12-16-2011 Boston Tea Party Occurred 1773

THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

History:

This Day in History - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-boston-tea-party

The Boston Tea Party Historical Society - http://www.boston-tea-party.org/facts-numbers.html

Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum - http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/boston-tea-party-dec-1773 

Eye Witness to History - http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm

The Tea Act and Parties - http://www.ushistory.org/us/9f.asp

Voices of the American Revolution Thinkquest - http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/timeline.htm

Brainpop - http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/americanrevolution/preview.weml

Public Protests Around the World - Today would be a great day to talk about current events and the history of people protesting peacefully.

Games:

Trivia Quiz - http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz119808db9508.html

Jigsaw Puzzle - http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/boston_tea_party-js.htm 

Have Fun With History - http://havefunwithhistory.com/activities/btp.html

Liberty: The American Revolution - http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/ 

Boston Tea Party Escape - http://www.gazzyboy.com/gamedisp/542/bostonteapartyescape.htm

Lessons:

American Revolution Lessons and Activities - http://www.proteacher.com/redirect.php?goto=4631

My Brother Sam is Dead - http://mybrothersamisdead.historyofredding.com/

Political Cartoons:

http://www.history.org/History/teaching/images/tchcrpc1.jpg

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/images/vc38.jpg

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/images/tarfeather.jpg

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/images/icons/joinordie.jpg

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/themes/political-cartoons/

Comic Creators:

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/index.html

http://chogger.com/

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

http://stripgenerator.com/strip/create/

12-15-2011 Today is Bill of Rights Day

Civics for ESL Students offers some great resources to get started - http://www.elcivics.com/bill-of-rights-esl.html
The National Constitution Center invites students on a mission to rebuild the Bill of Rights - http://constitutioncenter.org/BillOfRightsGame/Final.swf
The Bill of Rights Institute shows students what life would be like without the Bill of Rights - http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/page.aspx?pid=492 The same site also offers plenty of resources for teachers - http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/page.aspx?pid=598
Students can play a Bill of Rights Match Game - http://www.texaslre.org/BOR/billofrights.html
From the Annenberg Classroom,  as students play this game, they will discover surprising facts about the stroy behind the Bill of Rights and gain a clearer understanding of these important amendments.http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/the-bill-of-rights-game
Your Bill of Rights from Time gives a great break down of each of the first 10 Amendments - http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2080345,00.html

12-7-2011 15 Sites for Studying Pearl Harbor Day

PEARL HARBOR DAY 

RESOURCES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

1. Great audio/visual lesson with maps and photos from MSNBC - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29055379
2. The Attack on Pearl Harbor Interactive Map/Lesson from Holt - http://my.hrw.com/ss2/ss06_07_08/student/flash/huswwe_fd_peahar2/map_viewer.html
3. Meet the eyewitnesses from Scholastic - http://teacher.scholastic.com/pearl/index.htm
4. Amazing Thinkquest project about Pearl Harbor - http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112601/intro/intro_index.html
5. A short lesson from Pearson - http://www.phschool.com/atschool/ahon/history_interactive/mvl-8242/common_player.html
6. A photostory form Time - http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2052497,00.html
7. Pearl Harbor Facts videos on How Stuff Works - http://videos.howstuffworks.com/pearl-harbor-facts-videos-playlist.htm#video-42820
8. Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech on The History Place, read or listen - http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/fdr-infamy.htm
9. An Audio Visual Presentation from the Orange County Register - http://www2.ocregister.com/ocregister/sections/multimedia/?graphic=/pearlharbor07/main.swf
10. Time Photos: The Attack on Pearl Harbor - http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1691753,00.html
11. Pearl Harbor Day from Glencoe - http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/pearl_harbor/timeline.shtml
12.  Pearl Harbor Museum - http://www.nps.gov/valr/index.htm
13. More Pictures - http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/12/pearl_harbor_69_years_ago_toda.html
14. Perhaps the best set of photographs from LIFE - http://www.life.com/gallery/53071/image/3201370/pearl-harbor-december-7-1941#index/0
15. A set of videos, including one whose audio is Roosevelt's speech from History.com - http://www.history.com/topics/pearl-harbor/videos#attack-pearl-harbor

11-18-2011 Not the Same Old Social Studies Text

SS Text Book Sites that offer 

a plethora of information and activities!

a.      Pearson Ancient Civilizations Home Page - http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?wcprefix=mwk&wcsuffix=9999&area=view

b.      Pearson America History of Our Nation - http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode
&wcprefix=lqk&wcsuffix=9999

c.       http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/arbiter/pRedirect?project=hrwonline&siteId=2901&pageId=15995 – Holt Ancient Civ.

d.      http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/arbiter/pRedirect?project=hrwonline&siteId=2901&pageId=15996 – Holt World History

e.      http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/index.php - Kids Past - Prehistory to French Revolution

f.        http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=nak&wcsuffix=9999 – Prentice Hall World History

g.      http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ - BBC Primary History

h.      http://www.glencoe.com/sites/ss_modules/videos/tavmt_08/tavmt_08.html - American Vision, Modern Times

i.        http://www.glencoe.com/sites/california/student/socialstudies/index.html – Glencoe MS SS

j.        http://www.phschool.com/social_studies/ - Pearson Textbook resources

k.       http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Ancient_Civilizations – Links to info on ancient peoples, writing on a lower reading level.