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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTinker, Tailor, Farmer, Sailor
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States, Geography, Immigration and Migration, History-Social Science, United States HistoryTinker, Tailor, Farmer, Sailor is a lesson in which students use primary sources to determine why Europeans settlers were drawn ...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBattle of Bunker Hill: Now We Are at War
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, The American RevolutionBattle of Bunker Hill: Now We Are at War describes how this American Revolution battle spurred colonial unity and sparked the fo...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGeorge Washington: A National Treasure
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: American Democracy, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Branches of Government, History-Social Science, United States HistoryGeorge Washington: A National Treasure takes an in-depth look at the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait of our first president. Exp...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentBright Stars and Broad Stripes Teacher Guide for the Classroom Videos
Grades: TK/K to 5Subjects: American Democracy, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Music, United States History and 3 additional..Watch and discuss a 12-minute video of a theater presentation about the Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired the Nationa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTaxation Without Representation?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Economics, United States History, History-Social ScienceThis EconEdLink lesson takes students through the series of tax acts that were enacted by the British government and disputed by...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkValley Forge
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States, Geography, History-Social Science, United States History, The American RevolutionValley Forge looks at the campsite that marked a turning point in the American Revolution. By 1777, General Washington had suff...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPictographs and Petroglyphs
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, History-Social Science, Visual Arts, ElectivesThis collection, from Pro-Visions Stock Images, contains photographs of Native American rock art, including pictographs and petr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBreathing New Life into Old Traditions: Examining Native American Cultures and Their Ceremonies in the Social Studies Classroom
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Geography, Reading Comprehension, United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students investigate the role of ceremonies and other traditions of Na...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJamestown Fort: Finding History
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn 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 / HyperLinkBethlehem, Pennsylvania: A Moravian Settlement in Colonial America
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States, Geography, History-Social Science, United States History, EconomicsBethlehem, Pennsylvania: A Moravian Settlement in Colonial America looks at this area (along the Lehigh River) that became the c...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDiscovering Lewis & Clark
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, United States HistoryDiscovering Lewis and Clark is a progressive Web site, currently containing more than 1,400 pages. The centerpiece of Discoverin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Letter From George Washington
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: American Democracy, United States History, History-Social ScienceThe letter on display in this gallery reveals George Washington's active engagement in shaping the nation during the critical pe...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkKnife River: Early Village Life on the Plains
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Native Peoples, United States History, History-Social ScienceKnife River: Early Village Life on the Plains describes village life in the Hidatsa and Mandan tribes during the peak of their c...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDrake's West Indian Voyage 1588-1589
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Early Explorers, History-Social Science, United States HistoryDrake'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 / HyperLinkThe Electric Ben Franklin
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThe remarkable Benjamin Franklin, a printer by trade, a scientist by fame, and a man of action by all accounts, continues to sha...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentPueblo Indian Watercolors: Velino Shije Herrera, "Story Teller"
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Psychology, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Electives and 4 additional..The Education Office at the Smithsonian American Art Museum develops teachers' guides, student activity packets, and similar mat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEconomic Spotter: Lewis and Clark's Expedition Faces Scarcity
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Economics, United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this EconEdLink lesson, students are introduced to the concept of scarcity. They travel back to the early 1800's in an inter...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCalifornia H/SS Course Model- The U.S. Constitution
Grades: 5Subjects: History-Social ScienceThis California H/SS Course Model helps Students describe the people and events associated with the development of the U.S. Cons...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMixed Blessings: Exploring the Separation of Church and State in Patriotic Poetry
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension and 4 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about the recent federal appeals court decision finding...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnderstanding the Salem Witch Trials
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this EDSITEment lesson, students study the 1692 witchcraft trials held in the Puritan community of Salem, Massachusetts. Stud...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0