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Social Studies Resources
» 50 states and capitals
Great site to practice naming the states and capitals.
» Colonial Games
Lots of fun activities and games for kids to learn more about life during Colonial Times.
Reasearch Links
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/amrevol.html
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/index.htm
(go to left sidebar and click on either “signers” or “related information”)
http://www.ushistory.org/march/people.htm
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets.html
(Famous Women of the American Revolution)
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/revolutionarywar/tp/foundingfathers.htm
http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/american_revolution.html
(scroll waaay down page to “People Important to the American Revolution”)
http://gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm (scroll down page)
http://www.biography.com/bio4kids/bio4kids-meet.jsp
(Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Patrick Henry)
You can also go to the Cibolo Green Electronic Resources page (from school, go to CG mascot on desktop, at home go to:
http://www.neisd.net/cibolo/library_basic_pages/library_basic_resources_page.html
*You can use either Encylopedia Brittanica or World Book Encyclopedia
For World Book:
Click on World Book KidsàPeopleàtype in name of person in search box
OR
Click on World Book studentàtype in name of person in search box
For Britannica:
Click on Elementary or Middle Schoolàtype in name of person in search box
*Look for how to “cite” your sources at the top or bottom of the online article
People of the Revolution – sketches of key figures
http://www.clements.umich.edu/spies/index-people.html
Signers of the Declaration – brief biographies
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/signers.html
Timeline 1764-1765 includes thumbnails of key events
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/timeline.html
Resistance and Dissent – examples of broadsides used to encourage Patriots
http://independence.nyhistory.org/item.php?item_no=11
The Coming of Independence – Key Events - Map
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog04/key_events/index.html
Sons of the American Revolution – first person accounts of revolutionary period events http://www.sar.org/history/anecdote.htm