Fourth
Grade Social Studies
Early
United States
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Chapter
1:
The First Americans
Lesson 1 The Search for Early Peoples
BBC News Report about Early Peoples possibly Australian
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/430944.stm
Study the face of the Kennewick man
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/first/kennewick.html
Maps and Globes
Color Landforms of the United States according to State
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
Oddens Bookmarks - A Search Engine with over 17,000 sites for maps and
globes
http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/
Lesson 2 Ancient Indians
Indian tribes, history and activities:
http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School/
Lesson 3 Early Civilizations
Anthropology Professor Bruce Trigger compares ancient civilizations
from
an anthropologist’s point
of view. http://www.mcgill.ca/reporter/36/02/trigger/
Chapter
2:
Indians of North America
Lesson 2 Southwest Indians
Learn about the Southwest Indians, such as the Apache, Hopi, Navajo,
Pueblo
and Zuni Indians’ art,
food, children, religion, vocabulary and so much more.
http://inkido.indiana.edu/w310work/romac/swest.htm
Lesson 3 Great Plains Indians
Council of Indian Nations: Learn about the Southwest Indians of
today
as well as find
links to Ancient History. http://inkido.indiana.edu/w310work/romac/plains.html
Ideas for making Kachina Dolls
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110072/crafts/southwestcrafts.htm
Lesson 4 Eastern Woodlands Indians
Research the Mohican Indians and the Hurons
http://www.mohicanpress.com/mo08013.html
Eastern Woodland Crafts include cornhusk masks, dream catchers,
Iroquois
masks and quivers.
http://www.mohicanpress.com/mo08013.html
Chapter
3:
The Age of Exploration
Lesson 2 – Background to European Exploration
The Age of Exploration Curriculum Guide for Teachers and parents –find
activities, maps, and lots of
helpful information. The Mariners' Museum Age of Exploration
On-line
Curriculum Guide supplies
materials that address maritime discovery from ancient times to Captain
Cook's 1768 voyage to the
South Pacific. http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/
Lesson 3 – Learn History Through Literature: I, Columbus:
My Journal 1492-1493
Extracts from the journal of Columbus
http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/01-col.html
Lesson 4 – Early Voyages of Exploration
Easy to read information about Explorers such as: Magellan, Columbus,
Vespucci,
Ponce de Leon,
Pizarro, Cortez, Balboa from the Thinkquest site.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/spanish_explorers.htm
Tons of information on every early explorer.
http://www.kidskonnect.com/Explorers/ExplorersHome.html
Chapter
4:
Encounters in The Americas
Lesson 1 – Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas
Activities for students – Test your knowledge of Mayan history, do
a
crossword, cryptogram, write
your birth date in Mayan hieroglyphics, Mayan maze, math test and more.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112900/index.html
This is an easy-to-understand Think Quest site about the Andes
Mountains,
its resources
and the Inca people.
http://library.thinkquest.org/5058/index.shtml
Fun Cyber Hunt from Scholastic on the Aztecs
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/aztec.htm
Scholastic Webquest on the Culture of the Incas
http://teacher.scholastic.com/webquest/socstudies/inca.htm
Lesson 2 – Search for Gold and Riches
Internet Think Quest about the Inca Indians
http://library.thinkquest.org/5058/incaart.htm
Chapter
5:
Europeans Settle
North America
Lesson 1 - The Spanish Borderlands
Tour the oldest Spanish fort in the U.S.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/castillo/castillo.html
Lesson 2 - The Growth of New France
Stories of France's part in the Revolutionary War
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/revolut/francoam_1
Lesson 3 - The New England Colonies
John Smith at Jamestown
http://library.cnu.edu/cjsmith.html
Chapter
6:
Life in the British Colonies
Lesson 1 - Life in Town and Cities
Become a child in Colonial America Webquest
http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/WebQ97/COLAMER2.HTM
Lesson 2 - Lfe on Plantations
Life on Plymouth Plantation Webquest
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/plymouth/
Printable activities on plantation life
http://www.laheritage.org/EducatorArea/PlantationLife/PLactivities.html
Lesson 3 - Life on the Frontier
A research starter from Scholastic on life in the American Frontier
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/missions/
Chapter
7:
Differences Divide Britain
And Colonies
Lesson 1 - Government in the Colonies
Webquest on the governemtn of the colonies
http://www.montana.edu/webquest/socialstudies/grades6to12/tholt/
Informational site about the colonial government
http://www.usahistory.info/colonial/government.html
Lesson 3 - Colonists Unite
Can you figure out what these objects are?
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/what_is_it/index.html
Stamp Act - Tar and Feathering
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_subject.html
Boston Tea Party ship and museum tour
http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/
Chapter
8:
The War for Independence
Lesson 1 - At War with the Homeland
Take a virtual tour of Betsy Ross's House
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/
Lesson 2 - The Decision for Independence
The Declaration of Independence
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html
Lesson 3 - America Takes Sides
Learn about the first American caught for spying, Nathan Hale
https://www.cia.gov/cia/ciakids/history/hall_of_fame_01.shtml
Lesson 5 - Victory and Independence
The Road to Revolution Game
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html
Chapter
9:
The Constitution
Lesson 1 - The Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation for kids includes reading and an online
quiz.
http://www.congressforkids.net/Independence_articles.htm
Lesson 2 - A New Plan of Government
United States Constitution, help save the Bill of Rights!
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/explore/ForKids/index.shtml
Lesson 4 - A Government of Three Branches
How the Electoral College works
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/electoral/
Chapter
10:
A New Government Begins
Who was Ben Franklin, really?!
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/franklin/franklin.htm
Lesson 3 - Putting the New Government to Work
What do our flag colors mean?
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/flag.html
All about American government for kids
http://clerkkids.house.gov/learn_center/government/index.php
Chapter
11:
On The Move
Links to Appalachain studies
http://www.mcps.org/sms/appalachia.html
Lesson 2 - The Louisiana Purchase
Map and great information from Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/1800/louisianapurchase/
Lesson 3 - The Second War with Britain
Online quest about the War of 1812
http://teacher.scholastic.com/webquest/ushist/war1812.htm
Chapter
12:
The Way West
Lesson 3 - Westward Ho!
A topical index of exciting western topics.
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/US_History/Westward_Expansion/
Chapter
13:
Background to The Conflict
Lesson 1- Differences Divide North and South
Online reading and quiz all about the Civil War.
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/civil_war/civil_war.htm
Take an internet field trip of the Civil War.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/socstu/civil.htm
Lesson 2 - Africans in Slavery and Freedom
Conflicts over Slavery articles
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook27.html
Learning Adventures in Citizenship presents an exploration about what
slavery
was like.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/episode1/topic3/e1_topic3.html
A Think Quest webquest about the The American Civil War Experience.
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?tname=3055&url=3055/
Succession before the war.
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/americanhistory/chapter6/civilwar.htm
Chapter
14:
Civil War and
Reconstruction
Lesson 3 - The Long Road to a Union Victory
Important women of the Civil War.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html
A brief look at the different types of currency used during the Civil
War.
http://www.frbsf.org/currency/civilwar/index.html
The Gettysburg address online.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/ga.html
A detailed guide to the battle of Gettysburg and maps for each day.
http://americancivilwar.com/getty.html
Lesson 4 - Life After the War
An online mystery game about reconstruction after the Civil War.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=6
Visit Ford Theatre online.
http://www.nps.gov/foth/index2.htm
Chapter
15:
A Changing America
Lesson 1 - Big Business and Industrial Cities
The Rise of Industrial America
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/riseind/riseof.html
Lesson 2 - Inventions Change Daily Life
American Inventors and Inventions
http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/remember/amerinv.htm
Lesson 3 - Growing Pains
Information on the rise of Industrial America
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/riseind/riseof.html
Lesson 4 - The Growth of Cities
Driving the Last Spike
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/rail.html
Chapter
16:
The Promise of America
Lesson 1 - New Immigrants
The American Immigration page. Packed with information on every
aspect
of immigration.
http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Immigration/
Interactive tour of Ellis Island from scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/index.htm
Loads of information and activities about immigrants coming to the
United
States
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/
Lesson 3 - The Struggle for Equal Rights
Rosa Parks
http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/index.htm
Three online activities about women's suffrage.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/suffrage/
Cyberhunt on women's history
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/simplybest.htm
Lesson 4 - Americans Today
Time Magazine for Kids offers the most uptodate information and news
for
kids.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
Scholastic News for kids and activities
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews
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