward Expansion
from Teach US Historyhttp://www.teachushistory.org/Westward/
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American Civil War
Eyewitness to Historyhttp://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/cwfrm.htmhttp:// -
American Civil War
from Federal Resources for Educational Excellencehttp://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=137&toplvl=151 -
Dear America: A Light in the Storm
TG from Scholastichttp://www.scholastic.com/dearamerica/parentteacher/guides/dearamerica/stormfs.htm#activities -
Dear America: A Light in the Storm
from ArtsEdgehttp://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2097/ -
LP Freedom of the Press During the American Civil War
from the Bill of Rights Institutehttp://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/instructional/resources/Lessons/Lessons_List.asp?action=showDetails&id=181&ref=showCatD&catId=9 -
Antietam - lesson from PBS
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/classroom/lesson_antietam.html
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Rubistar
Rubrics for Allhttp://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php -
Scholastic Professional Development Library
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/index.jsp -
Smithsonian Instituion
http://smithsonianeducation.org/ -
Wading Through the Web
LP - for developing internet strategieshttp://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view_printer_friendly.asp?id=983
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Bureau of Printing and Engraving
http://www.moneyfactory.gov/newmoney/main.cfm/learning/tour -
Frederick Douglas National Historic Park
Virtual Tour from the NPShttp://www.nps.gov/frdo/photosmultimedia/virtualtour.htm
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Web Quest Search
http://webquest.org/search/index.php -
Brain POP
http://www.brainpop.com/ -
Learning in Hand
Locating and Using Podcastshttp://learninginhand.com/ -
Literacy and Technology
Reading, writing, web quests and morehttp://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/literacy/index.cfm -
Teacher Tid-Bytes
Bits and bytes of information to save you timehttp://teachertidbytes.com/
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Teach US History
http://www.teachushistory.org/ -
Bill Huitt's Resources
http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/educ.html -
NIE Resources
Mini Pageshttp://www.nieworld.com/teachers/minipage/20062005index.htm -
Glencoe - Hurray!
http://teachingtoday.glencoe.com/downloads -
PBS Teacher Site
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/ -
Kathy Scrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/index.html -
NY Times Learning on the Web
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html -
Reading Rainbow
http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/ -
S.C.O.R.E. Cyber Guides
Awesomehttp://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html -
Using Pictures in Lessons
http://www.ncrtec.org/tl/camp/lessons.htm -
SS - Teaching With Historic Places
from the National Park Systemhttp://www2.hsp.org/exhibits/strangers/index.html
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Pete'sPower Point Station
http://www.pppst.com/themes.html -
Power Point in the Classroom
It's hip!http://www.actden.com/pp/index.htm -
American History form Pete's Power Point Station
http://americanhistory.pppst.com/index.html
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Smart Writiers
http://www.smartwriters.com/ -
Writing Bugs - Themes
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/writing_bugs.shtml -
Visual Thesaurus
Lessons, activities and morehttp://www.visualthesaurus.com/educators/lessonplans/ -
Smart Writers
http://www.smartwriters.com/ -
Student Materials Index
from Read-Write-Thinkhttp://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
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'Mr. G's' links - Colonization to Constituion
http://staff.wcasd.k12.pa.us/teachers/dmcgillivray/Links.htm -
Bryce Canyon
Become a Geo-Detectivehttp://www.nps.gov/brca/forkids/geodetectivemember.htm -
Chronology of American history Documents
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/ -
GIS and Geographic Inquiry
http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/gis/index.cfm -
History Cooperative
online history databasehttp://www.historycooperative.org/home.html -
James Madison Center
Plans, background - PERFECT!http://www.jmu.edu/madison/center/main_pages/teacher/curriculum/curriculum.htm -
National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/education/index.html -
Social Studies Curriculum Links
from Mongomery County MD schoolshttp://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/SS_Ed_Bookmarks.html -
Teaching with Historic Places
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The Corp of Historic Discovery
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grant/resources.html -
Written Document Analysis Sheet
http://www.edteck.com/dbq/worksheets/write.html -
National Council for Teachers of History
http://www.nche.net/ -
Reading Revolutions
http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Reading_Revolutions/index.html -
Strangers in a Strange Land
American Immigrants in times of Conclicthttp://www2.hsp.org/exhibits/strangers/index.html -
Building a R.A.F.T.S. Prompt for Social Studies
http://www.writingfix.com/WAC/Writing_Across_Curriculum_RAFTS_Soc_Studies.htm -
Awesome Library!
That it is!http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
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Document Based Questions Resource Page
Rich sitehttp://schools.portnet.k12.ny.us/~kids/FOV1-0000F457/ -
The Opper Project
Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach Historyhttp://hti.osu.edu/opper/index.cfm -
Evaluating Primary Sources
from the American Memory Process at the LOChttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/psources/
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Paul Revere and the Mechanics
No - it's not a rock bandhttp://www.americanrevolution.com/MidnightRideofPaulRevere.htm -
Paul Revere
from the American Revolution sitehttp://www.americanrevolution.org/revere.html -
Video Presentation: You are there...Paul Revere and the Revolution
WARNING!!! SOUNDShttp://www.earlyamerica.com/paul_revere.htm -
Home, Sweet Home
The Paul Revere Househttp://www.paulreverehouse.org/ -
Read-Write-Think Lessons Plan
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=220
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Loyalty or Liberty?
Good Question - look here for some good answers!http://www.history.org/History/teaching/revolution/loyalty.html -
American Revolution
from 'The History Place'http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/ -
Liberty!
PBS mini-series on the American Revolution (referenced throughout the portaportal)http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/ -
Virtual Marching Tour of the Revolution
Great site for Battle information and mapshttp://www.ushistory.org/march/ -
Timeline
http://www.usahistory.info/timeline/revolution.html
