Social+Studies+Resources

This page contains important social studies class links

[|State Standards: 8th grade Social Studies] Graphic Organizers [|Venn Diagram] [|Time Line] [|T-Chart]

Researching with the web [|Finding and Evaluating Web Sites] [|What's Your Source?]

MAPS America Maps [|Colonial America, 1776] [|Lewis and Clark Routes]  [|Lewis and Clark Routes (no labels)]  [|The 13 British Colonies]  [|The 13 British Colonies (no labels)]  [|Trails to the West]  [|Trails to the West (no labels)]  [|The United States in 1860]  [|The United States in 1860 (no labels)]  [|United States: Capitals]  [|United States: Capitals (no labels)]  [|United States: Climate]  [|United States: Physical] North America <span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|North America: Countries]  <span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|North America: Countries (no labels)]  <span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|North America: Political] World Maps <span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|The Americas]  <span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|The Americas: Physical]  <span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|World: Continents]  <span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|World: Physical]
 * ==== General Resources ==== ||
 * [|American Memory] (Library of Congress) ... historical collections for the National Digital Library [|American Memory Learning Page] (Library of Congress) ... Orientation to American Memory | Features | Collections | Activities | Educators | Lessons | Resources [|America's Story from America's Library] (Library of Congress) ... Meet Amazing Americans | Jump Back in Time | Explore the States | Join America at Play | See, Hear, and Sing [|Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids] ... Our Nation | Historical Documents | Branches of Government | How Laws Are Made | National vs. State Government | Election Process | Citizenship | Games and Activities | Glossary | U.S. Government Web Sites for Kids [|Constitution Community] (National Archives and Records Administration **lesson plans**)... lessons and activities that address constitutional issues, correlate to national academic standards, and encourage the analysis of primary source documents ... arranged according to historical era [|Constitution of the United States of America] (National Archives) ... a transcription of the Constitution in its original form, with hyperlinks to biographies of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention [|Digital Classroom] (National Archives) ... provides materials and methods for teaching and learning with primary sources ... includes Document Analysis Worksheets for analyzing written documents, photographs, cartoons, posters, maps, artifacts, sound recordings, and motion pictures [|Encarta] (MSN) ... online reference source: encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary ... encyclopedia articles include links to related Websites [|Encyclopedia Smithsonian] ... answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources on subjects from Art to Zoology [|Government Websites] ... links to online resources in U.S. Government | State and Local Government | International Government [|Historical Maps of the United States] ... Early Inhabitants | Exploration and Settlement | U.S. Territorial Growth | Military History Maps | Later Historical Maps || [|History Place] ... chronologies and timelines with links to information on major periods in U.S. History: American Revolution | Civil War | 20th Century Topics | World War II & Nazi Germany | Vietnam War | Presidents of the U.S. [|Our Shared History: African American Heritage] (National Park Service) ... Exhibits and Collections | Tools for Learning | Stories to Tell | Underground Railroad [|Outline of American History] (USIA-United States Information Agency)... Early America | Colonial Period | Road to Independence | Formation of National Government | Westward Expansion and Regional Differences | Sectional Conflict | Growth and Transformation | Discontent and Reform | War, Prosperity, and Depression | The New Deal and World War | Postwar America | Decades of Change | Towards the 21st Century [|POTUS: Presidents of the United States] (Internet Public Library) ... background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, points of interest ... links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites [|PBS History (Public Broadcasting System)] ... Ancient World | Biographies | United States History |World History | War and Espionage [|Using Primary Sources in the Classroom] (Library of Congress) ... suggestions for student activities to enhance your social studies curriculum using authentic artifacts, documents, photographs, and manuscripts from the Library of Congress Historical Collections and other sources ||


 * ==== Resistance, Revolution, Republic ==== ||
 * [|American Indians and the Natural World] (Carnegie Museum of Natural History) ... belief systems, philosophies, and practical knowledge that guide Indian peoples' interactions with the natural world [|American Revolution Homepage] ... Timeline | Founding Fathers | Patriots | Battles | Generals | Other | Links [|American Revolutionary War] (National Park Service) ... featured sites and collections commemorate significant events and individuals of the American Revolutionary War [1775-1783] || [|Archiving Early America] ... explore the world of Early America through the media of the day ... primary sources include documents, newspapers, maps, magazines and writings [|Jump Back in Time to Colonial America] (Library of Congress: America's Story) ... brief articles on a variety of Colonial topics [|Liberty!](PBS) ...//Chronicle of the Revolution//: headlines, timelines, resource material and links to topics related to Colonial America and the Revolution / //Perspectives on Liberty//: Daily Life in the Colonies, the Global Village, and a Military point-of-view [|National Museum of the American Indian] (Smithsonian) ... online exhibits and a virtual tour of the museum ||


 * ====Sectionalism, Civil War, Reconstruction==== ||
 * [|Aboard the Underground Railroad] (National Park Service) ... Slave Trade | Early Antislavery | Operating the UGRR | Civil War [|After Reconstruction: Problems of African Americans] (Library of Congress **lesson plan**) ... students identify problems and issues facing African Americans in the South immediately after Reconstruction ... students search the collection for documents that describe the problem, consider opposing points of view, and suggest a remedy [|Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives]from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 (Library of Congress) ... more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves [|Camp Life: Civil War Collections from Gettysburg National Military Park] (National Park Service) ... Existing Day to Day | Battling Boredom | About the Exhibit [|Civil War As Photographed by Matthew Brady] (National Archives: Constitution Connection **lesson plan**) ... students draw conclusions about the Civil War by analyzing primary source photographs [|Civil War Links] ... list of Websites from the BCPS Research Module "Civil War and Killer Angels" ... see the "Mega" Civil War Sites at the bottom of the list-- searchable sites which contain many links on a variety Civil War topics || [|Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (National Park Service) ... database of basic facts about servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War: Soldiers / Sailors / Regiments / Cemeteries / Battles / Prisoners / Medals of Honor / National Parks [|First-Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920] (Library of Congress) ... compilation of printed texts documents the culture of the nineteenth-century American South from the viewpoint of Southerners ... includes the diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives of not only prominent individuals, but also of relatively inaccessible populations: women, African Americans, enlisted men, laborers, and Native Americans [|Letters Home from an Iowa Soldier] ... primary source of information about a soldier's life during the Civil War [|National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom] ... includes a history of the Underground Railroad, narratives of Underground Railroad activity, links [|54th. Mass. Infantry] ... information about a unit of African American soldiers ||