Social+Studies+Links

**American Revolution Research** **@http://earlyamerica.com/** **@http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/** **http://www.ushistory.org ** **@http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/revolutionarywar/** ** http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/chap3.htm** **People** @http://www.connecticutsar.org/patriots/hale_nathan.htm @http://www.notablebiographies.com/Tu-We/Washington-George.html @http://www.biography.com/assets/pdf/study_guides/bio4kids/Bio4KidsBenjaminFranklin.pdf @http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=1 @http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=2 @http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/sampson.html @http://www.notablebiographies.com/A-An/Adams-John.html @http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flaglife.html @http://www.anb.org/articles/20/20-01901.html @http://www.biography.com/people/james-armistead-537566 **http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/chap3.htm** **@http://www.colonialhall.com/biodoi.asp** **Media** **Photographs/Video** ** http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html** @http://www.earlyamerica.com/portraits/
 * The American Revolution**
 * @http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/ **
 * @http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/revolutionarywar.htm **
 * @http://richmangalleries.com/Revolutionary%20War/Revolutionary%20War.htm**
 * @http://vimeo.com/39497177**



[|Cost of food items 1900's] [|Food Timeline of 1800's] [|Cost of gas over time] [|Value of One Dollar] [|Life Expectancy] [|Average Income in 2012]
 * Links for overview of history era:**
 * [|Guide to US Presidents]**
 * [|Our Presidents]**

**The Nation Moves West**


 * The Nation Moves West Videos and Activities:**
 * [|Lewis and Clark BrainPop]**
 * [|Going West with Lewis and Clark] **
 * [|Time Machine: 1805] **
 * [|Remember the Alamo quiz]**
 * [|Interactive Map on Westward Expansion]**
 * [|Gold Rush BrainPop Video]**
 * [|Getting to the Gold Rush]**
 * [|Rush for Gold]**
 * The Nation Moves West Research:**
 * [|Louisiana Purchase]**
 * [|The Story of the Alamo]**
 * [|Alamo People and Events]**
 * [|Oregon Trail]**
 * [|Life on the Trail]**
 * [|Oregon Trail Ecosystems]**
 * [|Gold Rush]**
 * [|The California Gold Rush]**
 * [|EyeWitness to History, Donner Party]**
 * [|Life for Kids on Oregon Trail]**
 * [|Life for kids during the Gold Rush]**

**Slavery** [|The Emancipation Proclamation] [|Schooling of Slaves] [|Cost of items in 1850 value of a dollar] [|African American soldiers in the Civil War] [|History of Colored Troops in the Civil War] [|Ending Slavery in America] [|Life on a Plantation]
 * Slavery Videos and Activities:**
 * [|Slavery BrainPop]**
 * [|Underground Railroad BrainPop]**
 * [|Write a Secret Letter]**
 * [|Compare the North Vs. South]**
 * [|Pathways to Freedom]**
 * [|Interactive Underground Railroad]**
 * Slavery Research:**
 * [|Growing up in Slavery]**
 * [|Slavery Slideshow] **
 * [|Underground Railroad Slideshow] **
 * [|A New Life of Freedom Slideshow] **
 * [|African Americans after Slavery]**
 * [|African American Slavery]**

**The Civil War**


 * The Civil War Videos and Activities:**
 * [|Civil War Causes BrainPop]**
 * [|Civil War BrainPop]**
 * [|Abraham Lincoln's Crossroads]**
 * [|Civil War quiz]**
 * [|Abraham Lincoln Video]**
 * [|Abraham Lincoln Quick Quiz]**
 * [|Time Machine: 1863]**
 * The Civil War Research:**
 * [|What caused the Civil War?]**
 * [|Civil War for 5th graders]**
 * [|The Gettysburg Address]**
 * [|EyeWitness to the American Civil War]**
 * [|Civil War Timeline]**
 * [|Civil War for kids]**
 * [|EyeWitness to History, President Lincoln is Shot]**
 * [|Reconstruction]**
 * [|Sherman's March to the Sea]**

**Crossing the Continent** [|Trail of Tears] [|The Plains] [|Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane] [|Schooling in 1870]
 * Crossing the Continent Videos and Activities:**
 * [|Wounded Knee Massacre BrainPop]**
 * [|Trail of Tears BrainPop]**
 * [|Build a sod house]**
 * [|Rail, Sail, or Overland Mail]**
 * [|The Great Railroad Race]**
 * [|Texas Ranch House]**
 * Crossing the Continent Research:**
 * [|EyeWitness to History Shoot out with "Wild Bill" Hickok]**
 * [|EyeWitness to History, Pony Express]**
 * [|Pony Express]**
 * [|The Iron Road]**
 * [|Chinese-American Contribution to the Railroad]**

**Great Depression**




 * Great Depression Videos and Activities:**
 * [|Great Depression Causes BrainPop]**
 * [|Great Depression BrainPop]**
 * [|Dust Bowl Video]**
 * [|New Deal BrainPop]**
 * [|Time Machine: 1935]**
 * [|Farming in the 1930's]**
 * Great Depression Research:**
 * [|EyeWitness to History, The Wall Street Crash]**
 * [|EyeWitness to History, Migrant Mother]**
 * [|Life on the Farm 1930's]**
 * [|What caused the Dust Bowl?]**
 * [|The Dust Bowl of Oklahoma]**
 * [|The Great Depression and the New Deal]**
 * [|The New Deal]**
 * [|Nebraska schooling in Great Depression]**

**World War I and II**


 * World War I and II Videos and Activities:**
 * [|World War I BrainPop]**
 * [|World War II BrainPop]**
 * [|Time Machine: 1943]**
 * Remembering Pearl Harbor**
 * World War I and II Research:**
 * [|Why did US enter World War I?]**
 * [|Effects of World War I on America]**
 * [|EyeWitness to History, Attack at Pearl Harbor]**
 * [|Where were you on Dec. 7 1941?]**
 * [|Franklin D. Roosevelt Pearl Harbor Speech]**
 * [|Ration Books]**
 * [|Walking Home]**
 * [|Internment Camps]**
 * [|It's Not Fair]**
 * [|Schools in the 1940's]**
 * [|American History]**
 * [|Kids during World War 2]**

**Civil Rights**
 * Civil Rights Videos and Activities:**
 * [|Brown Vs. Board of Education BrainPop]**
 * [|Civil Rights BrainPop]**
 * [|Martin Luther King Jr. BrainPop]**
 * [|Time Machine: 1956]**
 * [|March toward Freedom]**
 * [|Label the Civil Rights Timeline]**
 * [|Civil Rights Quiz]**
 * [|Martin Luther King Jr. Photo Gallery]**
 * [|Little Rock 9 Video]**
 * Civil Rights Research:**
 * [|Eye Witness to History Ku Klux Klan]**
 * [|Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement]**
 * [|Civil Rights Timelin]**
 * [|Martin Luther King Jr.]**
 * [|Rosa Parks]**
 * [|Freedom Riders]**
 * [|PBS Freedom Riders]**
 * [|Separation is not Equal]**
 * [|Segregation of Schools Brown Vs Board of Education]**
 * [|Schooling Little Rock 9]**
 * [|American History 1960's]**