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History Links

History Alive Online Tutorial

American Heritage Magazine and Cobblestone are available in our library! Students can check them out, and teachers can check out class sets.

American Revolutionary War

• Schoolhouse Rock: "Shot Heard Round the World" video available for checkout in the library for teachers.
• The American Revolution Digital Learning Project: listen to a radio play based on the real memoirs of an 18th century American woman, access over 8,000 documents, including maps, songs, relics, artifacts, play games and activities, or curate your own online museum exhibition.
• List of Links for researching the American Revolutionary War
• A Day by Day Timeline of the American Revolution
• Road to Revolution Game at PBS.org
• Online Revolutionary War Games, Video and Activities
  • The Philadelphia Campaign of 1777 Rebus Game
  • Watch a short movie at Brainpop
  • The Flames of Rebellion: online downloadable strategy game.

Andrew Jackson/Growth of Democracy

• Mrs. Odom's Research Project (.doc)
  • Directions
  • Kitchen Cabinet (.xls)
  • Topics and Tasks
  • Notesheet

Colonial Life

• 13 Colonies Resources
• Colonial Life Powerpoint with streaming video (available to teachers in Middle School Commons folder under Media Center). Discusses life on the colonial farm, city and plantation. Can be shared with kids in the classroom.

Civil War

• www.americancivilwar.com
• http://johnsmilitaryhistory.com/
• www.civilwarhome.com/Batles.htm
• Watch a BrainPop movie on the Civil War
• An easy to read timeline of the events leading up to the Civil War, beginning with the election of Lincoln.
• Battles
  • Battles of the Civil War Research Links
  • National Geographics Civil War Map Machine
• African-Americans and slavery during the Civil War
  • DiscoverySchool: Understanding Slavery, witness a slave auction,
  • National Geographic: Underground Railroad interactive
  • Voices from the Days of Slavery: listen to actual voice recordings of former slaves.

Current Events

• CNN.com
• CNN. Student News
• MSNBC News

Constitution

• Constitutional Convention: Online Reference Material
• National Archives-Founding Fathers of the Constitution
• Assignment: Constitutional Convention Resume
  • Library Books
  • Library Websites"Free Web" Links
  • Delegate Biographies-Individual biographies of the Delegates to theConstitutional Convention
• Meet the Founding Fathers at the Constitutional Convention

Declaration of Independence

• See hi-res pictures of the original document and learn more about it with further links
• Grab a Pen and Virtually Sign the Declaration Yourself! Printable.
• Declare Yourself: online videos featuring readings by famous people, such as Morgan Freeman, as well as voting public service announcements.

Elections

• Debate on Audio
• Highlights on the Gubernatorial Debates
• Letters to the Editor (not working)
• Michigan Gubernatorial Election 2006
• Texas Gubernatorial Election
• Saline Reporter
• Ann Arbor News
• Lansing State Journal
• Detroit News
• Detroit Free Press
• Democracy at Work: Presidential Activities and Election Games

General History Links

• America's Library: meet famous presidents, jump back in time, explore the states.

Government: 3 Branches

• Ben's Guide to the US Government
• Congress for Kids
• The Democracy Project
• 2 Player Games (in the style of Jeopardy)
• Watch a movie about the the branches of government at BrainPop!
• Learn about the Legislative Branch
• Learn about the Executive Branch
• Learn about the Judicial Branch

Immigration

• Yahooligans American Immigration Links
• Ellis Island
• Ellis Island Multimedia at the History Channel
• Scholastic Interactive Tour of Ellis Island

Presidents

• The Election of Lincoln PowerPoint with streaming video (available to teachers in Middle School Commons folder under Media Center). Can be shared with kids in the classroom.
• Research Links for the presidents
• Grolier Online: includes GREAT info on the presidents

Pocahontas and Jamestown

• The Pocahontas Myth
• The History of Jamestown
• Pocahontas

Primary Source Documents

• Primary Source Documents-These are photos of actual documents- like the Constitution, Declaration of Indepence, and much more!
• America's Freedom Documents

Reform Movements

• Women's Suffrage Link 1, and Link 2
• Temperance Movement
• Abolition of Slavery
• History of Slavery
• Prison Reform
• Education Reform Link 1 and Link 2
• US Dept of Education
• Reform in Mental Institutions and Mental Illness Link
• Child Labor Link 1 and Link 2

Washington D.C.

• Movies about Washington D.C.
• Smithsonian Museum
• Washington Website
• Washington D.C. Links and the Virtual Tour worksheet (Word)
• Washington D.C. Powerpoint with streaming video. (available to teachers in Middle School Commons folder under Media Center). Can be shared with kids in the classroom. Covers landmarks, key buildings, and monuments.
• Camera Over Washington: panoramic views taken from the sky
• Virtual Tour of Washington
• Virtual Tour of Washington Monuments
• Explore D.C. Tour

Westward Expansion

• Westward Expansion Links
• The Alamo Film
• The Gold Rush
• The Oregon Trail