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San Mateo County Portal: Discovery streaming, World Book, Grolier Online, Math Quiz, Pokeman Learning League, Maps101, AP Images, EdStop's My Class (email smitchell@llesd.org to obtain your family password, if you child does not remember it)
http://www.smedcenter.org
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History Links
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Favorites:
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/maptop.html-This site offers online tutorial and quizzes for the basic features of a map, which include distance, scale, direction, latitude-longitude, and types of maps.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/franklin-home.html - The life of Benjamin Franklin is highlighted by the vast collections of the Library of Congress that focuses on his achievements as a writer, printer, inventor, scientist, politician, and statesman.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ - Digital History offers an interactive, multimedia history of the United States from the Revolution to the present.
http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/ACCDitg/SSCT.htm - Alamo Community College District lists attributes of a critical thinker, defines seven critical reading strategies, and describes applying critical thinking to American History.
http://k-12historysocialstudies.com/boals.html - Numerous well-organized groups of links to history and education-related sites. Topics include: genealogy, geography, economics, general history, non-western history, European/Russian history, resources for writers, research/critical thinking and much more.
http://www.pbs.org/history/-PBS offers resources connected to their television series that include: a summary of each episode, interviews, timeline, glossary, weblinks and photos. Resources are organized by topics: Ancient World, United States, World History, Biographies, and War & Espionage
Grade Level Links
Guide to Finding Sites
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Board (SREB), a partner in the SouthEast Initiatives Regional Technology in
Education Consortium (SEIR*TEC). SEIR*TEC is funded by the U.S. Department
of Education under grant number R302A0000011, CFDA 84.302A to support the
integration of technology in education. The contents of the product do not
necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Education or any
other agency of the United States government.
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All About America
An incredible site with incredible information for all grades.
History-Social
Studies, Schools of California Online Resources for Education (SCORE)
HyperHistory
Timelines of over 3,000 years of world history, with 400 lifelines.
Students see how events all over the world overlap.
Library of Congress /
American Documents.
National Council
for the Social Studies
Oldies and
Goodies School sites about History with virtual museums
Social Studies School
Service Online Activities, resources, videos, & lesson plans
80
Days that Changed the World - Time Magazine information on 80 historical
dates
By Grade - LLESD Curriculum Related Sites
Grade Level & Framework
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Topics
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Related Sites
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LEARNING AND WORKING NOW AND LONG AGO
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1
Citizenship:
Learning to Work Together
2 National and
State Symbols
3 Working Now
and Long Ago
4 Basics of
Location and Place
5 Calendars
6a Holiday
Celebrations
6b Famous
Legends and Events of America's Past |
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A CHILD'S PLACE IN TIME AND SPACE
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1 Citizenship
2 Location and
Place
3 American
Symbols and Traditions
4 Everyday
Life: Today and Yesterday
5 Cultural
Diversity of Americans
6 Basic
Economics |
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PEOPLE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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1
Long Ago and
Yesterday: Our Parents, Grandparents, and Ancestors
2 Location and
Place: Geography
3 How
Government Works and Solves Problems
4 Supplying Our
Needs
5 People Who
Made a Difference |
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CONTINUITY AND CHANGE
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1a
Northern
California: Geography
1b Central
California: Geography
1c Southern
California: Geography
2a Northern
California: Native Americans 2b
Central
California: Native Americans
2c Southern
California: Native Americans
3a Northern
California: History
3b Central
California: History
3c Southern
California: History
4a United
States: Basic Structure of the U.S. Government
4b United
States: Rules, Laws, and Citizenship
4c United
States: Landmarks and Documents
4d United
States: Famous Americans 5a
Northern
California: Economy
5b Central
California: Economy
5c Southern
California: Economy |
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CALIFORNIA: A CHANGING STATE
Overall history site:
http://www.californiahistory.net/ |
1
Physical
Geography
2a California's
Native Americans
2b Exploration
and Colonization 2c
Missions,
Presidios, Ranchos, and Pueblos 2d
Mexican Rule
3a Bear Flag
Republics and the Mexican-American War
3b Gold Rush,
Statehood, and the Westward Movement
4a Railroads
and Communication After 1850
4b Agriculture
and Water Systems After 1850
4c Migration
and Immigration After 1850
4d Great
Depression and World War II
4e Modern
California Economy
4f California's
Education and Culture
5 Local, State,
and National Government |
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| California Gold Rush |
California's Gold Rush Country presents in
spectacular color the historic sites and of the discovery of gold in California.
California's Untold Stories: Gold Rush!
The Oakland Museum of California
Discovery of Gold, The
by Gen. John A. Sutter
Online Gold Rush Exhibits
Museum of the City of San Francisco
Women in the Gold Rush
MY MISSION:
http://www.mymission.org/mymhom.html
Travel to the twenty-one California Missions through this online project.
Choose "Explore My Mission" and make a selection of which Mission you would
like to visit, complete with history, pictures, and trivia. |
| Explorers |
The Columbus
Navigation Homepage contains historical information on the famous
explorer. 1492 Exhibit (Columbus
and the New World)
Christopher Columbus
Myths and Facts
Columbus Navigation Home Page
Rare Map
Collections |
| Missions |
Missions of
California Virtual
Tour of Missions |
UNITED STATES HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY: MAKING A NEW NATION
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1
Pre-Columbian
Civilization
2 Age of
Exploration
3 Native
Americans and New Settlers
4 Settling the
Colonies
5 Causes of the
American Revolution
6 War for
Independence
7 Articles of
Confederation and Constitution
8a 1789-1850:
Migration and Westward Expansion
8b 1789-1850:
Immigration
8c 1789-1850:
U.S. Physical and Political Geography
8d Statehood:
West and Southwest
9 States and
Capitals |
Rare Map
Collections |
| From Native Americans to The Constitution |
US
History. An overall site of great resources Native Americans
Incredible references lists to all Native American history
Cherokee
/ Native American History
Mayflower Web Page
Sturbridge Village
Maps from
Colonial America
Colonial Williamsburg a complete site
and information listing
http://www.readingglassesshopper.com/Benjamin-Franklin-Inventor-of-Bifocals.html resources and background on the life of Benjamin Franklin
(thank you for referring this one to us Caitlin)
Journal of a voyage from
England to Philadelphia, 1726
Maps from
Revolutionary America
Original Proposal Draft of The
Bill of Rights of the U. S.
Revolutionary War
Webpage
Scanned Originals of
Early American Documents
World of Benjamin Franklin
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GO WEST:
Students choose between groups of fur traders, Native Americans, cattle drivers, immigrant workers, miners,
or farmers on this webquest in to the wild west. A teacher's guide and students worksheets are included. |
WORLD HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY: ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
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Early Humans
2a Mesopotamia
2b Egypt and
Kush
3 Ancient
Hebrews
4 Ancient
Greeks
5 India
6 China
7 Rome |
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| Ancient Civilizations |
Ancient Civilizations
A incredible site built by 6th graders at Urbana School with projects and
links
Ancient Civilizations, Daily
Lives Greece, Rome, China, India, Egypt, & Early Man
Ancient Greece Maps,
history of ancient Greece
Cleopatra: As
the Nile Turns Read one of the greatest stories of love and death
ever told.
Cleopatra's
Palace, The Search for See one of the great cities of the ancient world
slowly come back to life.
Greek Civilization Topics
War, environment, science, sports, daily life, politics, philosophy, religion, and arts |
WORLD HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY: MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN TIMES
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1a
The Fall of
Rome
1b Byzantium
2 Islamic
Civilization
3 China
4 Ghana, Mali,
and Songhay
5a Japan
6 Medieval
Europe
7a The Mayas
7b The Aztecs
and the Incas
8 Renaissance
Europe
9 The
Protestant Reformation
10 The
Scientific Revolution
11a The Age of
Exploration
11b The
Enlightenment and Age of Reason |
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Black Death, The
Leave the present day and travel back 600 years to
witness this crucial moment |
UNITED STATES HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY:
GROWTH AND CONFLICT
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podcasts and video links to Mr. Kelly's curriculum |
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1a
Colonial
Heritage and American Democracy
1b Declaration
of Independence and Natural Law
1c Significance
of the American Revolution 2a
Documents of
Freedom
2b Principles
of the U.S. Constitution
3a Northwest
Ordinance
3b Formation
of Political Parties
3c Free Press
and Citizen Participation
4 Early
American Leaders, Events, and Culture
5 War of 1812,
Monroe Doctrine, and Indian Treaties
6 American
Northeast: 1800-1850
7 American
South: 1800-1850
8 American
West: 1800-1850
9 Abolition
10 Civil War
11
Reconstruction
12a Industrial
America: Agriculture, Business, Government, and Labor
12b Native
American Policy
12c
Immigration and Social Issues
12d Grangerism
and Populism
12e Inventors
and Inventions |
US History.
An overall site of great resources |
| African America History |
The Internet African
American History Challenge has bios of several major figures in African
American history and a number of online quizzes you can take to test your knowledge.
Underground
Railroad/"Escape to Freedom" Adapted from the History Channel
documentary "The Underground Railroad: this online learning adventure unearths the
history of the Underground Railroad. |
| Civil Rights |
National Civil Rights
Museum |
| Civil War |
American Civil War
Resources page. Civil War Battle at
Gettysburg
Civil War Battlefields
Civil War Camp Life
Civil War Center
**Civil War Gazette WEBQUEST
Civil War Homepage
Civil War Letters
Civil
War Personal Papers and Reminiscences
Civil War Music & Poetry
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| Immigration |
Ellis Island,
NY 1900-1920 Photographic Exhibit
Find your relatives!! Ellis
Island Passenger Arrival site. |
| Constitution |
Project
Legal Promoting learning about the U.S. Constitution and legal system |
| WWII |
Dr.
Seuss Went to War This site includes political cartoons from the noted childrens' writer
Theodore Seuss Geisel(1904-1991) Students can follow the course of World War II through these series of cartoons that first appeared in the New
York newspaper PM. Subject matter includes politics, battles, and life in the U.S. during the war. |
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What did
you do in the War Grandma? |
| US History Overview |
American History Archive Project
Day
in the Life of a Farmer: 1863 and 2000
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http://www.americanfolklore.net/