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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIndependence Hall: International Symbol of Freedom
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Branches of Government, History-Social Science, Geography, United States History and 3 additional..Independence Hall: International Symbol of Freedom recounts the history of the building in Philadelphia where the Second Contine...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDonner Party
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States, History-Social Science, Geography, United States History, CaliforniaDonner Party provides a transcript, map, and essays for a TV program that tells the harrowing tale of what tragically became one...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDrake's West Indian Voyage 1588-1589
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, Early ExplorersDrake's West Indian Voyage 1588-1589 is a lesson investigating maps of a voyage by Sir Francis Drake that involved attacks on Sp...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTrails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States, History-Social Science, Geography, Immigration and Migration, United States HistoryTrails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869 features 49 diaries of pioneers who traveled westward across Amer...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJohn and Abigail Adams
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Branches of Government, History-Social Science, United States History, American DemocracyJohn and Abigail Adams offers insights into the birth of American democracy, the American Revolution, life in the colonies, the ...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLewis and Clark Online Base Camp
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, United States HistoryVenture into the unexplored American west with Lewis and Clark in this National Geographic interactive feature. Follow the trail...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSalem: Witchcraft Hysteria
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, United States History, Psychology, ElectivesWhat would you do if you were accused of witchcraft? Learn about the Salem witch trials in this National Geographic interactive ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkContinental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American DemocracyThe 274 broadsides in Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789, chronicle the founding of our nation fr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkImages of the American Revolution
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, American DemocracyThis lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, focuses on the American Revolution, which encouraged ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFind Your Longitude
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, History-Social Science, Geography, Earth & Space ScienceIn this PBS interactive activity, students must find their longitude on the high seas using a chronometer. They learn about long...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJamestown's Economy
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, United States History, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from The Virtual Jamestown Project, University of Virginia, students learn about the economy of Jamestown. Stude...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJamestown Fort: Finding History
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, United States History, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from The Virtual Jamestown Project, University of Virginia, students learn about the early history of the Jamest...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJobs in Jamestown
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, United States History, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from The Virtual Jamestown Project, University of Virginia, students learn about daily life and events in Jamest...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Jamestown Newsletter
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Grammar, United States History and 4 additional..This lesson, from the Virtual Jamestown Project, University of Virginia, addresses the daily life and events in the Jamestown co...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLeadership in Jamestown
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, United States History, Writing StrategiesThis lesson, from The Virtual Jamestown Project, University of Virginia, features the leaders of Jamestown in the 18th century. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAbolition
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Visual Arts, American DemocracyThis exhibit of abolitionist publications, from the Library of Congress, demonstrates the extent of public support for and oppos...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Memory: Words and Deeds in American History - Petition for Bail from Accused Witches, ca. 1692
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, Psychology, Electives, SociologyThis Web page, part of the Words and Deeds in American History collection, is found on the American Memory Web site created by...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSioux Treaty of 1868
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, United States History, Writing Strategies, American DemocracyThis lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, relates to the power granted to the president and the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTotem Poles of the North American Northwest Coast Indians
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, Psychology, Electives, SociologyDesigned for middle school art classes grades 6, 7, and 8, the main focus of this unit is to blend successfully, material object...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Amistad Case: Teaching Activities
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, United States History, Writing Strategies, American DemocracyFifty-three Africans were abducted, purchased by two Spanish planters and put aboard the Cuban schooner Amistad for shipment to ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0