social studies
James Madison
- https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/history/presidents-united-states/james-madison/
- https://www.biography.com/people/james-madison-9394965
- http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/james-madison
- http://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresidents/jamesmadison.php
- http://usa4kids.com/presidents/James_Madison.html
- https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-amendments/james-madison/
- http://www.mountvernon.org/digital-encyclopedia/article/constitutional-convention/
- http://usa4kids.com/presidents/George_Washington.html
- http://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresidents/georgewashington.php
- http://mrnussbaum.com/presidents/georgewashington/
Standards
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Documents/Social-Studies-4th-Grade-Georgia-Standards.pdf
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Documents/Social-Studies-4th-Grade-Georgia-Standards.pdf
Launching Social Studies
Women’s Suffrage
American Civil WarAmerican Civil War Overview
Slavery and Tension between the North and South
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Ulysses S. Grant
Effects of War on the North and South
Reconstruction
Jim Crow Laws
- Economics http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/economics.htm
- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/economicsgames.htm
- http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/DifferentTribes/groups002.htm
- http://www.pics4learning.com/?search=cat&query=Native+American
- Meet the New World Explorers.ppt
- http://www.quia.com/jg/65717.html
- http://www.mrnussbaum.com/explorersflash.htm
- Everything Colonization! http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/coloniz.html
- Colonial Research 1 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm
- Colonial Research 2 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/13mapnew.htm Colonial
- PowerPoint by kiddos like YOU! Check it out!!
- http://www.valleystream30.com/webworks/050103_colonialtimes.ppt
- Valley Forge information http://www.libertyskids.com/arch_where_valleyf.html
- Great Revolutionary War site. http://www.mrnussbaum.com/amflash.htm
- Interactive games for key figures of the American Revolution http://www.quia.com/jg/317779.html
- http://www.mce.k12tn.net/revolutionary_war/american_revolution.htm
- http://www.congressforkids.net/Constitution_delegates.htm
- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/theconventiondef.htm
- https://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/presidents-united-states/us-constitution/
- https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-amendments/the-constitutional-convention/
- https://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/american-revolution/articles-confederation/
- http://www.congressforkids.net/Independence_articles.htm
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/articles_of_confederation.php
- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/articlesofconfederation.htm
- http://www.congressforkids.net/Constitution_greatcompromise.htm
- http://www.government-and-constitution.org/us-constitution/great-compromise.htm
- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/makingoftheconstitution3.htm
- http://www.government-and-constitution.org/us-constitution/three-fifths-compromise.htm
- http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Connecticut_Compromise
- https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/history/presidents-united-states/james-madison/
- https://www.biography.com/people/james-madison-9394965
- http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/james-madison
- http://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresidents/jamesmadison.php
- http://usa4kids.com/presidents/James_Madison.html
- https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-amendments/james-madison/
- http://www.mountvernon.org/digital-encyclopedia/article/constitutional-convention/
- http://usa4kids.com/presidents/George_Washington.html
- http://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresihttp://mrnussbaum.com/presidents/georgewashington/dents/georgewashington.php
- http://mrnussbaum.com/presidents/georgewashington/
- http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/l3_citizen_founding.html
- http://kids.laws.com/benjamin-franklin
- http://www.shmoop.com/constitutional-convention/benjamin-franklin.html
- https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/preamble
- http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz850899c0280.html
- http://kids.laws.com/preamble-of-the-constitution
- http://www.government-and-constitution.org/us-constitution/preamble-to-the-constitution-for-kids.htm
- Schoolhouse Rock “We the People” http://viewpure.com/GtYrorYu9OE?start=0&end=0
- http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/la/books/bkc/sources/bkc_template.jsp?name=preamble&state=la
- Brainpop-Game https://www.brainpop.com/games/branchesofpower/
- https://kids.usa.gov/three-branches-of-government/index.shtml
- https://www.thoughtco.com/separation-of-powers-3322394
- Branches of Government http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/index.html
- http://viewpure.com/0bf3CwYCxXw?start=0&end=0 http://viewpure.com/cNqfzAUwa4Q?start=0&end=0
- Brainpop-“Branches of Government” https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/usgovernment/branchesofgovernment/
- http://viewpure.com/6W8W3p9Ot7M?start=0&end=0
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/us_government/first_amendment.php (1st Amendment)
- https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-amendments/bill-of-rights/
- https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-amendments/amendments-to-the-constitution/
- https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/usgovernment/billofrights/
- Amendments using Disney Songs http://viewpure.com/f2CRoVuBz3Q?start=0&end=0
- Bill of Rights-Mr. Betts http://viewpure.com/HShqKnW2hj4?start=0&end=0
- Congress for Kids-Play games, take quizzes, have fun with our Constitution! http://www.congressforkids.net/games/billofrights/2_billofrights.htm
- Interactive game-Pretty cool! http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/main.html
- http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/lewis_and_clark.php
- http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/sacagawea.php
- https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/lewisandclark/
- http://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/timeline.php
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/daily_life_on_the_frontier.php
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/first_transcontinental_railroad.php
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/main.html
- Brainpop-“Westward Expansion” https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/westwardexpansion/
- Schoolhouse Rock “Elbow Room” http://viewpure.com/FfoQBTPY7gk?start=0&end=0
- Mr. Betts “Manifest Destiny” http://viewpure.com/mqZM5kq-NBg?start=0&end=0
- http://www.history.com/topics/war-of-1812
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/us_1800s/war_of_1812.php
- http://mrnussbaum.com/causes-and-effects-of-the-war-of-1812/
- http://mrnussbaum.com/readingcomp/1812comp/
- https://www.nps.gov/fomc/index.htm
- http://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/
- http://www.montpelier.org
- http://www.visit1812.com
- http://www.visitthecapitol.gov/Exhibitions/online
- http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-capture-and-burn-washington
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesmadison
- http://www.nps.gov/fomc/holdthefort
- https://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/songs/patriotic/star-spangled-banner/index.htm
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/interactive-tour
- http://asailorslifeforme.org
- http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-war-of-1812
- https://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/songs/patriotic/battle-of-new-orleans/index.htm
- War of 1812 Overview-TeacherTube https://www.teachertube.com/video/war-of-1812-19711
- Mr.Betts-War of 1812 http://viewpure.com/PatU9kzs-bA?start=0&end=0
- CBS Sunday Morning Show-Guided tour and history of the burning of Washington http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/when-the-british-burned-the-white-house
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html
- https://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/native_american.html
- https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/indian-treaties
- http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/trail-of-tears
- http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/trailoftears.html?mod_id=24&review=yes#1258
- https://www.nps.gov/trte/planyourvisit/places-to-go-in-georgia.htm (interactive GA map)
- http://mrnussbaum.com/readingcomp/trailcomp/ (reading comprehension)
- Battle of Little Bighorn http://mrnussbaum.com/history-2-2/trail/
- https://www.nps.gov/libi/index.htm
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/native_americans/sitting_bull.php
- http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-little-bighorn
- Brainpop-Tecumseh-Fought alongside British in War of 1812 https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/tecumseh/
- Brainpop-Relocation of American Indians https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/americanindians/
- Brainpop-Seminole Wars
- https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/seminolewars/
- Brainpop-Trail of Tears
- https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/trailoftears/
- http://viewpure.com/1Q5Z4UUitdU?start=0&end=0
- Visual representation of Sitting Bull with song
- http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/battle-of-the-little-bighorn
- http://www.american-historama.org/1829-1841-jacksonian-era/battle-of-alamo.htm
- http://www.history.com/topics/alamo
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/us_1800s/battle_of_the_alamo.php
- http://viewpure.com/r76FhmeKP2I?start=0&end=0%20%C2%B7%20http://viewpure.com/sbQlENtGy9c?start=0&end=0
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/oregon_trail.php
- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/oregontrail.htm
- http://viewpure.com/B0IMkkLtJF0?start=0&end=0%20%C2%B7%20http://viewpure.com/JCztHlfTgBE?start=0&end=0
- Pioneer Internet Activity Use this page to research about the life of pioneers. http://library.thinkquest.org/6400/
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/california_gold_rush.php
- http://www.history.com/topics/gold-rush-of-1849
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh//amex/goldrush/tguide/index.html
- http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/californiagoldrush.htm
- Brainpop-“Gold Rush” https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/goldrush/
Women’s Suffrage
- https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/womenssuffrage/
- http://viewpure.com/pFOieRHRzh8?start=0&end=0 (Schoolhouse Rock)
- http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/her-story/biography.php
- http://www.ducksters.com/biography/susan_b_anthony.php
- http://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/susan-b-anthony
- http://mrnussbaum.com/readingcomp/susan_b_anthony/
- http://viewpure.com/vfyCgGdznv4?start=0&end=0
- http://mrnussbaum.com/elizabeth-cady-stanton/
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/elizabeth_cady_stanton.php
- http://viewpure.com/nCEaHGgUV-Q?start=0&end=0
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/frederick_douglass.php
- http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/frederick-douglass
- https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/frederickdouglass/tandard
- http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/sojourner-truth
- https://www.biography.com/people/sojourner-truth-9511284
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/sojourner_truth.php
- “Ain’t I a Woman” Speech
- http://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/susan-b-anthony/videos/aint-i-a-woman
- http://viewpure.com/TrVek_dWsmg?start=0&end=0
- https://www.biography.com/people/harriet-tubman-9511430
- http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/harriet-tubman
- http://www.ducksters.com/biography/women_leaders/harriet_tubman.php
- http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/history/harriet-tubman/#harriet_lg.jpg
- http://mrnussbaum.com/harriet-tubman-animated-book
- http://viewpure.com/94gFvWowPDE?start=0&end=0
American Civil WarAmerican Civil War Overview
- https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/civilwar/
- https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/civilwarcauses/
- https://www.civilwar.org/learn/civil-war
- http://www.civilwar.org/maps/animated-maps/civil-war-animated-map/
- http://viewpure.com/pDgbXqxe7SQ?start=0&end=0
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/civilwartimeline.php
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/causes_of_the_civil_war.php
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/border_states.php
- Vocabulary http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/glossary_and_terms.php
- South Seceding http://www.ducksters.com/history/confederation_of_the_united_states.php
- http://mrnussbaum.com/civil-war/causes/
- http://www.american-historama.org/1850-1860-secession-era/uncle-toms-cabin.htm
- http://www.ducksters.com/biography/women_leaders/harriet_beecher_stowe.php
- http://www.ushistory.org/us/32c.asp
- http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/johnbrown.htm
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/john_brown_and_the_harpers_ferry_raid.php
Slavery and Tension between the North and South
- https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/slavery-united-states
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/history_of_slavery_in_the_united_states.php
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/underground_railroad.php
- https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/undergroundrailroad/
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
- http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg/maps/gettysburg-animated-map/
- https://www.civilwar.org/visit/battlefields/gettysburg-battlefield
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/battle_of_gettysburg.php
Sherman’s March to the Sea
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/shermans_march_to_the_sea.php
- http://www.historyforkids.net/shermans-march-to-the-sea.html
- https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals/civilwar.html#court
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/robert_e_lee_surrenders.php
- https://www.civilwar.org/learn/biographies/abraham-lincoln
- https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/abrahamlincoln/
- http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/emancipation.htm
- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/abrahamlincoln.htm
Ulysses S. Grant
- http://usa4kids.com/presidents/Ulysses_S_Grant.html
- http://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresidents/ulyssessgrant.php
- http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/article-9273927/Jefferson-Davishttp://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Jefferson_Davis
- http://www.ducksters.com/biography/world_leaders/jefferson_davis.php
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/civil_war_generals.php
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/stonewall_jackson.php
Effects of War on the North and South
Reconstruction
- Overview: Brainpop https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/reconstruction/
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/reconstruction.php
- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/reconstruction.htm
- http://mrnussbaum.com/history-2-2/reconstruction/
- https://www.boundless.com/political-science/textbooks/boundless-political-science-textbook/civil-rights-5/slavery-and-civil-rights-39/the-civil-war-amendments-222-11225/
- https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/CivilWarAmendments.htm
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/us_government/thirteenth_amendment.php
- http://mrnussbaum.com/13th-amendment/
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/us_government/fourteenth_amendment.php
- http://mrnussbaum.com/14th-amendment/
- http://www.ducksters.com/history/us_government/fifteenth_amendment.php
- http://mrnussbaum.com/15th-amendment/
- http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedmens-bureau
- http://www.civilwarhome.com/freedmen.html
- PBS The Freedman’s Bureau: http://viewpure.com/W5-xTRhw-Zw?start=0&end=0
- http://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/sharecropping/
- http://viewpure.com/0GAv0NVp-3k?start=0&end=0
- http://www.history.com/topics/blackhistory/sharecropping/videos
Jim Crow Laws
- http://mrnussbaum.com/civil-war/jim_crow_laws/
- https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/jimcrow/
- http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/games/mad_money_flash.html
- http://www.kathimitchell.com/econ.htm
- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/economics.htm
- http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/economicsgames.htm
- http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites056.shtml
- Schoolhouse Rock-Where the Money Goes http://viewpure.com/N9iZfxElc1A?start=0&end=0
- Smart Budgeting http://viewpure.com/58EuubFG9-c?start=0&end=0
- Saving and Spending (primary) https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/economics/savingandspending/
- Schoolhouse Rock-$7.50 Once a Week http://viewpure.com/GawH48QNDfc?start=0&end=0
- Earn, Spend, Save, Donate http://viewpure.com/yD6iVjViT4Y?start=0&end=0
- National Geographic for Kids http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
- Internet4Classrooms-You HAVE to go here,TONS of links at different grade levels http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm
- Unwrapping the Earth http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/mapping_our_world/mapping_our_world/l/lesson1/index.htm
- Timeline of US History http://www.usa4kids.com/Timeline.html