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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOne If By Land, and Two If By Sea!
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, United States History, Literature, English-Language ArtsThis Xpeditions lesson introduces students to various places associated with the American Revolutionary War. Students use histor...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLouisiana Purchase Resources
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis page, from Yale Law School s Avalon Project, provides links to nearly twenty primary documents related to the 1803 Louisian...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe War in the North, 1775-1778
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students trace events in the North during the American War for Indepen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Made George Washington a Good Military Leader? Leadership in Victory and Defeat
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Humanities, United States HistoryIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students evaluate the military leadership of General Washington by stu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Jamestown Newsletter
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Grammar, Writing Strategies, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Career & Technical Ed 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 / HyperLinkLewis and Clark - Into the Unknown
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, United States History, English-Language ArtsThis Web site, from PBS, is dedicated to the Lewis and Clark expedition. It is an interactive story in which portions of their j...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentAmerica on the Move Classroom Activity Guide - Unit 2: 1920's Industrial Nation - Image Cards
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this classroom activity from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students will use visual, analytical, and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJohn and Abigail Adams
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, Branches of Government, 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 / HyperLinkPioneers Moved West in the Early 1800s
Grades: 2Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, United States History, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the Educator s Reference Desk, students learn about the struggles and hardships of pioneer life as they res...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAll About The Oregon Trail
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIdaho State University s The Oregon Trail Web site tells the story of the great westward migration of the 19th century. This p...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Jefferson Desk
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis object-based learning activity revolves around the desk on which Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMapping Colonial New England: Looking at the Landscape of New England
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this lesson from EDSITEment, students learn how Puritans interacted with Native Americans, and how to gain information about ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWe the People: A History
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: United States HistoryThis Discovery Education lesson will help students: Identify the reasons the colonies fought the American Revolution. Describe...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLost Hero: The "To Do List" of the Continental Congress
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, American DemocracyIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students explore how the role of "President" was defined in the Articl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLewis and Clark
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, United States HistoryThis National Geographic feature focuses on the journey of Lewis d encounter woolly mammoths, erupting volcanoes, and a mountai...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDrafting the Declaration: The Jefferson Desk and the Declaration of Independence
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis teacher resource from "The Object of History", a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's National Museum of American ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJournals of Lewis & Clark
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis resource, from the Sierra Club, is part of the In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark series. Students can click on differen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Pictures to Build Schema for Social Studies Content
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, United States History, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, student groups analyze images of the Boston Massacre. They study Paul Revere's engraving of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Articles of Confederation
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, American DemocracyThis resource, from the Avalon Project at Yale University, features links to the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Conf...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Trail of Tears and the Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Electives, History-Social Science, Psychology and 2 additional..In this lesson plan, from the National Park Service, students identify the sources of conflict between American settlers and the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0