Social Studies Sites


 

Geography -- Map Skills

Why Study History? lesson -- (2 videos to use with the lesson)
What's the point of History?

How do you study History?

United States Regions overview

https://youtu.be/dcR4DwFNkPg   ** GREAT VIDEO THAT GIVES TIPS TO REMEMBER THE STATES!*

Tour the States video

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UNITED STATES MAP GAMES ---

State to State game

Locate the State game

Place the State -- difficult

Conquer the States game

Ameriquake!

Find the States!

Find the States by REGION

Northeast region

Southeast region (with part of Southwest/Northwest region)

Midwest region

West region (with part of Southwest region)

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/USA_Geography/USA_GL_1024.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/USA_Geography/relief_games/USA_map_jigsaw_game_2.html

http://www.technologyrocksseriously.com/2012/02/us-states-and-capitals.html#.VdScTo3luM-

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/puzzle_us.htm

The States of the USA game! 

The U.S. -- 50 states

 

 

Unit 1 -- Native Americans

Olmec civilization  (2 min.)

Maya civilization  (5 min.)

Hieroglyphics typewriter site    http://discoveringegypt.com/egyptian-hieroglyphic-writing/hieroglyphic-typewriter/

Mayan hieroglyphics example

Native Americans of the Northwest Coast  (27 min.)
Peoples of the Northwest (14 min.)

Totem poles - history

Native Americans of the Southwest  (2 min.)
People of the Southwest  (12 min.)

Lakota: Native Americans of the Great Plains (3 min.)
Lakota Winter Counts

Native Americans: People of the Plains (29 min.)

People of the Eastern Woodlands (12 min.)

Native Americans: The First People  (21 min.) -- overall review


9-11 Video Timeline: How the day unfolded video
9-11 Nick News video
Interactive Museum experience - 9-11


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REVIEW GAME ZONE



Unit 2 -- Explorers

All About Explorers

Marco Polo (5 min.)

Christopher Columbus in a Nutshell  (1.30 min.)

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"Little Explorer dude" research project - research links
Ducksters - explorers
Mr. Nussbaum - explorers

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Roanoke -- The Lost Colony (Use with cold case investigation)
Roanoke links -- kid info site

On the Trail of Captain John Smith

WEBQUEST:
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
Jamestown Colony

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The Jamestown online adventure

Plymouth colony and the Pilgrims


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United States Election 2016

How do U.S. presidential elections work?

Kids React to the 2016 Presidential Election
Grace for President


Unit 3 -- Colonial America

Daily Life in the Colonies -- activity on Tablets
Click on each of the 6 links below to complete the activity.

1. 
Men's Clothing
2. 
Women's Clothing
3.  Colonial Kids
4. 
Places and Buildings in Town
5. 
Jobs, Trades, and Occupations
6. 
Daily Life on the Farm


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Jamestown Colony -- review video (first 8 min.)

Daily Life in the 13 Colonies

Colonial America for Kids

The Making of the 13 Colonies: The New England Colonies


The Making of the 13 Colonies: The Middle Colonies

The Middle Colonies -- Part 1 -- Part 2 -- Part 3

Triangular trade routes
Triangular trade explained

Benjamin Franklin

The Print Shop -- The Life of an Apprentice

The Making of the 13 Colonies: The Southern Colonies


TEST REVIEW WEBSITES:
Printable map of the 13 colonies
13 Colonies map game
Can you identify the 13 Colonies on a map?



Unit 4 -- Struggle for North America

Liberty Kids -- video series
Liberty Kids -- online activities

Ben Franklin -- BEN and ME

The Proclamation of 1763
The Sugar Act
Sugar Act and Stamp Act

Reenacting the Boston Massacre

Boston Tea party song

Declaration of Independence
Internet Scavenger Hunt

Schoolhouse Rock - No More Kings

Schoolhouse Rock - The Declaration

Road to the Revolution -- Review Game Zone
      
Review code:  28126

French and Indian War changes the Fate of America (18 min.)

When Washington crossed the Delaware


Remembering Pearl Harbor -- December 7, 1941 (10 min.)
Video clip 1
Video clip 2
Video clip 3


Women of the American Revolution

Spies of the American Revolution (4 min.)

Founding Fathers - introduction video

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American Revolution quiz
Review Game zone #35518 and #45971

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American Revolution
Biography final project
The following links will help you with your research for your project!

Mr. Nussbaum website

Duckster's website

Biography website

Women in the American Revolution

Famous Americans of the Revolutionary War


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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Fun Facts about MLK, Jr.
MLK, Jr. Speech
Story of MLK, JR. - Kid president
Unit 5 -- New Nation

The Constitution  (13 min + quiz)
The Constitution for Kids (3.30 min.)
School House Rock - The Preamble (3 min.)

The Bill of Rights

The Bill of Right - Disney version


Three Branches of Government WebQuest

Click Here to answer Questions #1-9  (Executive Branch)
Click Here to answer Questions #10-14  (Legislative Branch)
Click Here to answer Questions #15-18  (Judicial Branch)
Click Here to answer Questions #19-20  (Checks & Balances)*


Kids.gov - 3 Branches of Government
How a Bill becomes a Law

Daniel Boone (4 min.)

Louisiana Purchase interactive map

Louisiana Purchase W
ebQuest


Lewis and Clark project
Lewis & Clark expedition - Ducksters
Lewis & Clark expedition - National Geographic
Lewis & Clark expedition - American History for Kids
Plants and Animals


Lewis and Clark (6 min.)
Lewis and Clark: Great Journey West


Tall Tale - Paul Bunyan (17 min.)

Information website for collage: The War of 1812
James Madison Wages the War of 1812 (3 min.)
The War of 1812 (3 min.)

Cast your Vote! - War of 1812
Powder Monkey!

History of the Star-Spangled Banner
U.S.S. Constitution -- War of 1812
Sail to Victory!

Trail of Tears Short documentary

The Gold Rush (3 min.)

California Gold Rush Scavenger Hunt


Map of the Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail



Unit 6 -- Slavery & Emancipation

The Underground Railroad (3 min.)

Brain Pop -- The Underground Railroad (4 min.)

Myths of the Underground Railroad  (3.30 min.)

Harriet Tubman (27 min.)

Underground Railroad Scavenger Hunt

Underground Railroad - Escape from Slavery

Secret Quilt Message


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Harriet Tubman
Website 1    Website 2     Website 3     Website 4

Harriet Beecher Stowe
Website 1     Website 2     Website 3    

Frederick Douglass
Website 1     Website 2     Website 3     Website 4

Sojourner Truth
Website 1     Website 2         

John Brown
Website 1     Website 2         

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The Civil War -- the beginning!

1.  Causes of the Civil War
2.  The Union
3.  The Confederacy
4.  Union Advantages --
Use textbook page 261
5.  Confederacy Advantages --
Use textbook page 260

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Causes of the Civil War - part 1 (14 min.)
Causes of the Civil War - part 2 (14 min.)

Follow the Drinking Gourd (audio book) (7 min.)

Follow the Drinking Gourd song (2 min.)

Fort Sumter (3 min.)
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Shiloh


Soldiers Life (4 min.)
Battle of Antietam  (6 min.)
Emancipation Proclamation (2 min.)

Antietam and Emacipation Proclamation (6 min.)

Battle of Gettysburg (8 min.)
Battle of Gettysburg (History.com)

The Gettysburg Address  (4 min.)
The Gettysburg Address (History.com)

The Secret Lives of Some Civil War soldiers (3 min.)
African Americans in the Civil War  (5 min.)

Women Spies of the Civil War (10 min.)
Women of the Civil War (4 min.)
Clara Barton (3 min.)
Civil War quilt examples
Harriet Tubman (3 min.)

Telegraph and Morse Code

The Assassination of Lincoln
The Aftermath of the Lincoln assassination

The 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments (4 min.)


Civil War WebQuest

Unit 7 -- Life in the United States

The Presidents of the United States - Washington to Obama
(3 min.)

43 facts about 43 presidents  (2 min.)

Top 10 Presidents of the United States  (7 min.)

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United States Presidents research project

Presidents of the United States -- Ducksters

The U.S. Presidents

The White House

History.com -- videos of Presidents

Presidential Pet Museum


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Create your own Mount Rushmore!

Biographies for Kids -- Mr. Nussbaum

Ducksters Biographies

100 most significant Americans of all time


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Mount Rushmore (3 min.)

United States National Monuments  (38 min.)

United States National parks  -- individual list and videos


Top 10 National Monuments in the United States