7th & 8th Grade Social Studies
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NARAhttp://www.archives.gov/research_room/index.html
Click on “Getting Started”
Then go to the Teaching with documents section for lesson plans on primary source documents.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html
Here is a teacher’s eye view of over 7 million historical documents, photographs,maps, films, and audio recordings. You will find lessons, activities, and tips for using these collections in your classroom.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/page2.html
Jamestown Interactive
Maps and Images
Court Records
Labor Contracts
Public Records
First Hand Accounts and Letters
Newspapers
AmericanCivilWar.com
http://americancivilwar.com/index.html
Search this site by keyword, battle or date for specific information
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/index.html
On this site, kids can explore the intriguing history of New York, do activities to learn more about the history of their own towns -- and participate in their communities. There are special sections for teachers and parents
An Internet Hotlist on Primary Sources for Social Studies
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listssprimala.html
created by Laura Mosscrop
Nassau BOCES
Mr. Neal’s The Virtual Classroom
http://www.virtualclassroom.net/main.htm
Classroom projects and assignments on a wide variety of topics in Social Studies
http://trackstar.hprtec.org/main/track_
frames.php3?track_id=104581&nocache=1918410593
The North vs. the South
Annotations by Amanda Clifton
TrackStar Home
http://trackstar.hprtec.org/
Other Social Studies webquests at
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix/6-8-Soc.htm
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Industrial Revolution: Who Wins?
A WebQuest for 8th Grade Social Studies
http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/blakeburn_quest1.htm
Your task will be to join a labor union to organize workers in the factory. There will be four people in your group: a child worker, an engineer, an economist, and a factory owner. Your team will make a PowerPoint presentation to suggest to the factory workers whether or not they should join this union. In preparation for your presentation, each person will need research these questions from the perspective of the role you assume:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/frames/record/record.html
Teachers Guide
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/frames/teach/teach.html
The Presidents' Web site offers a range of activities and resources to help teachers integrate core themes, events, and ideas from the American presidency into the classroom.
The activities contain many links to the rest of The Presidents' Web site, offering students the opportunity to use primary sources, background essays, and other material to explore a variety of issues related to the presidency,
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/index.html
Take a journey on The Underground Railroad
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/teacher/
This site is a unique resource with the largest collection of newspaper editorial cartoons on the web --updating current cartoons from 54 newspaper editorial cartoonists are presented with the permission and participation of the creators. Click on the teachers main page and then analyze the toon for middle school
http://edsitement.neh.gov/
The Best of the Humanities on the Web from the National Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the National Trust for the Humanities, and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation. This educational partnership brings online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to your classroom.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_
docs/locators/coredocs/index.html
Direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents that define our democratic society, a core group of current and historical Government publications is being made available for free,