Revolutions
American
Revolution-Causes: http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/revwar1/
This site states the causes through poetry.
Causes of the Revolutionary War: http://www.studyworld.com/basementpapers/repce/History/151.htm An essay of the causes
Choosing Revolution-Loyalty
or Liberty? http://www.history.org/history/teaching/revolution/a1.html
Much
like a choose your own adventure story, only with right and wrong answers. Record
secrets along the way to solve a mystery.
Loyalty
or Liberty: http://www.history.org/history/teaching/revolution/a1.html#
Gather
secrets for both Loyalists and Patriots in revolutionary Virginia, then decide
where your own loyalties lie.
Liberty!
The American Revolution: http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/index.html
Lynne Cheney introduces citizens who helped
form the US Constitution through history
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/09/20020917-constday.v.ram
(This video ends with a performance of "Proud to Be an American")
Order
in the Court: http://www.history.org/history/teaching/order/order_home.html
Choose
from three cases that are before the court. A teacher's guide is at the site with
a wealth of ideas.
Revolutionary
War: http://riverview.mints.more.net/rodenborn/revolution/revolutionary_war_web_ques.html
This is a webquest with links to different concerns about the war.
The
Revolutionary War: http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Revolutionarywar.html
links of Revolutionary topics
Revolutionary War FAQs: http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/RevFAQ.html
Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolution: http://www.ushistory.org/march/index.html
American Civil War
Life as a Slave WebQuest:
http://www.davidson.k12.nc.us/webquests/slavequ/slavequ.htm
Read narratives and personal accounts of
former slaves to learn from the source what it was like to be a slave on a plantation.
They will write two papers; one a research analysis of what they have learned
and following guided questions, and a fictional account of how they might have
felt as a slave themselves.
Exploring
the Underground Railroad: http://students.itec.sfsu.edu/itec815_s99/jdetweiler/teacher.html
How did the Underground Railroad function, and how much courage would it have
taken to try and escape to freedom? Explore several online resources to create
a diary narrative, using factual
backgrounds, to recreate the incredible heroics
of this time in American history.
An
Underground Railroad WebQuest: http://www.geocities.com/resiz1/index.html
Meet many of the people who helped the Underground
Railroad operate successfully, and track many
of the stops along the way.
Responses will include illustrations and poetry, and a play reenacting a specific
event or a particular influential person.
Buxton
National Historic Site: http://www.ciaccess.com/~jdnewby/Default.htm
IF THE DEAD COULD TALK: http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq44/civwar.htm
The American Civil War is explored in this webquest from the perspective of its
cemeteries... Students will choose a role, such as slave, general, war correspondent,
army doctor, etc. and research the life and
times of one of those persons
to create a living history museum presentation for younger classes.
CIVIL
WAR PERSONAL JOURNAL: http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/hcarter/webquest.htm
Students have five roles to select from in order to research
lives and events during the Civil War. Research will be conducted in teams, but
each student is responsible for creating a personal journal recording their role,
family lives, and circumstances before, during, and after the Civil War.
WOMEN
DURING THE CIVIL WAR: http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webquests/civilwarlife/women.html
Conducting online research through primary documents, students will consider the
various roles of women during the Civil War era. They will collectively publish
a period women's magazine, complete with want ads, letters, recipes, and more.
Immigration
Title:
The Statue of Liberty: Bringing the New Colossus to America: http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=351
In the Melting Pot-Understanding the Immigration Process: A Social Studies
Lesson:
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/19990915wednesday.html
U.S. Census Shows Story of Irish Immigration: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/03/0316_irish.html
American Memory: The Learning Page Features - Immigration: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/immig/random.html
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark sites:
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
The Archive contains links to timelines and maps.
Discovering
Lewis and Clark: http://www.lewis-clark.org/
Journal excerpts represent a timeline of sorts and there is a link for maps at
the bottom of the index page.
Lewis and
Clark Trail: http://www.lewisandclark.org/
History of the expedition provides a timeline of sorts.
Lewis
and Clark's Historic Trail: http://www.lewisclark.net/
The links to the timeline and journals will also reveal a link to maps.
Go
West Across America With Lewis and Clark:http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/west/
Sign on to travel with Lewis and Clark! Construct the timeline and map as you
go along!
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