Grade 8 History

 

bullet Redefining the American Dream:  Memorials of the 50s and 60s


 
bullet RLMS World at War


 
bulletConstitution Photo Story

 
bulletImmigration Project

 
bullet1920s

Roaring Twenties An Historical Snapshot of Life in the 20s
history.com Roaring 20s
Antique Home 1920s Interiors
1924 Ads
1926 Ads
1927 Ads
1928 Ads


 

bullet Redefining the American Dream:  Memorials of the 50s and 60s

 
bulletNew Deal Posters


 

bulletGeneral
Eyewitness to History -- Great source of brief primary source materials.  Example:  Yellow Fever Attacks Philadelphia, 1793

 

 

bulletGovernment

General    
Ben's Guide for Kids
  Branches of Govt., How laws are made, Elections. Excellent diagrams.
How Laws are Made -- Great Kid's site from the Clerk of the U.S. house of Representatives
National Constitution Center  Includes English and several foreign texts of the U.S. Constitution
National Constitution Center Interactive Constitution
Click on articles at the top for a plain English explanation

National Constitution Center Timeline of the Constitution -- great interactive site

Connecticut State Government
CT.gov Portal General Guide to Guide to Connecticut Government.
Executive Branch  Links to the Offices of the Gov, Lt.Gov., Secretary of State, Atty. General
Judicial Branch 
Legislative Branch Links to CT State Senate and House of Representatives

Federal Government
Congress for Kids
FirstGov A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
U.S. House of Representatives Member Website Listing
U.S. Senate
Your Government from www.whitehouse.gov

Elections

Election of the President from Ben's Guide

Elections 2004 from Scholastic

Electoral College from the New Book Of Knowledge

How the President is Elected from Enchanted Learning

 

bulletSpecial English

The Story of Longitude (audio and text)
Europeans Arrive
(text only) 
First European Settlers 
(text only) 
Settlers & Indians Clash
(text only)
Pocahontas
(text only)
Continuing Mystery of America's Lost Colony
[Jamestown] 
(audio and text)
Colonial Expansion: New England, Middle Colonies
(text only)
Colonial Expansion : The South 
(text only)
Slavery
(text only) 
Road to Revolution
  (text only) 
American Revolution: Whose Side Are You On?
(text only)
French and Indian War
(text only)
American/British Relations After the French and Indian War
(text only)
Writing the Constitution, Part 1   Part 2  Part 3  Part 4  Part 5  Part 6  Part 7  Part 8  Part 9 (all text only)
Lewis and Clark Exploration One of the Most Important Events in American History
(audio and text)
Opening the American West: Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery
(audio and text)
Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery Map a Nation
(audio and text)

 

bullet8th Grade Trip

ExploreDC.org


Arlington National Cemetery Official Web Site
Cabello's Virtual Field Trips
Gettysburg Battlefield Views
Historic Philadelphia
Interactive Map of Arlington National Cemetery
Virtual Smithsonian
Virtual Tour of Washington D.C.

 

bullet Veterans Day WebPage
 
bulletMemorials

 

Redefining the American Dream

Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Habits of Mind Assured Experience

 

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