Social Studies Links

On this page you will find extension work and links that support our Social Studies Curriculum.  This year we will be covering the following topics.  Have fun exploring.
 

Artifacts/Primary Sources

As part of our exploration of primary and secondary sources as they are used in the study or history, the students viewed a You Tube video on the Kennedy assassination.  I have attached the link for any curious parents or students.
 
The U.S. Constitution

First Americans (Mayas, Incas, and Aztecs)

  Want to play the Maya & Aztec MesoAmerican Ball Game at Home?
  Try this link: http://www.ballgame.org/



Explorers


Great source for world wide explorers and their tools (excluding Cabot and de Leon).
http://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/

More explorers including John Cabot and Ponce de Leon
http://www.history.com/topics/exploration

Mr. Nussbaum's explorers page
http://mrnussbaum.com/explorers/age/

Simple outline of the Age of Exploration and timeline
http://www.english-online.at/history/age-of-exploration/explorers-and-navigators.htm

Age of Exploration and Columbus, Magellan and Cook
http://geography.about.com/od/historyofgeography/a/ageexploration.htm







Colonial Life

 Mrs. Brurns has found the following game.  Have fun!


Causes of the American Revolution

 http://zunal.com/process.php?w=159683

 American Revolution

 Social Studies Links for American Revolution Project:

http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/ 

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/ (see resources section)

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/index.html

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/amrevol.html

http://www.historyisfun.org/Yorktown-Victory-Center.htm?gclid=CJHWpdy6ma8CFcsAQAod3hdLzw (Yorktown)

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/american_revolution.htm

http://www.britishbattles.com/american-revolution.htm  (Battles)

http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battles.aspx  (Battles)

http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/women_american_revolution/(American Revolution Women)

http://www2.lhric.org/spbattle/wohist.html (American Revolution Women)

http://americanrevolution.org/women/women.html (American Revolution Women)


https://patch.com/massachusetts/burlington/april-19-1775-american-revolution-begins



Our Nation 

 US Declaration of Independence webquest

Declaration of Independence Performance Video 

 Declaration of Independence BrainPop video

 Declaration of Independence Extension Lesson

 Copy of the introduction to the Declaration of Independence

Too Late To Apologize video

 Copy of the Preamble to the Constitution

 School House Rock Video

Westward Exploration
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