Social StudiesRevolutionary 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 |
MathScienceGeology || Human Body || Constellations || Astronomy ||Astronauts || Inventions
General |
Revolutionary WarAmerican
Revolution Home Page |
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The ConstitutionComplete
text of the Constitution- |
| Government |  |
| 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."
| 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) |
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On
the Oregon Trail by Beaverton Oregon students |
Oregon Trail | Links to the Oregon Trail | |
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The Gold Rush (from PBS) |
 Gold Rush! from PBS Kids |
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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 | ||
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| Landmarks on the Oregon Trail (including forts) | |||
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Manifest
Destiny Project
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Moving
Across America Project
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Western Music Web Sites |
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| Country and Western Midis Music | Popular Songs in American History | |
| The Story of the Westward Expansion | Cowboy Songs | The Great Plains Songbook |
El
Camino Real (California Highways)
El Camino Real - Roads and
Trails
The
Underground Railroad Project
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 Battles |
| 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 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 |
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| 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 |
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Civil
War Project
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Evolving Earth - Plate Tectonics - from the University of Michigan
Plate Tectonics - from "Awesome Library"
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Astronauts Former Astronaut Biographies (from NASA)
Astronaut information from Wikipedia |
How Far Is It? (between cities) - from WorldAtlas.com
Google
Image Search
Children's
Encyclopedia of Women
Distinguished Women
of Past and Present
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Page created by Donna Macdonald, Orchard School's Library/Media Specialist.
This page last updated: 04/01/08.
