Oradell 4th Grade Social Studies

UNITS: New Jersey | Primary Sources | Native Americans | Explorers

Primary Sources

1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. 100 Milestone Documents
3. Library of Congress - American Memory
Photographs and Documents
4. U.S. Historical Census Data
A primary source containing state, county, and immigration information from the1790 to 1960 census.
5. U.S. Census Bureau
A primary source for current data.

New Jersey

1. The State of New Jersey
State homepage with various categories on the state
2. NJ State History
3. NJ History for Kids
4. Hang out NJ
5. State and County Quick Facts - US Census
6. NJ County Info Sites
7. NACO - National Association of Counties
Current data by county
8. NJ County Density
9. NJ Geography: The Land
10. The Geography of New Jersey
11. NJ County Quiz -purposegames

Native Americans

	UNITED STATES LANDFORMS AND RIVERS
		1. 50 States Interactive Map - Learner 2. US Landforms 3. US Rivers
	GENERAL TRIBE INFORMATION
		Sioux - recordings of songs from the 1800's Sioux Buffalo and Ghost Dance - filmed by Thomas Edison in 1894 1. Native American Tribes - Kidport 2. Native Americans in Olden Times - Mr. Donn 3. Facts for Kids - Orrin's Website 4. American Tribe photographs - Library of Congress 5. Clothing for 39 tribes 6. Housing 7. Shelters 8. Native Languages of the Americas 10. Library of Congress, Edward Curtis Photos-Type Sioux or Najavo 11. Peabody Museum Collection Inuit & Navajo artifacts 12. Analyzing Artifacts - Learner 13. Buffalo Hides - Smithsonian Institute 14. Circle of Stories by PBS
	LENAPE
		1. Lenape New Jersey's First Inhabitants 2. Lenape Lifeways 3. Scenes from woodland 4. Jamestown Indian Village - 360° view of a long house 5. Mohawk -Iroquois Village New York State Museum 6. NATIVE TECH WEBSITE Original articles focusing on the Eastern Woodlands providing historical and contemporary background, technical instruction and references
	INUIT
		1. Inuit Culture, Traditions an History - Windows to the Universe 2. Inuit Umiaks - Canadian Museum 3. Artic Whalers 4. Digital Collection of the Northwest - University Of Washington 5. Inuit man 1903 6. Inuit Family - 1903 7. Inuit men under a Umiak -1903
	TLINGIT
		1. Northwest Indians 2. First Americans 3. Tlingit - Smithsonian Museum of History 5. Tlingit photographs - University of Washington Library 6. Alaskan Tlingit Tribes - University of Washington Library 7. Peabody Museum - Potlatch 8. Potlatch - Then & Now
	NAVAJO
		1. Navajo Tribe 2. Navajo 1873 Photographs - USGS, Library of Congress 3. Navajo by Arizona students 4. Navajo Life of Yesterday and Today - NPS
	Sioux ~ PLAINS INDIANS
		1. Plains Indians - Kidport 2. Weapons of the Plains Indians 3. The First Peoples: Plains Indians 4. Buffalo on the Plains 5. Sioux Indians History 6. Sioux Indians 7. Camping with the Sioux - photos 8. Native Americans - 5th and 6th grade class re-enactment 9. Plains Indians
	SEMINOLE
		1. Everglades Seminole Indians 2. Seminole fact sheet 3. Seminole Tribe - Kidport

Explorers

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT EXPLORING

1. Bering Land Bridge - animation
2. PALE - Coastine changes - animation

VIKINGS

1. Discovering Vikings at L'anse aux Meadows
2. Why Explorers Explored the World Thinkquest
3. Turf houses - L'anse aux Meadows
4. Vikings - BBC
5. Viking Voyage - Smithsonian Institute
6. The Vikings - Snaith School, UK
7. Viking Artifacts - British Museum

GENERAL

1. Why explorers explored the world Columbus, Cortez, Cabot, Cartier
2. North Atlantic Crossings by Civilization (Cabotto, Verrazzano, Cartier, Frobisher, Davis, Champlain and Hudson)
3. World Flags - Enchanted Learning
4. Portuguese Caravel's Enchanted Learning
5. Portuguese ships
6. Living in the Atlantic World - National Geographic
6.Voyage of Exploration: Expeditions by Continent - Thinkquest
Hudson, Erikson, Columbus
7. How latitude changed navigation ...But With Latitude In 1516 They Knew
8. Early navigation methods
The Mariners' Museum - Newport News, Va.
9. The Marco Polo Odyssey by National Geographic

BIOGRAPHIES OF THE EXPLORERS

1. Explorers by Enchanted Learning
2. Explorers: Columbus, Drake, deSoto - Junior Thinkquest
3.The All-Star River Explorers of the United States
4. Fact Monster - Do a search with the name of your explorer
5. THE EXPLORERS biographies Mariner's Museum
6. Epic Voyages Hudson, Columbus by Thinkquest
7. Explorers Timeline Columbus, Cortez, Cartier
8. Explorers of the Millenium - Thinkquest
Including Columbus, Cabot, Drake, Champlain, Hudson and Magellan
9. Voyage of Exploration: Expeditions by Continent - Thinkquest
Hudson, Erikson, Columbus

EXPLORER BY COUNTRY

SPAIN
	Spanish Explorers - Thinkquest Columbus 1. Ahoy Columbus Scholastic Cyberhunt 2. Christopher Columbus; man and myth 3. Christophorus Columbus (Cristóbal Colón) 4. Christopher Columbus - Mariner's Museum Coronado - 1510-1554 1. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado 2. Coronado - PBS Magellan 1. Ferdinand Magellan - All about explorers 2. Magellan - ducksters
ITALY
	Amerigo Vespucci 1. Vespucci
PORTUGAL
	1. Pedralvarez Cabral 2. Prince Henry the Navigator
ENGLAND
	English Explorers - Thinkquest Cabot 1. John Cabot - video - How Stuff Works 2. John Cabot - Epic Voyages 3. John Cabot - Thinkquest 4. John Cabot - Heritage Drake 1. A Very Basic Biographical Sketch of Francis Drake 2. Francis Drake Hudson 1. The Life and Voyages of Hudson 2. Images of the Half Moon 3. Half Moon
FRANCE
	French Explorers - Thinkquest Champlain