MCBROOM, PAUL / U.S. History and Social Studies

U.S. History

(Under Construction)

Overview

Landforms

http://www.fwpschool.org/teachers/audrain.james/geography1/Geography_Student_Tasks.html

(landform activities)*

Regions -

http://www.usembassy.de/usa/travel-regions.htm#newengland (information)

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/usa.html

(maps)

Government-

http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies/US_Government (lesson plans)

Unit 2

Chapter 5-

http://www.virtualjamestown.org/page2.html (virtual Jamestown)

http://www.apva.org/history/(history of Jamestown)

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/kingston/colonization.htm (Dutch Settlements)

http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies/US_History

(Mayflower)

http://www.dep.state.pa.us

(Penn bio.)

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/PENN/pnhome.html

(Penn, Indians, and Phil.)

Unit 3

Chapter 6-

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAslavery.htm (slave trade)

http://earlyamerica.com/ben-movie.htm

(Ben Franklin video)

http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/

(Benjamin Franklin’s multiple occupations)

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/zenger/zenger.html

(Zenger)

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/colonial/stono_2

(Stono)

http://www.gatewayno.com/history/histroy.html

(New Orleans history)

(Fort Necessity website)

Second Nine Weeks

Unit 4

Chapter 8-

http://homepages.luc.edu/~mlong3/revpp/sld019.htm (Powerpoint of pictures,

cartoons and a synopsis of the various acts of Parliament)

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/teaparty.htm

(Boston Tea Party eyewitness account )

(Boston Massacre people, pictures, plot…)

http://earlyamerica.com/paul_revere.htm

(Paul Revere Movie)

Chapter 9-

http://www.duke.edu/eng169s2/group1/lex3/firstpge.htm (D of I rough draft,

final copy, and Star Spangled Banner)

http://www.multied.com/revolt/Index.html

(Revolutionary War website)

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/4393/rev_war.html

(links to Rev. War)

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/yankee.html

(Yankee Doodle words & song)

Unit 5

Chapter 10-

http://web.cortland.edu/jordan28/lessonplan.html (Shay’s Rebellion)*

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/constpap.htm

(Constitutional Ratification

and Federalist Papers)

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/branches.html

(Branches of Gov’t chart)

Chapter 11-

Third Nine Weeks

Unit 6

Chapter 12-

Chapter 13-

Unit 7

Chapter 14-

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAslavery.htm (slavery events, people, & life)

Chapter 15-

Fourth Nine Weeks

Unit 8

Chapter16-

Chapter 17-

Unit 9

Chapter 18-

Chapter 19-

Miscellaneous websites

Library of Congress-

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi (people, states & timelines)

U.S. History.com- http://www.u-s-history.com/index.html (historical periods, gov’t

officials by dep’t., and maps)

World History.com http://www.worldhistory.com/ustaxation.htm (various U.S. history links)

History Central http://www.multied.com/index.html (various U.S. history links)

Early America.com http://www.earlyamerica.com/ (movies, portraits, music, etc.)

Ben’s Guide to Gov’t for Kids http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/index.html (misc.stuff)*

Yale Law School http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/constpap.htm (original documents

of the colonies including the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Art. Of Conf., Federalist Papers, ratification

documents from each state, and many more)

National Archives http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/index.html

(documents and Founding Fathers biography)