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Skills--Pearson Prentice Hall
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Modern History
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A Boke of Gode Cookery http://www.godecookery.com/godeboke/godeboke.htm -- "A compilation of medieval recipes from authentic sources adapted for the 21st century kitchen, along with diverse facts on food &feasting in the Middle Ages & Renaissance and other historical culinary items" compiled by James L. Metterer. Collections and Research from the Higgins Armory Museum Black Plague Simulation http://www.mcn.org/ed/cur/cw/Plague/Plague_Sim.html A Hands-on Epidemic Simulation NOVA Online -- Secrets of Lost Empires -- Medieval Siege http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/ NOVA builds a trebuchet and destroys a castle. Site includes an interactive game for using a virtual trebuchet to destroy a virtual castle. |
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Die like an Egyptian -- a site to explore the Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife -- created by teachers from Palo South Middle School Egyptian artifacts at the Cairo Museum http://www.akhet.co.uk/cairo.htm Funerary Collection from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo http://www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg/collection_funerary.htm |
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GENERAL ELECTION INFORMATION SITES:
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The American Presidency (from Grolier Online) Go to Grolier Online http://go.grolier.com:80/ Then click on American Presidency U.S Electoral College from the National Archives and Records Adminsitration -- http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/ PoliticsElection2004 -- Nice selection of websites about Presidential Elections -- includes historic sites about the history of the debates, election commericals, voter turnout and much more -- http://library.lhs.usd497.org/PoliticsElection2004.htm |
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YOUTH ACTIVISM SITES:
All of these sites give information about the Presidential Election, American politics and ways kids can become involved.
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Rock the Vote -- http://www.rockthevote.com/home.php |
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Declare Yourself -- http://www.declareyourself.com |
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Elections 2004 President Match (AOL News with Time) -- http://www.presidentmatch.com/Main.jsp2?cp=main YouthRights.org (National Youth Rights Association) -- http://www.youthrights.org/votingage.shtml Youth Vote Coalition -- http://www.youthvote.org |
Youth Noise (Save the Children Federation, Inc) -- http://www.youthnoise.com Freedom's Answer -- http://www.freedomsanswer.net |
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CIA World Fact Book -- Contains "Appendixes, Reference Maps, Notes and Definitions, Guide to Country Profiles,History of The World Factbook" -- http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
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| National Geographic Map Machine -- MapMachine is a dynamic atlas that lets you explore hundreds of maps, satellite images, and historical cartography to customize your own experience -- http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/ | ||
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Christopher Columbus Discovers America, 1492 http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/columbus.htm
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Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/ |
Constitutional Convention of 1787
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| National Archives Experience -- American's Founding Fathers, Delegates to the Constitutional Conventional -- http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/constitution_founding_fathers.html | ||
| Individual Biographies of the Delegates to the Constitutional Convention by Gordon Lloyd and Jeff Sammon -- From Teaching Amercian History.org http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/alpha.html | ||
| Introduction to the Constitutional Convention by Gordon Lloyd -- http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/intro.html | ||
| The Constitutional Convention of the United States of America with Explanatory Notes -- http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/constitution/convention.htm | ||
| The Constitutional Convention -- http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h368.html | ||
| Constitution of the United States -- from the National Archives (NARA) -- http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/constitution_zoom_1.html | ||
Immigration to the United States
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Immigration -- The Changing Face of America -- From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress Immigration: The Living Mosaic of People, Culture, and Hope (from Thinkquest team 20619) |
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Angel Island Immigration Station (California) |
Ellis Island Passenger Arrival : American Family Immigration History Center From one life to another -- Articles about immigration by Thinkquest Team 26788 Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild -- This site has transcribed many ship manifests (which contain all the passengers names and their country of origin. Part of the site can only be accessed for a fee. Do NOT sign up for a trial! |
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The New Americans -- Meet the New Americans -- PBS |
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Civil War Resources
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The Lewis and Clark Journey of Discovery -- presentation of the National Parks Service as part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial -- http://www.nps.gov/jeff/LewisClark2/HomePage/HomePage.htm |
Additional materials from the new documentary, Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/ |
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| Discovering Lewis and Clark : "focuses on issues, values and visions relating to the Lewis & Clark Expedition, its preludes, and its aftermath up to the present time. Sponsored by the Montana Committee for the Humanities http://www.lewis-clark.org/ | Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition -- transcribed journals from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/ | |
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THE ORIGINAL THIRTEEN COLONIES
Pilgrim Hall Museum: King Philip's War http://www.pilgrimhall.org/philipwar.htm History Place: Michael Tougias: King Philip's War in New England http://www.historyplace.com/specials/kingphilip.htm The Salem Witch Trials: Eyewitness to History http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/salem.htm 13 Originals -- Founding the American Colonies --http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html Roanoke Revisited - Heritage Education Program - Fort Raleigh National Historic Site -- http://www.nps.gov/fora/roanokerev.htm Learn aboout the 50 States from Netstate
History of the United States from usahistory.info http://americanhistory.about.com/od/colonialamerica/a/colonylist.htm |
| The 13 Colonies of America: Clickable map -- clicking on the state brings up facts about that colonie as well as articles about different aspects of colonial life -- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/13mapnew.htm | |
| Colonial America (1492-1763) -- America's Story from America's Library (The Library of Congress) -- Short articles on a variety of subjects centered around Colonial America --http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/colonial | |
| 16th century Settlements @ Florida OCHP -- Information about historical Florida from the Office of Cultural and Historical Programs -- http://www.flheritage.com/facts/history/settlements/ | |
| The Three Regions of the 13 Colonies -- from Cyberschool, a collaborative project between the University of Oregon and the Eugene School System http://brt.uoregon.edu/cyberschool/history/ch04/regions.html | |
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America's Library: The Revolutionary Period (1764-1789) -- The Library of Congress's site for learning about U.S. history including stories, photos, paintings LIBERTY! - The American Revolution - website with materials from the PBS documentary of the road leading up to the Revolutionary Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolutionary War : An internet exploration of the Revolutionary War from the Independence Hall Association |
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Interactive Revolutionary War from Teaching American History.org
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| Learn about Native Americans: a site made by Arlington Heights School District in Illnois | |
| Native American Culture |
The Wild West :from The Wild West.org |
| Native Americans: from NativeAmericans.com |