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** Pledge of Allegiance 1. Teaching with Primary Sources - Smithsonian 2. History by Topic - History Channel 3. 100 Milestone Documents 4. Library of Congress - American Memory * Themes Photographs and Documents 5. U.S. Historical Census Data A primary source containing state, county, and immigration information from the1790 to 1960 census. 6. U.S. Census Bureau A primary source for current data. 7. Development of New France from the point of view of different European powers. 8. United States History - eduplace 9. Colonial America Smithsonian Source |
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| 1. Revolutionary War - Scholastic 2. Declaration of Independence Sign it and learn about the original signers 3. Presidents Day Welcome to our Presidents Day Web Quest on President George Washington and President Abraham Lincoln. 4. Presidents at Whitehouse.gov 5. Mount Vernon - George Washington 6.Rediscovering George Washington - PBS 7. Ben's Guide to the US government 8.The Electric Ben Franklin - video 9. Ben Franklin - Franklin Institute 10 . Ben Franklin and his inventions - Franklin Institute 11. Ben Franklin - Extraordinary Life - by PBS 12. The Autobiography of Ben Franklin by earlyamerica 13. American Centuries - Colonial life 1700 - 1800's 14. Washington's World - 3D animation - very slow loading Revolutionary War Timeline and Explanation of Laws & Acts http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm Revolutionary War Spy Letters http://www2.si.umich.edu/spies/index-gallery.html |
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| 1. Liberty Corner School by Mrs. Blakeslee 2. America to Celebrate the Quadricentennial by Mrs. Blakeslee 3. Liberty Kids - Then & Now The difference between life in the 1700s and today. 4. Archiving Early America Primary source material from 18th century America including original newspapers, maps, and writings. 5. An Outline of American History: the Colonial Period Journals, letters, original laws, col. gov't; index of the US Presidents; excellent links to information, documents, their speeches, writings, biographies, etc. 6. Birth of a NationThinkquest 7. Colonial House by PBS 8?? . You Be The Historian - Smithsonian Institute Springer 9. Eilzabeth Murrary Project Early American History 10?? . Colonial Williamsburg |
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| 1. Donner Party Westward Expansion 2. Donner Party PBS.org 3. Oregon Trail all about trail, historic sites, facts 4. The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 Teacher guide and activities also 5.?? End of the Oregon Trail - provisions 6.New Perspectives on the West tour, events, places, people, archives, games 7.Pioneers A Thinkquest Website about the Oregon Trail 8.Dear America: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: 9 Dear America: The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868 Teacher guide and activities also 10. Lewis and Clark -PBS 11. The Frontier House -PBS Three modern families experience life in 1883 in Montana. 12 The Museum of Westward Expansion: National Park Service 13. Pioneers / Westward Expansion -KIDs Info 14. WWW Virtual Library: American West Identifies links for American and World History 15. Our America - Westward Expansion - Scholastic 16. Build a Sod House - Smithsonian Institute |
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Great Awakening: http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/first-great-awakening#sect-background/ |
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| ELECTIONS 1. Ben's Guide to Elections 2. Elections 101 - PBS 3 . Elections - Scholastic 4. Elections *Step inside the Voting Booth - PBS |
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