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Grade 8 Class Assignments

Remember to make use of the Donna C. Philbin Library Media Center
when completing these assignments
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Topics of Study

Americana Colonial Period Lewis & Clark  Cherokee    19th Cent. Americans    John Brown  Gold Rush  Civil War 

WW 1 & 11   Holocaust    Immigration    Flight   Periodic Table     Wash D.C. 

 

 

Study of Americana

U.S.Geography
United States & Regions -MrDonnHistory
U.S. Atlas: Maps and Geography of the United States

Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms
America the Bountiful: Classic American Food from Antiquity to the Space Age

The Colonial Period and American Revolution     

     Revere's Silversmith shop 
     Silversmith and other trades 
     Experience Colonial life - food, tools, trades, etc.-  
     Colonial America K12 Resources - an extensive site
     Colonial foods               Patchwork Quilts          Crazy Quilts          Textiles     
     Money in American History
     Colonial America - court system       Eighteenth Century Legal Terms
     Colonial America -  punishments
     Milestone Historic Events of the colonial period - good for creating historical news stories.
     Newspapers from the past - see actual colonial newspapers
     Political cartoons and caricature in colonial times

General American History Sites
    Lives, the Biography Resource - biographies by name and era
    Popular Songs in American History
    Architecture Sites - includes Plimoth Plantation, Sturbridge Village, National landmarks etc.

Jamestown and the Colonial Period
    Jamestown Rediscovery
    Colonial American Links
    EXPLORE THE AMAZING WORLD OF EARLY AMERICA    
    LIBERTY! The American Revolution
    American Revolution Links
    Revolutionary War: A Journey Toward Freedom
    Revolutionary War People
    Benjamin Franklin
    HISTORY in Song (Table of Contents)

British Acts imposed on the Colonists
    Sugar Act and Stamp Act 
    The Stamp Act Riots
    The Stamp Act and The Sugar Act
    Sugar Act            Molasses Act         Molasses Act
    Townshend Act       Townshend Duties     Townshend Acts
    Navigation Acts 1650-1696        Navigation Acts  
    Proclamation of 1763      Proclamation of 1763
    Quartering Act

  Valley Forge
   Valley Forge
   Valley Forge: Who Served Here? - famous people who served at Valley Forge 
   Revolutionary War Biographies

Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Discovering Lewis and Clark

War of 1812
 The War of 1812 and battles

Tecumseh
 Tecumseh
Chief Tecumseh

The Cherokee Trail of Tears
The Cherokee Trail of Tears 1838-1839
Trail of Tears Timeline
Legend of the Cherokee Rose
Native American Tribes
Cherokee Removal Forts
Weapons and Games of the Southeastern Indians
Myths of the Cherokee
Cherokee by blood - folklore, genealogy, history, medicine, religion etc.

Texas Annexation / Alamo
 Remember the Alamo - PBS
Texas Annexation

Mexican War 1846-1848
The U.S.-Mexican War - PBS
The U.S -Mexican War

 

 

The Gold Rush  Gold Fever! The Lure and Legacy of the California Gold Rush

California Gold Country -Highway 49 Revisited - links to gold rush sites
Trails to the Gold Rush - overland routes west
California Gold Rush - gold fever, natives & immigrants, art etc
The Gold Rush
California Gold Rush - overview, maps, timeline etc.
California National Historic Trail - Gold Rush History
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African American Studies
    Slavery and African American studies
    African American Studies Toolkit for grades 6-12

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
     The Underground Railroad
     Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
     Aboard the Underground Railroad
     Harriet Tubman - National Women's Hall of Fame
     Harriet Tubman
     Harriet Tubman  - her life
     The Underground Railroad- National Geographic

Civil War - Battles, leaders etc.

People and Leaders - Northern and Southern Leaders
     Civil War Battles - by state
     Ten Costliest Battles of the Civil War
     Civil War Photographs - Library of Congress       
     U.S. Civil War Generals 
    Civil War Cookbook -recipes
    Civil War Women   
     Civil War Home Page - battles etc.
     Selected Civil War photographs - from the Library of Congress
    Civil War and Reconstruction - economy, government, leaders etc.
    The United States Civil War Center - excellent site on the Civil War period,    battlefields etc.
    TheHistoryNet Archives - Civil War
       
    Popular Songs in American History
    Music of the War between the States

    Civil War Personal Journal - WebQuest
    Reconstruction Period
    Civil War and Reconstruction - economy, government, leaders etc.
    Reconstruction Period - search for Ku Klux Klan, Black Codes etc.  
    Reconstruction Period - Chappell Hill Museum
    Reconstruction - History Central
    Reconstruction and its Aftermath
    Reconstruction Period - Compton's Encyclopedia
    Reconstruction sites - Yahooligans
    Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction

John Brown - Hero or Madman?
 The Raid on Harper's Ferry
Secession Era Editorials Project
John Brown -Yahoo Search 19th Century
John Brown and the Valley of the Shadow
John Brown's Holy War - PBS The American Experience - search timeline and special features
A Plea for Captain John Brown by Henry David Thoreau
John Brown biography
John Brown: History's Greatest Hero
John Brown (Abolitionist)

 

Immigration Study
    American Immigration
    Atlas of American Immigration
    Origins of Foreign-Born Population in 1860
    Immigration Link Page
    museum3.htm (Ellis Island Museum)
    INS Statistics (Immigration and Naturalization Service Statistics)

 

19th century American Historical and Literary Figures

American Writers and Their Works- 19th century 1801-1850
19th Century American Literary Figures
American Authors on the Web
Lives, the Biography Resource -listings by name, region, era and profession.
I hear America Singing - Biographies and profiles of key composers, poets, artists, and writers.

19th century Life, Inventors and Invention[Telegraph Key]

American Cultural History 1840-1849
The "Mill" Girls - Lowell National Historical Park
American Inventors and Artifacts- http://americanartifacts.com/smma/invent/imagine.htm
Thomas Edison Inventions: Smithsonian -http://americanhistory.si.edu/timeline/05ed.htm
African American Inventors - http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/afinvent.htm
Ezra Cornell -telegraph -http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/ezra-exhibit/entrance.html
Baseball Invention - http://www.hickoksports.com/history/baseba02.shtml
Firearms History - http://www.rrnotes.co.uk/firearms/index.shtml
American Inventors and Inventions - http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/remember/amerinv.htm
History of Technology & Invention SVH LMC.http://www.richland2.org/svh/Media/socstud/Technology.htm
Ben Franklin - do a search at  Education Planet http://www.educationplanet.com/

Explore these invention sites for even more information
 A Century of Invention - search by year, inventor, and invention
National Inventors Hall of Fame - search by invention.
National Inventors Hall of Fame - index by names; info on inventors
Great Idea Finder - information on how inventions came to be developed- patent searching.


20th Century
 The Century -Examines the major events of each decade of the 20th century..
Ad Access -...a content-rich site with images of over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.
Bad Fads - fashion, collectibles, activities and events on Americana.
History of TV Advertising - arranged by decade from 1940- 1990
Television Commercials - commercials from the 50s, 60, and 70s
Dance Directory - styles of dance such as swing dance, jazz dance, ballet etc.
Lives, the Biography Resource -listings by name, region, era and profession.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum - biographies of inductees, from Elvis Presley to the Beatles to the present
Homework Central-Regional Study of the U.S.

Architecture - House for Sale
USA Reality Sites - arranged by states: photos of houses for sale

 

World War I - The Depression - World War 11 - The Cold War -Vietnam
     SchoolSubjects_AmericanHistory
    Kids Ask Jeeves Answer - Military History of World War 11 (1939-1945)..
    The History Place - The Rise of Adolf Hitler
    The History Place - World War Two in Europe
    Planes and Pilots of WWII
    Battle Reports - WW11 information on weapons, battles, units, tactics, & people.
    American Women in Uniform, Veterans Too!
    Photo Gallery Index   -Aircraft
    Firelands Museum of Military History - pictures of tanks and military equipment.
    WWII
    Pearl Harbor Story: Web Links
    WWII

The Holocaust 

   Holocaust WebQuest - created by Mrs. Gundlach, Ret.
    Solly Ganor-  Holocaust survivor
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Learning Center - arranged by topic and with a searchable archive.
    The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students - information from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
    The History Place - Holocaust TimelinenkData
    WWII
    Concentration Camps
    The Holocaust Resource Center
    Anne Frank Online

Washington, D.C.

   Tourist map -click on the map for links to sites
   Arlington National Cemetery
   Welcome to the White House for Kids
   National Zoo Home Page - Animals, Plants, 
   Washington DC Fun and Recreation Page
   United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
   Smithsonian Museums and Research Centers
   Museums in Washington, D.C.
   Vietnam Veterans Memorial
   Architecture Sites - includes Mount Vernon and the architecture of Wash., D.C.
    D.C. - information from the American University in Wash., D.C. 

Science

Phases of the Moon
Phases of the Moon - U.S. Naval Observatory
Virtual Reality Moon Phase Pictures
Phases of the Moon and quiz

Tides
Tide Charts for Cape Cod and New England
Interactive Tide Chart - by location
Tide and Current Predictor

Scientists and Inventors

Archimedes
Archimedes of Syracus
Archimedes - Early Inventors and Inventions
Archimedes

A Century of Invention - search by year, inventor, and invention
National Inventors Hall of Fame - search by invention.
National Inventors Hall of Fame - index by names; info on inventors
Great Idea Finder - information on how inventions came to be developed- patent searching.

Periodic Table of the Elements

Introduction to the Elements
     Minerals and Human Health
    Periodic Table - WebElements
    Chemical Elements.com - An Interactive Periodic Table..
    Chem4Kids:Elements
    Chemicool Periodic Table
    Chemical Elements - discovery and origins of element names
    The Elements: a fascinating look by the webmaster - Thomas A. Vella-Zarb (elements song)

Physical Environment of North America 
Nearctica - the plants, insects, animals and physical environment of North America
National Audubon Society - online field guides

 

"Garbology" - Useful links for Mr. Young's "Garbology" assignment. Kids putting recyclables into a recycling bin

 

 

Garbage- How can my community reduce waste?  (www.learner.org)
Rotten Truth about Garbage (www.astc.org)
U.S. Dept. of Energy -Waste Management (www.em.doe.gov/em30/)
How Stuff Works- landfills  (www.htowstuffworks.com/landfill.htm)
Zero Waste America  (www.zerowasteamerica.org)
The Basics of Landfills (www.ejnet.org/landfills/)
Natural Resources Kids Page- Solid Waste and Recycling ( www.ejnet.org/landfills/
Mount Trashmore (www.uvm.edu/~bcole/mttrash.htm)
Massachusetts Government- recycling

Flight and Aviation
    Gander Academy's Flight Themes

 

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