SSHisLR.html

~History & Social Studies Framework - August 2003, Appendix Web Resource

http://www.tauntonschools.org/friedman/frameworks/lrCivicsandHist.ht

American Museum of Natural History:

http://www.amnh.org/

The New American Studies Web:

http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asw/

The American Experience | The Telephone | Timelline:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/timeline/index.html

TechnologyTimeline From Benjamin Franklin's lightning rod to the Hubble Space Telescope, this timeline covers some of America's technological innovations and inventions.

AMERICA'S SMITHSONIAN:

http://www.150.si.edu/

An Exhibition Celebrating THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN

American West: Daniel Boone:

http://www.americanwest.com/pages/boone.htm

Austin, Texas History:

http://www.utexas.edu/courses/mis311f/history/austin.htm

Big River Project 2000

http://www.sauger.com/bigriver/index.html

This project is a collaborative endeavor made possible by internet technologies. Schools located along the Mississippi River from Brainerd, MN to New Orleans, LA will focus their attention on the history, human and physical geography, folklore, biology, geology, and botany of the Mississippi River Region and its cities, towns, and villages. The project participants will conduct research in these subject areas as they pertain to their Mississippi River towns. Our aim is to share all information gathered by publishing our findings/conclusions at this web site.

Blue Print 2000 Index

http://www.kidlink.org/KIDFORUM/blue2000/

Braille: RNIB Factsheet - Louis Braille:

http://www.rnib.org.uk/wesupply/fctsheet/braille.htm

China: Great Wall of China:

http://www.discovery.com/stories/history/greatwall/greatwall.html

China: Searching for China: a Full WebQuest

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/ChinaQuest.html

Civic Net: Civic Education:

http://www.civnet.org/

The Columbus Navigation Homepage

http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/

The Columbus Navigation Homepage Examining the History, Navigation, and Landfall of Christopher Columbus

CSS JOURNAL

http://www.cssjournal.com/sites.html

Selected Social Studies Web Sites

Edens of the World: Living Edens

http://www.pbs.org/edens/

http://www.pbs.org/edens/previous.html

Living Edens Index & Description page

Egypt: Suez Canal:

http://www.suez-canal.com/

Flag Rules and Regulations:

http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html

Flag Etiquette

Genealogy: Help Guide for Beginners:

http://www.heritagequest.com/genealogy/help/

Don't know how to begin piecing together your own family history? Take a quick course in genealogy with this easy-to-follow, step-by-step tutorial.
The Family History Project
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/FamHistory/links.html
Beginning Genealogy:
http://www.nativeamericanheritage.com/
Native American Heritage
http://hometown.aol.com/bbbenge/front.html

Home @ nationalgeographic.com:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/index.html

Travel With National Geographic. As you’d expect, nationalgeographic.com takes you to the pages of our venerable magazine and into the field with television crews.

Hawaii: Welcome to eHawaiiGov:

http://www.state.hi.us/

The official state site for Hawaii

History/Social Studies Web Site for K - 12 Teachers

http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html

Web Site for K - 12 Teachers

History: US History Website:

http://www.ushistory.org/

ushistory.org "Congress of Websites," created and hosted by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia. Their mission is to bring American history to life on the Internet for visitors worldwide.

Homeless: Help the Homeless Splash:

http://www.hud.gov/kids/hthsplsh.html

Did you ever see homeless on the street and wonder who they are and how you can help them? Do you want to find out?

Habitat for Humanity International:

http://www.habitat.org/

Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, nondenominational Christian housing organization. We welcome all people to join us as we build simple, decent, affordable, houses in partnership with those in need of adequate shelter.

Overview of 54 Ways You Can Help The Homeless:

http://www.earthsystems.org/ways/

Hypertext book:

"This book will inspire us to help eliminate homelessness"

- President Jimmy Carter

National Alliance to End Homelessness

http://www.naeh.org/index.htm

The Alliance is a nationwide federation of public, private, and nonprofit organizations By exploring this site you will not only learn more about homelessness, but will also uncover the ways in which you can be a part of the solution to the problem.

NAEH: Fact Sheets for Students by Housin' 2000

http://www.naeh.org/pub/factsheets/index.html

Housin' 2000, a partnership project between the National Alliance to End Homelessness and the Fannie Mae Foundation, aims to educate young people in the Washington, D.C. metro area about homelessness. The following age-appropriate fact sheets were designed to provide teachers, parents and students with information and research ideas.

The Hunger Site

http://www.thehungersite.com/…Objects/HungerSite: http://www.thehungersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/HungerSite

The Hunger Site focuses the power of the Internet on a specific humanitarian need - the eradication of world hunger. On average over 220,000 individuals from around the world visit the site each day to click the "donate free food" button and help feed the hungry. Founded in June 1999, The Hunger Site was the first "click-to-donate" site on the Web. To date more that 101 million visitors have donated more than 198 million cups of staple food.

The donations of staple food are paid for by The Hunger Site's sponsors and are distributed to those in need by the United Nations World Food Programme, Mercy Corps and America's Second Harvest. Donations are split evenly between these organizations and go to the aid of hungry people in over 80 countries, including those in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.

Donate free to charities : 4GoodnessSake.org:

http://www.4goodnesssake.org/

Which charities would you like to help for FREE today? Click on any organization to send a free donation 100% of the money raised goes to the organizations you select.

Japan: Guide to Japanese Tradition:

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2284.html

Japan: WHAT'S COOL IN JAPAN:

http://www.jinjapan.org/kidsweb/cool.html

This Day In History:

http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/

This Day In History"

http://features.yahoo.com/history

Library of Congress: Today in History:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov27.html

Library of Congress: Current Exhibitions:

http://www.loc.gov/loc/events/exhibits.html

Madagascar -- A World Apart: Edens

http://www.pbs.org/edens/madagascar/

Maps: Working With Maps

http://www.usgs.gov/education/learnweb/wwmaps.html

Mummies:

http://ericir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/13/lessons/mummy.html

Mummies Unwrapped:

http://library.thinkquest.org/J003409/

neferchichi Egyptian site

http://www.neferchichi.com/

NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN RESOURCES MAIN MENU

http://www.kstrom.net/isk/mainmenu.html

NATIVE PRE-CONTACT HOUSING: Types, map distribution

http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/houses/housingmap.html

INDEX OF "THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN"

http://curtis-collection.com/tribalindex.html

This page is a gateway to information concerning approximately 80 western Native American tribes, visited and photographed by Edward Sheriff Curtis from 1890 to 1930, taken from "The North American Indian", Curtis' massive lifework. "The North American Indian" consists of 20 volumes of text, describing, in detail, all aspects of each Native American tribe's life and customs.

Compact History Geographic Overview

http://www.dickshovel.com/up.html

240 tribal histories (contact to 1900)

http://www.thememall.com/tribes

American Indian People

http://www.nps.gov/jeff/mus-indians.htm

Museim of Westward Expansion Tour

National Indian Telecommunications Institute

http://numa.niti.org/indian.htm

NITI Links

Native Online

http://www.nativeonline.com/great.htm

http://www.si.edu/nmai/

National Museum of the American Indian

http://www.kstrom.net/isk/mainmenu.html

Native Amercan Resorces

http://www.cudenver.edu/public/library/reference/nam.html

Native American Links

http://hometown.aol.com/bbbenge/front.html
http://nativeamericas.aip.cornell.edu:80/
http://www.nativeamericanheritage.com/

Native American Heritage

http://www.jammed.com/~mlb/nawbt.html

Native American Websites

http://www.monkbretton.force9.co.uk/barch/links.htm

http://www.nativeweb.org/

http://www.washlaw.edu/doclaw/nativ5m.html

http://www.public.asu.edu/~francis/ASUN/n.a.sites1.html

http://www.wco.com/~berryhp/native.html

http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/indians.html

http://www.uchsc.edu/sm/nehcrc/weblinks.htm

http://www.oracle.k12.az.us/na.html

http://php.iupui.edu/~kmbeidel/webquest/NAquest.htm

http://www.cape.k12.me.us/Parker/NAweb.html

http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Cultures_and_Groups/Cultures/Native_American/Tribes__Nations__and_Bands/

www.NO BULLY.co.nz:

http://www.nobully.org.nz/

This site is part of the Telecom/Police STOP BULLYING Campaign. Spot and Bo are here to show you around the site.

National Council for Social Studies

SocialStudies.org | Internet Resources & Links: Links:

http://www.ncss.org/links/

Links are categorized by the ten themes of the Curriculum Standards for Social Studies.

SocialStudies.org | Comprehensive Links:

http://www.ncss.org/links/links1.html

Pages by Schools, Teachers, and Students

SocialStudies.org | Links to Professional Organizations

http://www.ncss.org/links/links2.html

Social Studies Links

http://www.bestschools.org/ms/Social_Studies2.html

Jericho Middle School Library Web Site Social Studies

http://killeenroos.com/links.htm

Harker Heights - Killeen - World Connections

Thanksgiving Information

http://www.2020tech.com/thanks/temp.html

Billy Bear's Happy Thanksgiving

http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/thanksgiving/thanksgiving.htm

The First Thanksgiving: Mayflower Home Page

http://members.aol.com/calebj/thanksgiving.html

The Pilgrims' 1621 Thanksgiving , History and information

The First Thanksgiving :

http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/index.htm

Scholastic's informational site about Thanksgiving

The Mayflower Web Pages

http://members.aol.com/calebj/index.html

Mayflower Web Pages are specifically designed for genealogists and academic historians, it can certainly be utilized by teachers and students during the Thanksgiving season

The "First Thanksgiving"
http://www.plimoth.org/Library/Thanksgiving/firstT.htm
http://www.plimoth.org/index.html main site
Plimouth-on -web, Plimouth Plantation site

Thanksgiving on the Net - Welcome

http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade:

http://www.nyctourist.com/macys_menu.htm

1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation:

http://members.aol.com/calebj/proclamation.html

Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation aken from the collection of Lincoln's papers in the Library of America series, Vol II, pp. 520-521.

Thanksgiving CyberChallenge

http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plygame/hi.asp

Become a Thanksgiving expert! Visit Web sites about the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag, and the famous harvest feast and learn new facts along the way.

Plimoth Plantation

http://pilgrims.net/plimothplantation/vtour/index.htm#1627

Virtual Tour of Plimoth Plantation Plimoth (Plymouth) Plantation was the first permanent European settlement in southern New England (AD 1620). Today, this area is the site of a living museum, dedicated to recreating 17th - century lifeways in the New World.

The Plimoth Plantation Museum Page

http://www.plimoth.org/Museum/museum.htm

It is always 1627 in the village of "New Plymouth." Learn more about how history repeats itself through the Living History, First Person and Interpretive Artisan programs in Plimoth Plantation's Pilgrim Village.

Not Just for Kids! Thanksgiving Certificates

http://www.night.net/kids/cert-thanks.html-ssi

A Simple Thank You

Thanksgiving

http://www.benjerry.com/thanksgiving/

Ben & Jerry's Thansgiving site

Kids Domain Thanksgiving

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/thanks/

Welcome to the Thanksgiving section, where you can kick back, relax, download the coolest screensavers, find new jokes, create great crafts, or master a new game. Sound like fun? It hasn't even begun!

Crossword Puzzle - Thanksgiving (by Aviva Furman)

http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/cw/1/af-thanks.html

JavaScrpt crossword puzzle for Thanksgiving.

The United States Mint:

http://www.usmint.gov/facts/

Main site with facts about the US Mint

The United States Treasury:

http://www.treas.gov/

The United States Treasury: All about money

http://www.treas.gov/usss/index.htm?know_your_money.htm&1

The United States Secret Service:

http://www.treas.gov/usss/

Department of Veterans Affairs : Veterans Day

http://www.va.gov/pubaff/vetsday/

Kids Voting:

http://www.kidsvotingusa.org/teacher.html

Virtual Explorers: http://www.virtualexplorers.org/

A group of educators who use technology to explore & discover the world in order to share their adventure with teachers & students in classrooms everywhere.

Voting Information:

http://www.kidsnewsroom.com/election/election.asp

Time For Kids | Election Connection

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/electconnect/

It's a magazine, a website, and more.

BBC News | GLOSSARY

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/americas/2000/us_elections/glossary/

This section explains some of the more common but often misunderstood terms used in US politics.

Candidates for President in 2000 - Sorted by Party http://www.vote-smart.org/ce/p_index/p-cand.phtml?show=N&checking=

The Presidential Candidates database is a compilation of all known possible and declared candidates for the office of President of the United States.

Democracy Project 2000 - Check the Record: http://www.pbs.org/php/democracy/checktherecord/election.php3?election=223&sort=p/

Presidential Election 2000

All Candidates, Sorted by Name

Politics1: Presidency 2000 - The Presidential Candidates

http://www.politics1.com/p2000.htm

Democrats, Republicans, third party candidates and Independents ... if they're running for President in 2000, you can find them ALL here ... plus other P2000 resources!!

Issues2000.org - Candidates on the Issues

http://www.issues2000.org/default.htm

Every pesidential Candidate on Every Issue

White House Site:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/kids/html/home.html

Worldwide Holidays and Festivals:

http://www.holidayfestival.com/

Social Studies/History

~History & Social Studies Framework - August 2003, Appendix Web Resource