Fifth Grade

Curriculum-Related Internet Links

SOCIAL STUDIES

Revolutionary War American Revolution Home Page AmericanRevolution.org Battles of the Revolutionary War (clickable map) Ben Franklin (Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids) The History Place - Prelude to Revolution (Timeline for the American Revolution) Revolutionary War Links

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The Constitution Complete text of the Constitution- from National Archives and Records Biographies of the 55 Delegates to the Constitutional Congress - from National Archives and Records The Constitution: A Pathfinder for Fifth Grade Constitution Project   Decoding the Preamble

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The Presidents

So You Want to be President Project
Presidents: Learning from the Past and Present

Electing a President Project

POTUS: Presidents of the United States - from Internet Public Library
Meet the Presidents - from Pocantico Hills School in NY
The Presidents of the United States - whitehouse.gov site
The Presidents of the United States - "The most comprehensive site on the Internet
for presidential resources."

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Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion Links	Westward Expansion WebQuest		Westward Expansion Research and Educational Sites
Kid Info - Pioneers/Westward Expansion	Connecting Students Themes - Westward Expansion		Westward Expansion Links
Great Sites for Teaching About Westward Expansion	Westward Expansion - from Jericho Public Schools in New York		U.S. Westward Expansion Resources
Go West Across America With Lewis and Clark - from National Geographic	Pony Express Home Station		Westward Ho! (Telecollaborative Project)
The Lewis & Clark Expedition Lewis and Clark (from PBS)	Oregon Trail On the Oregon Trail by Beaverton Oregon students		Links to the Oregon Trail
	The Gold Rush (from PBS) All About the Gold Rush		Gold Rush! from PBS Kids
Historic Western Frontier Forts			Landmarks on the Oregon Trail (including forts)
Manifest Destiny Project Lewis and Clark Project		Moving Across America Project Moving Across America Scoring Sheet

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Trails

El Camino Real (California Highways)
El Camino Real de los Tejas (Texas)

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 Project

The Trail of Tears

The Cherokee  "Trail of Tears" 1838-1839	The Trail of Tears (PBS)	The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
Trail of Tears Project

Transcontinental Railroad

Transcontinental Railroad Project

Civil War

The Civil War for Kids  from Pocantico Hills School in NY	Civil War Facts and Links - Includes Civil War trivia	United States Civil War
Civil War Timeline - from Library of Congress	Civil War Photos - Contains 1,118 photographs from the Library of Congress	Civil War Letters - from the University of Virginia collection
Civil War Cookbook - A Complete Guide to Cooking in the Civil War Era	Civil War Primary Sources - from National Archives and Records Administration	Civil War Battle Summaries by State
Civil War Lesson Plans - Includes web sites	Civil War Currency - from Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco	Civil War Camp Life - Slide show of photos from National Park Service
Civil War Women and Their Diaries - Collection from Duke University Women Soldiers of the Civil War - from National Archives and Records Administration	Underground Railroad - by National Geographic Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad - from Pocantico Hills School in NY	Civil War in Miniature Vermont in the Civil War
The Civil War for Fifth Graders	American Experience	Gettysburg National Military Park's Civil War Page For Kids!
Popular Songs in American History	Poetry and Music of the War Between the States - Private collection of period music	Civil War Soldier Vocabulary
Civil War WebQuests "No More Words" A Civil War WebQuest Resource Link Civil War Battles: The Reporter's Perspective
Civil War Project

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SCIENCE

Geology

Evolving Earth - Plate Tectonics - from the University of Michigan
Plate Tectonics - from "Awesome Library"

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The Human Body

"Kid Info" on the Human Body Science Fact File: Inside the Human Body (from Indianapolis Marion County Public Library) My Body (from KidsHealth) BrainPop - Health My Body! (by students in Oregon) The Heart: An Online Exploration The Yuckiest Site on the Internet (from the Discovery Channel)

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GENERAL

How Far Is It? (between cities) - from WorldAtlas.com
Google Image Search

Women's Museum

Children's Encyclopedia of Women
Distinguished Women of Past and Present

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Fifth Grade Performance Tasks

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This page last updated: 01/03/06.