Dorsett, Melissa - 4th Grade Teacher
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Various Social Studies Games
Animated Biographies of Famous Americans
Map Skills Websites:
United States Introduction to Regions
Regions
Blank US Physical Map
Map of US with States, Capitals and Rivers Labeled
World Map
World Quiz
World Map
Using a Compass Rose
Easy Compass Rose Game
Pirate Game using Compass
Continents and Oceans Hangman
Copycat Continents
Interactive United States Map
Interactive 50 States and Regions
Longitude and Latitude Game
Longitude and Latitude Millionaire Game
Another Longitude and Latitude Millionaire Game
Regions Millionaire Game
Continents Hangman(Thanks to Mia and Ms. Doyle for the following sites:)
https://www.teletracnavman.com/gps-fleet-tracking-education/landmarks-around-the-worldhttps://geoguessr.com/
Explorers Websites:
European Explorers
Explorer Flash Cards for Review
Several Explorers30 Great Explorers- not all sea travelers
Discovering the Americas (discovering the Americas)
Web Hunt: Christopher Columbus
Explorers (here you will need to scroll down to find a list of explorers)
Links to Explorers
CyberSleuthkids: World ExplorersEnchanted Learning list of Explorers
More Information of Explorers
Balboa
Balboa
Henry Hudson
Ponce de Leon
Ponce de Leon
Ponce de Leon
Alphabetized List of Explorers
Cabot
Cabot
Columbus
Guided Scavenger Hunt- Columbus
Cabot
Native American Websites:
Mr. Nussbaum's Native American Site
Green Corn Festival
Kwakiutl Webquest
Native American Map with Boundaries
Many Native American ResourcesNative American Regions
Native Americans Comparison Chart
National Museum of Native Americans
The Study of Native Americans
Native American History Resources
Buffalo Hide Paintings
Things You Can Make with Buffalo
Seminoles
Inuit
Inuit Information for Kids
Power Points on each Native American group
13 Colonies Websites:
Southern Colonies
New England and Middle Colonies
Mrs. Dorsett's 13 Colonies WebquestMr. Nussbaum's Colonial American Site
Meet a Colonial FamilyColonial Activities and Quizzes
Daily Life n the ColoniesGreat Information for each Colony
Think Quest About the Colonies
Colonial Williamsburg Photo Gallery
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Colonial_Life.html (EVERYthing you need to know about colonial America)
http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/HistorySubjects/colonialAmerica.html (movies about the 13 colonies)
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_NE_Colonies.html (LOTS of info about the NE Colonies)
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Mid_Colonies.html(LOTS of info about the Middle Colonies)
LOTS of informtion about the Southern Colonies
Ben Franklin InterviewInformation on 13 Colonies
American Revolution Websites:
Mrs. Dorsett's American Revolution Newspaper Webquest
Revolutionary War Scavenger Hunt
Online books about the American Revolution:
When Washington Crossed the Delaware- page 204
Tea Time in Boston
Walk the Freedom Trail
The Attack of the Turtle
The Truth About George
Early America
Great Quiz on Road to Revolution
Causes of the American Revolution Powerpoint #1
Causes of the American Revolution Powerpoint #2 (This one is really good, it has quizzes and activities to go with it)
Causes of the American Revolution Powerpoint #3 (this one fully describes all the causes in the Georgia standards)http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html (activities and videos for kids)
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle.html (newspaper articles for kids)
http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX05096e5e567c721b444377&t=American-Revolution (video on causes of Rev. and quizzes)
***http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/HistorySubjects/AmericanRevolution.html (movies about Rev)
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/chap3.htm (good info for research)
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/revolut/jb_revolut_subj.html (jump back in time)
http://americanrevolution.org/artmain.html (art from/about the Am Rev.)
************http://www.mrnussbaum.com/amrevolution/loyalists.htm (several resources)
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/amrevolution/revolutionary_war_map.htm (kids can create a map showing battles using the program)
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/amrevolution/ampeople.htm (bios about famous people of the war- great for research)
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/amrevolution/amactivities.htm (GREAT activities for teachers and students- cloze, comprehension, crosswords, etc)
Animated Revolutionary Battles
American Rev. War Battles
Timeline of Events in the Am. Rev.
Am. Rev.- History for Kids
Colonial ChildrenKey Players in the American Revolution
Women of the American Revolution
More Women of the American Revolution
Important People of the War
The American Revolution
Declaration of Independence (Kid-Friendly)
Colonial Williamsburg
Liberty's Kids
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson (thanks, Sam, for the updated link)
John AdamsPages on the American Revolution:
Timeline of Events
The following time line shows major events of the American Revolution. Click on any of the events for more detail. Years: Pre-1775
French and Indian War Quest for Independence Lack of Government Representation The Stamp Act The Townsend Act The Boston Massacre The Gaspee Incident The Tea Act The Intolerable Acts 1756-1763 1764- 1765 1767 1770 1772 1773 1774 Taxation Townsend Act is repealed The Boston Tea Party First Continental Congress Years: 1775 to 1777
Years: 1778 to 1789
France enters the war Battle of Savannah Battle of Charleston Battle of King's Mountain Battle of Cowpens Battle of Eutaw Springs Articles of Confederation Treaty of Paris ratified ending the war Constitutional Convention George Washington elected first President of United States 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1787 1789 Battle of Monmouth Spain enters the war Battle of Camden Battle of Guilford Battle of Yorktown Treaty of Paris signed Books about the American Revolution
Other links on the American Revolution
For a daily history lesson seeAccent History http://www.accenthistory.net Links on the American Revolution from http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/americanrevolution/amerrevolution.htm
United States Government Websites:http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/index.html (Ben’s guide to the government)
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/lawmaking/index.html (how laws are made)
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/3branches/3bgovt.htm (branches of govt. quiz)
http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/movies/bill.html (Bill of Rights movie)
http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/movies/meet.html (Meet your government)
http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX506c725178615342646467&t=Government (democracy video)
http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX4b0c055401704b78645506&t=Government (government video)
The Constitution
How Laws are Made
Constitution Game
Westward Expansion Websites:
Oregon Trail Game
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/lcflash.htm (Lewis and Clark resources)
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/history/trails.htm
http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/HistorySubjects/railroad.html (movies on railroads)http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/movies/bell1.html (telegraph movie)
http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/movies/lp.html (Louisiana Purchase)
http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/HistorySubjects/pioneerFrontier.html (several videos on Westward Expansion)
http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/movies/texas.html (our Texas heritage)
http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/movies/goldRush.html (California Gold Rush)
http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/movies/pioneer.html (Oregon Trail)
http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/movies/invaders.html
Interactive Map of Land Acquisition:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u5/index.html
Westward Expansion
http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie2.html
http://teachers.emints.org/mathysl/missouri.html#Westward%20Expansion
Map of the United States in 1803
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/maps/louisianapurchase/colormap.htm
Louisiana Purchase
http://members.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/1800/louisianapurchase/index.shtml?p
http://www.civics-online.org/library/formatted/images/lpurchase.html
http://simeonca.org/ourpages/auto/2007/11/15/1195148886303/Louisiana%20Purchase.ppt
http://americanhistory.mrdonn.org/louisianapurchase.html
Lewis and Clark Homepage
http://www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/LewisClark2/HomePage/HomePage.htm
http://www.lewisclark.net/timeline/index.html
Scholastic Lewis and Clark Activity
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/lewis_clark/
Lewis and Clark Venture West
http://www.lewis-clark.org/content/content-channel.asp?ChannelID=400
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/lcflash.htm
http://members.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/l/lewisandclark.shtml?p
http://www.ballard-tighe.com/eaweb/interactiveonline/activities/ea5_2.swf
http://nationalgeographic.com/west/main/html
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/games/LewisClarkAdventure/
http://monticello.org/jefferson/lewisandclark/packinglist.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/index.html
http://www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/LewisClark2/Activities&Kids/Quizzes/Quizzes.htm
Acquisition of Texas
The Mexican-American War
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/mexicanamericanwar1.htm
“Remember the Alamo”
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/alamodef.htm
Battle of San Jacinto
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/sanjacintodef.htm
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/guadalupehidalgodef.htm
Oregon Trail Map
http://www.historyglobe.com/ot/otmap1.htm
The Gold Rush
http://www.huntington.org/Education/GoldRush/index.html
http://teachers.emints.org/mathysl/missouri.html#Gold%20Rush
b. Describe the impact of the steamboat, the steam locomotive, and the telegraph on life in America.
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/industrial_nation/invention_timeline2.htm
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/industrial_nation/inventions.htm
Abolition and Suffrage
SS4H7 The student will examine the main ideas of the abolitionist and suffrage movements.
Timeline of Women's Suffrage
http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/Files/Documents/Timelines/WomensRightstimeline.pdf
a. Discuss biographies of Harriet Tubman and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Biography of Harriett Tubman
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/harriettubman1.htm
http://members.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/tubman/index.shtml?p
http://members.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/tubman/printoutnopicture.shtml?p
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j1.html
Biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
http://members.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/people/s/stanton/index.shtml?p
Major Landforms of U.S.A
Major Rivers of U.S.A
Physical map of U.S.A
Daniel BooneMeet famous Amerians- http://www.americaslibrary.gov/index.html
Social Studies Resources!
Click this link for Georgia Social Studies Standards or visit one of these other Social Studies websites!
(credit to Niki Pope)Hispanic Heritage Month September 15th through October 15th!
Black History Month February
VETERENS DAY
November 11th