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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTinker, Tailor, Farmer, Sailor
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, Immigration and Migration, United States, United States History, GeographyTinker, 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, The American Revolution, United States HistoryBattle 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: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, History-Social Science, Branches of Government, United States History, American DemocracyGeorge 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: History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Technology, Music 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: History-Social Science, United States History, EconomicsThis 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: History-Social Science, The American Revolution, United States, Geography, United States HistoryValley 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, Electives, History-Social Science, Visual ArtsThis 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: History-Social Science, United States History, Reading Comprehension, Geography, English-Language ArtsIn 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: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, 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 / HyperLinkBethlehem, Pennsylvania: A Moravian Settlement in Colonial America
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, United States, Geography, 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: History-Social Science, United States History, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsDiscovering 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: History-Social Science, United States History, American DemocracyThe 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: History-Social Science, United States History, Native PeoplesKnife 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: 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 / HyperLinkThe Electric Ben Franklin
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, ScienceThe 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: History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Psychology, History & Culture 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: History-Social Science, United States History, EconomicsIn 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: History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Literary Analysis, Music 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: History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this EDSITEment lesson, students study the 1692 witchcraft trials held in the Puritan community of Salem, Massachusetts. Stud...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0