Prentice Hall America On-line activities
Social Studies Curriculum
The social studies
curriculum will focus on mastering the California Social
Science Standards.
Topics are connected through the use of universal themes such as intolerance and conflict.
Students will analyze history using multiple perspectives and critical
thinking.
Literature, writing and social studies will be integrated throughout the year.
The following are time periods, topics and events we cover in the study of U.S.
history.
*
U.S.
Physical Map Activity Questions
(TCI
2.1)
*
The Columbian Exchange/Seeds of Change/World Geography
Web Quest Homework
* Colonization
& Five Themes of Geography/U.S. Geography
* The American
Revolution 1775-1783 Liberty
Web Quest
* The Articles of Confederation
* United States Constitution 1787
Executive Departments graphic
organizer
We
the People WEB QUEST
Experience
the U.S. Constitution!
Constitution
Game Cards Project
Vote Smart - US Government Basics
* The New Republic and Formation of Political Parties
* The War of 1812
* The Industrial and
Transportation Revolution
* Slavery in America
* Westward Movement
* Sectionalism, Reform Movements and Causes of the Civil War
* The American Civil War 1861-1865
* Reconstruction 1865-1900
* Comprehensive Final (all of above)
Social Studies Interactions Students will use Cornell notes and interact with these notes in the left margin. These interactions help students to remember and understand the information better because they must review and process the information in new and different ways.
End-of-Year Group History Projects 2006-07
Columbus and Seeds of Change Links
http://www.history.pdx.edu/hst201dj/colexch1.htm (copy,
paste, & GO)
http://www.harper.cc.il.us/mhealy/reggeog/midamer/mmh/mmhenc/encount.htm
http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/wa/HWCDA/file?fileid=2
http://www.mnh.si.edu/garden/diversity/welcome.html
http://www.mnh.si.edu/garden/diversity/retablo.html
http://people.english.ohio-state.edu/Odlin.1/courses/571/columbex.htm
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/SpecPub/Columbus.htm
http://people.history.ohio-state.edu/masur1/Contact%20With%20America/contact%2
http://spider.georgetowncollege.edu/htallant/courses/his111/columb.htm
http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/reggeog/midamer/mmh/mmhenc/encount.htm
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jtomask/471/colexchng.htm
http://www.juneteenth.com/middlep.htm
Slave Trade
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTON:
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/series/episodes.html
This website accompanies the Liberty video series we watched in
class! Learn more about the Revolutionary War and the people who fought
for (and against) America's independence from Great Britain.
The
American Presidency
Great
stuff here on each U.S. president from George Washington to George "Dubya"
Bush!
Lewis and Clark Interactive game by National Geographic!
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/samuscobe.html “ Experience the Constitution”
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR:
Abraham Lincoln and Ford's
Theatre: www.fordstheatre.org
Underground Railroad Interactive game by National Geographic...very cool!
CAREER
DAY 2004 Contracts and
research links
GATE SS PP Topics GATE PowerPoint Project Topics (1800-1860), based on California State Content Standards in Social Science
Other Social Studies Links (check frequently for new links):
GeoBee
Quiz Game
Can you beat the bee? Test your
geography trivia smarts with our online game—with questions from the National
Geographic Bee.
Other Helpful Websites:
http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/index.html
CNN News for Students! International, national news... If you're
looking for articles for the "Amendments in Action" project, go to the
"U.S. HISTORY / GOVERNMENT" link on
this Website.
http://www.cnn.com/ CNN News
on-line! Another good site for the "Amendments in Action"
project!
http://www.news.com
Current
tech-related news stories.
http://www.ushistory.org/
This site has many great links to U.S. history!
United States Holocaust Museum
FINAL PROJECT:
HISTORY MUSEUM
GROUP PROJECT due May 27, 2008
Spring 2009 CAREER DAY FORMS & DIRECTIONS