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updated
6 May, 2007
Social Science Grade
7
Topics
- Study Revolution to Republic 1745-1790
American Revolution
Creating a Republic
- Revolutionary
War Battles
- America
Rock: The Shot Heard 'Round the World "Now, the ride of Paul
Revere set the nation on its ear, and the shot at Lexington heard
'round the world, when the British fired in the early dawn, the War
of Independence had begun, the die was cast, the rebel flag unfurled." You
can listen to this frolicking song from School House Rock in a variety
of formats. Click on "Back" for links to more revolutionary tunes
such as No More Kings and Fireworks.
- The
History Place: American Revolution This time line starts
with the early explorers and continues to the
early years of our new nation. Don't miss their Five Tips on
writing a better history report.
- Liberty! The American
Revolution Interactive game that puts you in the middle of
the revolutionary action. Other fabulous clicks are Perspectives
on Liberty (a clickable
view of daily colonial life) and Liberty Today (a photo montage
of newly naturalized citizens.)
- Revolutionary Webquest Student-created
ThinkQuest site. To win this war, you must conquer
five fictional cities, each city better defended than the previous." Additional
sections cover Key Events, Heroes, and Major Battles of the Revolutionary
War.
- Virtual Marching Tour
of the American Revolution Starting with an excellent
backgrounder on the events that spurred the colonists to revolt,
this virtual
marching tour provides a battle-by-battle view of the war.
- American
Revolution Multimedia Scrapbook - annotated list of
sites pertaining to the American Revolution.
- Study New Republic 1789-1825
New Government
Jefferson ERa
Growth and Expansion
- American
History
Includes much information on all aspects of American history divided into sections
such as Colonization and Colonial Life, American Revolution, Civil War, Industrial
Revolution, Inventors and Inventions, presidents, pioneers, etc.
- Colonial American
History Resources
Links to lots of sites on colonial history including biographies,
documents and maps
- Study Expanding Nation 1824-1860
Jackson Era
Manifest Destiny
Worlds of North and South
Age of Reform
- American Memory Collection, Library
of Congress
Access to Library of Congress multiformat music, pamphlets, photographs, etc.
on any topic in American history.
- Study Civil War and Reconstruction 1861-1877
Road to Civil War
Reconstruction
Primary Source Documents
- America's
Freedom Documents
Full text of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution,
and the Bill of Rights.
- A Century
of Lawmaking for a New Nation
U.S. Congressional documents and debates from 1774-1873.
- The Constitution Community
The Constitution Community is a partnership between classroom teachers
and education specialists from the NARA. The lessons are grouped
by eight historical eras, covering the American Revolution to the Great
Depression to the Civil Rights Act.
- Constitution
of the United States
Excellent hyperlinked version of the Constitution.
- Declaring
Independence: Drafting the Documents
Chronology of 1776 events and more from the Library of Congress.
- DOUGLASS
- Archives of American Public Address
an electronic archive of American speeches and related documents.
- Great
Speeches Archive
A large History Channel archive of great speeches.
- Historical
Speeches Archives
Well known speeches in American history.
- Historical
Text Archive
includes Native Americans, and American history from the colonial period
to modern times.
- Primary
Source Documents
Primary source documents and material available on the web from colonial
times to modern day.
- Thomas
Jefferson Papers from the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress American Memory Project has begun to release
digitized images from the world's largest collection of original Thomas
Jefferson papers. The collection of approximately 83,000 images
ranges in date from 1606 to1827.
- U.S. Historical
Documents Archive
View important U.S. documents in chronological order, from Columbus's
letter to the Queen of Spain to modern day.
Archive includes: Documents,
Federalist Papers,
Speeches,
Inaugural/Farewell
Addresses, State
of the Union Addresses and Supreme
Court Cases.
- US
Historical Documents
US historic documents, in chronological order from pre-colonial through
modern times.
- Washington's
Farewell Address
Final manuscript of George Washington's farewell address.
- Words
& Deeds in American History
approximately ninety representative documents spanning from the fifteenth
century to the mid-twentieth century.
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