Fifth Grade

Curriculum-Related Internet Links

Social Studies

Revolutionary War || Constitution || Bill of Rights || Government || Presidents || Westward Expansion || Trails ||  War of 1812 ||  The Trail of Tears || || Transcontinental Railroad || Civil War || Underground Railroad

Items with a indicate activities developed by Orchard School faculty members.

 
Citation Maker
from

Citation Maker
from Department of English, Eastern Kentucky University
Elementary Citation Maker

Math

Graphs

Science

Geology || Human Body || Constellations || Astronomy ||Astronauts || Inventions


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(Good information on human anatomy.)

General

 Women's Museum || Global Positioning

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 Bill of Rights
from
The New Book of Knowledge		 Ratification and the Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights: A Brief History
from
 The Bill of Rights
from
Save the Bill of Rights!
from
The National Constitution Center		 Bill of Rights Concentration

Another Bill of Rights Concentration
Bill of Rights Drag and Drop

Government

Great Government for Kids:  Your State and Federal Government
from cccoe.net

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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

Stagecoach and Horses

Westward Expansion Links

U.S. History - Westward Expansion
(includes primary source diaries)

 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

Expedition 		Pony Express Home Station Westward Ho!
(Telecollaborative Project)
On the Oregon Trail
by Beaverton Oregon students		 Oregon Trail Links to the Oregon Trail
The Gold Rush
(from PBS)

All About the Gold Rush

 
Gold Rush! from PBS Kids
THE
PRAIRIE TRAVELER.
A HAND-BOOK FOR
OVERLAND EXPEDITIONS.
WITH MAPS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND ITINERARIES OF
THE PRINCIPAL ROUTES BETWEEN THE
MISSISSIPPI AND THE PACIFIC.

BY RANDOLPH B. MARCY,
CAPTAIN U. S. ARMY.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT

1859.		 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

Western Music Web Sites

Country and Western Midis

 Country and Western Midis Music Popular Songs in American History
The Story of the Westward Expansion Cowboy Songs The Great Plains Songbook

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El Camino Real (California Highways)
El Camino Real - Roads and Trails

Trails

 Natchez Trace

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 Project

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad 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

Civil War Biographies

Leaders of the American Civil War Civil War Biographies Important People of the Civil War
from eHistory at Ohio State University
Civil War Biographies
from Civil War Interactive		 Civil War and Reconstruction
from KidInfo.com		  
The Civil War for Kids 
from Pocantico Hills School in NY		 The Civil War
From CyberSleuth Kids		 United States Civil War

US Civil War Information
Civil War Timeline - from Library of Congress

Civil War Photos - Contains 1,118 photographs from the Library of Congress

 Animated Map Explaining Civil War

Interactive Civil War Battle Map
from CivilWar.com

 Civil War Battles

Major Battles of the Civil War

Civil War Battle Summaries by State

Soldiers' Letters
Gettysburg National Military Park Kidzpage		 Civil War as Recorded by Matthew Brady - from National Archives and Records Administration Civil War Letters - from the University of Virginia collection
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

Vermont in the Civil War

Vermont in the American Civil War - from Wikipedia

Vermont Civil War Battles
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
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

Human Anatomy Index
from

login: orchard  password: apple		 My Body
from
Human Anatomy Online
from
MyHealthScore.com		 Body Systems
from
The Franklin Institute
Tour of the Human Body BrainPop - Health

from the Discovery Channel		 Human Body Adventure
from
"Kid Info" on the Human Body Science Fact File: Inside the Human Body
from Indianapolis Marion County Public Library
Click on "Health"

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Constellations

Constellation Page
The Constellations
The Constellations and Their Stars
(by Washburn Observatory)
Constellation Mythology

The Constellations
(Pictures from Fairfax County Public Schools)

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Astronomy


KidsAstronomy.com


Astronomy for Kids!

Astronauts

Former Astronaut Biographies (from NASA)

Astronaut information from Wikipedia
(includes links to several astronaut biographies)

Individual Astronauts in Yahoo

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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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INVENTIONS

How Products Are Made

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Fifth Grade Performance Tasks

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This page last updated: 04/28/10.