| HISTORY CURRICULUM, Grades 6-12 | ||||
HISTORY - WEBSITES |
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| K - 6 | Houghton Mifflin California History-Social Science - Education Place FREE online activities to coordinate with this 2007 California edition textbook series. Go to the website, click on the grade, click on the activity: Unit Bibliographies, Interactive Lesson Summaries, Outline Maps, Graphic Organizers, California Community Handbook, Weekly Reader: Current Events. Lists of trade books to read that coordinate with each unit in the student's history textbook. http://www.eduplace.com Social Studies for students: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/ss.jsp California state and history weblinks: http://www.eduplace.com/state/ca/ca_links.html#link7 |
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| K - 8 | Jefferson County Schools, Grades K-8 Large selection of interactive social studies websites on various social studies topics. http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interact-socst.htm |
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| K - 8 | Kidport Kidport uses a multi-faceted approach to learning in the core subject areas for students grades K-8. http://www.kidport.com/ Kindergarten, American Symbols; US Presidents; Flags of the World; Whose Home Is It? http://www.kidport.com/GradeK/SocialStudies/SocStudiesIndex.htm 1st Grade Whose Home Is It?; Continents of the World; The Oceans; North America; Maps; Signs; American Symbols; US Presidents; Flags of the World. http://www.kidport.com/Grade1/SocialStudies/SocStudiesIndex.htm 2nd Grade Continents; Oceans http://www.kidport.com/Grade2/SocialStudies/SocStudiesIndex.htm 3rd Grade Basic Structure of the U.S. Government; U.S. Landmarks; Famous Americans. http://www.kidport.com/Grade3/SocialStudies/SocStudiesIndex.htm 4th Grade U.S. Presidents; California Missions; Mexican-American War; California Gold Rush http://www.kidport.com/Grade4/SocialStudies/SocStudiesIndex.htm 5th Grade Pilgrims; American Revolution; US States and Capitols. http://www.kidport.com/Grade5/SocialStudies/SocStudiesIndex.htm 6th Grade Ancient Egypt; Ancient Rome; Ancient Greece; US Government Structure; US Constitution; Presidents. http://www.kidport.com/Grade6/SocialStudies/SocStudiesIndex.htm 7th Grade Ancient Egypt; Ancient Rome; Ancient Greece; US Government Structure; US Constitution; Presidents; World Geography. http://www.kidport.com/Grade7/SocialStudies/SocStudiesIndex.htm 8th Grade The Civil War; The War of 1812. http://www.kidport.com/Grade8/SocialStudies/SocStudiesIndex.htm |
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| K - 12 | eNature.com Online field guides: Amphibians, Birds, Butterflies, Fish, Insects, Spiders, Mammals, Seashells, Reptiles, Trees, Wildflowers, and more. Birds and birding, gardening for wildlife, and park guides, local nature, ask an expert, fun and games. http://www.enature.com/ |
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| K - 12 | Exploring Nature Educational Resource An award-winning website with natural science content and materials for educators, students, and parents. Links to the eNature Field Guides for plants and animals. http://www.exploringnature.org/ |
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| K - 12 | National Geographic Kids Games, videos, photos, and much more! http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ |
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| K - 12 | McAllen Public Library - Homework Helper (all subjects) http://www.mcallenlibrary.net/children/homeworkhelpers.aspx |
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| K - 12 | Discovery Education Classroom Resources Includes Puzzlemaker, Lesson Plan Library, and Siemans' STEM Academy, a premier online community designed exclusively to foster achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). http://school.discoveryeducation.com/ Home Resources/English Homework help for the language arts. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/ |
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| K - 12 | Timeline Creator Students can make their own customizable timeline, entering events and times of their choice. http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=7 |
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| K - 12 | The Library of Congress America's Story from America's Library. Meet amazing Americans; jump back in time; explore the states; join Americans at play; see, hear, and sing. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/index.html |
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| 3 - 12 | The History Net Website sponsored by the Weider History Group, world's largest publisher of history magazines. The site contains daily features, photo galleries, and over 5,000 articles originally published in their various magazines. To find specific history, try searching their archives. http://www.historynet.com |
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| 4 - Adult | Talking History University at Albany, State University of New York's mission is to provide teachers, students, researchers and the general public with as broad and outstanding a collection of audio documentaries, speeches, debates, oral histories, conference sessions, commentaries, archival audio sources, and other aural history resources as is available anywhere. http://www.talkinghistory.org/ |
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| 5 - 12 | Digital History Online American History Textbook, links to primary sources, lesson plans and guides, student inquiries and activities, and multi-media. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/hyper_titles.cfm |
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| 6 - 12 | Jefferson County Schools, Grades 6-12 Large selection of interactive social studies websites on various social studies topics. http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/tools/socst-hs.html#Interactive |
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| 6 - 12 | Yale Law School The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy. Primary source documents from ancient history to the present. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp |
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| Grades 9 - 12: US History Am. Government |
HippoCampus A free public website that offers free courses for high school and college students. http://www.hippocampus.org/ |
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| 6 - 12 |
Glencoe FREE Websites 6th Discovering Our Past: Ancient History, 2006 California Edition Website Self-Quizzes, Activities, Weblinks, and more. 7th Discovering Our Past: Medieval and Early Modern Times, 2006 California Edition Website Self-Quizzes, Activities, Weblinks, and more. 8th Discovering Our Past: The American Journay to World War I, 2006, California Edition Website Self-Quizzes, Activities, Weblinks, and more. World History: Modern Times, 2006 California Edition Website Self-Quizzes, Activities, Weblinks, and more. The American Vision: Modern Times, 2006 California Edition Website Self-Quizzes, Activities, Weblinks, and more. |
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