Helpful Links (by topic)
Geography
- MapMaker - Improve your map skills
- Maps Explained - This website goes more in-depth while explaining maps
Native American cultures
- Native American Facts for kids - Fact sheets about several Native American tribes
- Native American tribes - Powerpoint featuring the Hopi, Nez Perce, Pawnee, Kwakiutl, Inuits, and Seminole tribes
- Quizlet Study Guide - Native American terms
European Exploration
- Quizlet Study Guide - Explorers- John Cabot, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Juan Ponce de Leon, Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier
- Explorers - Powerpoint on the above 6 explorers
- Maps - Interactive maps of the routes that the explorers took
- Maps 2 - Another good map where you can see the various routes
- All About Explorers! - Biographies
Colonies
- Quizlet Study Guide - Colonial terms
- Map - Learn where the colonies are, what states they consisted of, and what landmarks were in the colonies
- Colonial Chart - More information about the colonies in a neat chart
- Colonies - This webpage gives various links so that you can explore more in-depth on the colonies. It has pictures, charts, and documents.
- Life in New England - Takes you on an adventure to experience life in the 'olden' days.
- Trade Routes - Explore some of the trade routes between the colonies and England
American Revolution/A New Nation
- Constitution Timeline - A great resource to see how everything happened.
- American Revolution - Everything you ever needed to know about anything to do with the American Revolution
- Memory - A great review game for the American Revolution
- Liberty's Kids - Great cartoons that help explain the American Revolution to younger students
- Patrick Henry - Timeline
- Quizlet Study Guide - Revolutionary War
- Growing Colonies - Powerpoint
Westward Expansion
- Oregon Trail - All about the Oregon Trail
- Gold Rush - All about the California Gold Rush
- Lewis and Clark - An interactive website about the famous duo
- Lewis and Clark - National Geographic interactive website. Go on an adventure with L & C
- Louisiana Purchase - Learn about the biggest land deal of our Nation's history
- 1803 Map - Map of the United States in 1803
- Pioneer Transportation - How did the pioneers travel?
Abolitionist and Suffrage
- Harriet Tubman - Quick facts on Harriet Tubman
- Underground Railroad - Maps
- Underground Railroad - Interactive journey
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Biography
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Video
- Sojourner Truth - Ain't I Woman reading by Alfre Woodard
- Sojourner Truth - Biography
Other Social Studies Links
- American History - An interactive timeline of our Nation's history
- Animated Atlas - 10 minute clip showing geographic history of the United States
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