-Social+Studies+8th+grade

Table of Contents | Projects | Vale
= = = Collections of great lesson plans, sites, resources: =


 * ==[[image:valems/teachinghistory.JPG width="253" height="70" link="@http://teachinghistory.org/"]]Check out the 'Quick links for Middle School Teachers - bottom right==

=Maps: =
 * == [[image:valems/Old maps.JPG link="@http://oldmapsonline.org/#bbox=-109.960937,-51.88344,119.960938,72.050143&q=&datefrom=1000&dateto=2010"]] Interactive - view hundreds of historical maps (primary documents) from various time periods==
 * ===The story of the US told in 141 maps- 1795-present times: Manifest Destiny===

=Colonization: =


 * ==[[image:FreeCol for teachers.JPG width="521" height="37"]]Downloadable game with objective of building a free nation - players begin with a few colonists looking for the " new world" - great for teaching colonization==
 * ==Historic Jamestown - 3D tours with lesson plans, images & articles as well: [|Virtual Jamestown]==
 * ==3D flyover of Indian settlement at Jamestown : [|Vimeo]==
 * == Game- survive & thrive in colonial Jamestown -Students compare their strategies at the end to see if they did better than the Jamestown colonists: [|History Globe]==

=Slavery: = = =
 * == This site covers slavery, transatlantic slave trade, & abolition movements - timelines, audio & pic galleries!: The Abolition Project==

=Constitution: =
 * ==[[image:constitution daily.JPG width="267" height="63"]]Interesting current news articles based in issues involving our constitution:==


 * ==[[image:worldbook.JPG width="299" height="29"]]World Book Advanced's Teaching with Documents are lesson plans focusing on one or more primary source images (Be sure to go to World Book Advanced )==

=U.S. History (in general): =
 * ===[[image:worldbook.JPG width="299" height="29"]]World Book Advanced's Teaching with Documents are lesson plans focusing on one or more primary source images (Be sure to go to World Book Advanced )===
 * ===HipHughes US History for Dummies on YouTube: HipHughes===
 * ===Learn about America's past from vintage photos : [|Shorpy]===
 * ===//-can use some of the photos for school projects as long as you give credit or link to shorpy and do not post on photo sharing sites.//===
 * === Pics & Video: actual footage with descriptions of American history: World Digital Library===
 * === Historic maps : [|Old Maps Online]===

Civil War:
> -look at this example of questions for creating questions to accompany photos: > @http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/civil-war/studentindex.html >
 * === Selected (1,000) Photographs: LOC ===
 * === **3-D Photographs:** ** CCWP **===
 * === **3-D Photographs:** ** CCWP **===
 * ===Battle Reenactment in 3D : http://youtu.be/IouISrUL01A ===
 * ****Same battle in 2D:**** **http://youtu.be/N_hWyCmdJWc**
 * === **Clara Barton** **Bio:** http://youtu.be/xkQMtR3BtyU ===
 * === Band Music of the Civil War: ** LOC **===
 * === **Good activities/lessons on using Civil War photos:** ** National Archives **===
 * === **Young faces of the Civil War -see 7 & 8 of 28:** ** HistoryChannel **===

=Government: =
 * ==Guide to U.S. Government: []==
 * ==Educational games: Run your own presidential campaign ; solve international problems; run your own constitutional law firm, etc! : [|iCivics]==

=Bias in the News: =
 * ==Lesson Plans for teaching students how to identify bias and opinion from fact, etc.: NewsTrust==