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We are Wildcats at Heart!

LACKEY'S LINKS FOR SOCIAL STUDIES
Going on a Tour - 50 States & Capitals Video

NATIVE AMERICANS
The First Americans
How Did They Come From Asia? Video - cartoon
Land Bridge Video
Mr. Donn's Info on Culture Groups
Duckster's Native Americans
Iroquois Facts

AGE OF EXPLORATION

Short Review on the 3 G's (Reasons for Exploration)

Flocabulary Hit The Seas!

Columbus Brain Pop Video

A Trade Triangle...perhaps it wasn't beneficial for everyone!

The Columbian Exchange  - a visual representation

Video About Explorer's Interactions With Native Americans

Should We Still Celebrate Columbus Day? video

Researching Famous (or infamous?) Explorers
Mariner's Museum Explorers Information

Weebly's Explorers Biographies

Duckster's Explorer Info

Webquest focusing on Cabot, Balboa, Leon, Columbus, Hudson, Cartier

JAMESTOWN
Explore the Fort & Surrounding Area
Map of 1607 Fort
Park Service Model
Powerpoint with Photos of Different Settlement Locations
Fly Over a Native American Village

Digging For History
Archeological Map of Discoveries
Article About Recent Archeological Discoveries With Pictures, Version 2

The Journey To the New World & Life in the Settlement
Timeline of the Good, The Bad, and the Very, Very Bad
Interactive Jamestown Trip
Interactive Jamestown Trip With Trivia
On The Trail of John Smith
Video of Musket-Loading Process
Duckster's Jamestown Info

Virginia Trekkers Visit Jamestown Visitor's Center - Video
Meet the Archeologist Who Is In Charge of the Dig Site! - Video

COLONIES

Duckster's Colony Info
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Mr. Nussbaum's Info By Region
Mr. Nussbaum's Info By Colony

Effect of Interaction of Colonists and Pacific Northwest Native Americans

Mr. Nussbaum's Colonial Trade Game

THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/webcast.htm

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Interactive Timeline With Artifacts

French & Indian War
Study.Com Seven Years War Video
Mr. Nussbaum's Info with Interactive Maps
Animated French & Indian War
Young George Washington's Adventures - Webrangers

Causes of the War
Schoolhouse Rocks - No More Kings! Video
Vimeo on Causes
A Brief History - French & Indian War Through Lexington & Concord Video
Boston Massacre Engraving by Paul Revere
Schoolhouse Rocks! The Shot Heard Round the World Video
Lexington & Concord Animated
Mr. Donn's Causes of Rev War - click on each event to find out more info
Mr. Nussbaums' Causes of Rev War - click on each event to find out more info

Major Battles of the War
This Ain't Working Flocabulary Video
Mr. Nussbaum's Interactive Battles Links - Click on battles to find more info about each
Who Won Each Battle?
Bunker Hill Animated
Battle For New York Animated
Trenton & Princton Animated
Fort Ticonderoga & Saratoga: The Turning Point Animated
Battle for Philadelphia Animated
Battle at Monmouth Animated
Southern Battles Animated
Yorktown Animated

Duckster's Revolution War Info For Kids - timeline of events, famous people
Interactive Rev War Battlefield - Click to learn more about British and American troops and their strategies
Liberty's Kids Episodes on You Tube - Ask your parents first before going on You Tube!

PATRIOTS, TORIES, & QUAKERS - What Were They Thinking?
A House Divided - William's Story
Sneak Past the British Army to Deliver a Letter to Paul Revere! - Webrangers Activity
George Washington's Secret Code - Webrangers Activity
Independence Artifacts - Webrangers

CONTINENTAL ARMY VS BRITISH REDCOATS - How Did They Compare?
Interactive Armies - Life as a Redcoat or member of the Continental Army
Prezi on Similarities & Differences
Video Footage - You Decide!
Life in The Continental Army - 1777 (reenactors describe the daily life of a soldier)

FOUNDING DOCUMENTS
Mr. Nussbaum's Info about Declaration and Constitution
Kids Discover! Thomas Jefferson & the Declaration of Independence
The Constitution With Kid-Friendly Meanings of Historical Words
SHHHHHH! We're Writing the Constitution Video

FOUNDING FATHERS & MOTHERS
Mr. Nussbaum's Bio Pages of Revolutionary War Heroes and Heroines
Info about 7 Founding Fathers
Liberty's Kids Quick Bios
Holiday's Heroes - Franklin & Hancock
John Hancock

Animated Hero Classics - Benjamin Franklin
Animated Hero Classics - George Washington

A NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT
Weebly Constitution Links
Weebly Government Links

Famous Person Trading Card Maker - on Read, Write, Think

WESTWARD EXPANSION

Elbow Room Schoolhouse Rocks

Manifest Destiny of the 1800's Rap

Manifest Destiny - The Official Movie Trailer

Louisiana Purchase Webquest

Lewis & Clark Online Scavenger Hunt

Mr. Nussbaum's Interactive Expanding Nation Map

Mr. Nussbaum's Westward Expansion Scavenger Hunt

Flocabulary Indian Relocation Video

Chief Joseph - I Will Fight No More Forever

LEWIS & CLARK LINKS

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/main.html

Based on the book we had in class

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/history/lewisandclark.htm#!

Easy to read background

http://mrnussbaum.com/lewis-clark/interactive/

interactive map of trip

http://mrnussbaum.com/pioneers/meriwether_lewis/

Biography of Lewis

http://mrnussbaum.com/pioneers/william_clark

Biography of Clark

ERIE CANAL/STEAMBOATS ON THE MISSISSIPPI
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork//laic/episode1/topic7/e1_t7_s1-ec.html

for kids! With slide show that is great!!!!

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork//laic/episode1/topic7/e1_t7_s2-ny.html

see above (effects)

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/adlit08.ush.exp.erie/building-the-erie-canal/

video of Erie Canal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQE2sNfYXpg

Erie Canal song

http://www.eriecanalvillage.net/pages/song.html

lyrics to song

http://www.eriecanalway.org/learn_history-culture_fast-facts.htm

fast facts about canal
http://www.american-historama.org/1801-1828-evolution/steamboats-of-1800s.htm

easy to read background with headings

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork//laic/episode1/topic7/e1_t7_s3-is.html

pbs kids easy to read

http://www.ket.org/trips/belle/timeline/

timeline of events

http://steamboattimes.com/index.html

pictures and facts about boats

TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
http://cprr.org/Game/Interactive_Railroad_Project/indexy.htm
Interactive railroad event simulation

http://cprr.org/Museum/Exhibits.html

photo index

http://www.teachertube.com/video/transcontinental-railroad-19400

video on Teacher Tube

http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/first_transcontinental_railroad.php

Duckster’s Site

http://www.american-historama.org/1866-1881-reconstruction-era/transcontinental-railroad.htm

Facts for Kids

http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/transcontinental-railroad/videos

Video (4 min)

http://my.ilstu.edu/~jabraun/students/geiseman/facts.htm

questions and answers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4qYUnm4ZYY

Charlie Brown Video

GOLD RUSH
http://pbskids.sproutonline.me/wayback/goldrush/journey.html
Info on routes west, people living there, miners

http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/california_gold_rush.php

duckster’s info

http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/calgoldrush/calgoldrush.htm

click on each heading to read more and see pics

http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/calgoldrush/calgoldrush.htm

top ten facts for kiddos

http://www.wartgames.com/themes/american/goldrush.html

activities to click on

http://www.huntington.org/Education/GoldRush/game/anna_1.htm

Gold Rush simulation of girl’s journey west

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/sfeature/game.html

strike it rich game

TRAIL OF TEARS
http://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/history-of-native-americans/trail-of-tears.htm
basic information with headings and great pictures

https://kidskonnect.com/history/trail-tears/

list of facts

http://www.ducksters.com/history/native_americans/trail_of_tears.php

Duckster’s page on Trail of Tears

http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/The-Trail-of-Tears-280342.html

questions with answers you might be asking yourself!

http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/people/john_ross

learn about John Ross, leader of the Cherokee people during the Trail of Tears

http://www.schooltube.com/video/10ab73bc9f1d4dc89014/AndrewJackson-TrailofTears/

video about President Andrew Jackson’s decision

CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION SITES

Online Civil War Activities
Radford University Webquest For Fifth Graders
Mr. Nussbaum's Civil War Adventure
Mr. Nussbaum's Civil War Interactive Map - click on a location to learn more about what happened there!
Choose a Side! WebRangers Activity
Help President Lincoln Get to the White House! WebRangers Activity
Women in the Civil War
African Americans in the Civil War
Mr. Nussbaum's Civil War Jigsaw Puzzle

A Nation Divided - Kids Discover! Introduction
Webquest for Next Year
BrainPop Video
Radford University Site For Kids
Interactive Maps Comparing Resources of Northern & Southern States
Interesting Factoids By a Kid Who Studies the Civil War
Family Life During the War
WebRangers - Pick a Side!
Slide Show Overview of the War With Photographs & Music
TIMELINES OF EVENTS
Path to the Civil War video
Civil War Interactive Timeline
Duckster's Timeline with Event Info & Photographs

CAMP LIFE & PHOTOGRAPHS
Civil War Kids
Kidport
Soldier's Daily Lives
Hospitals During the War
MILITARY
Lee or Grant: Which Would You Choose?
Weaponry
Union & Confederate Soldiers Compare & Contrast Video
BATTLES
Softschools Timeline of Major Battles
Info By Kids For Kids
PBS Battlefields and Statistics
History.com's Interactive 5 Deadliest Battles By the Numbers
CivilWar.org's Battle Information - search by state or battle

Pink & Say - Video with illustrations from the book

Animated Hero Classics - Abraham Lincoln
Animated Hero Classics - Harriet Tubman

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Legacy of Service Video
Text of Speech
Animated Video Presentation of Speech
Take a Virtual Tour of the MLK Memorial in Washington DC

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