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General School Web Sites

The Kingsview Middle School Web site:  http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/kingsviewms/.  This is the home page for Kingsview Middle School.

Kingsview MS Media Center:  http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/kingsviewms/Media%20Center/Online%20Services.html

Brain Pop Site:  http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/seeall/

Green Day (Weed Identification):  http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/weedid/

 

Literacy Skills

Flash Card Machine:  http://www.flashcardmachine.com/Login/

Flash Card Maker:  http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/flashcards.htm

National Geographic:  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

Time Magazine for Kids:  http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/bhm/

London Times:  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

BBC:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/

Washington Post:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/

New York Times:  http://www.nytimes.com/

Sports Illustrated for Kids:  http://www.sikids.com/

Reader's Digest:  http://www.rd.com/

Natinal Wildlife Federation:  http://www.nwf.org/

Skills Tutor:  http://myskillstutor.com/login.jsp

 

General American History Links

An MCPS gateway Web site with many links to Web sites related to a variety of topics in American History:  http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/American_bookmarks.html

Census Information, Maps, Facts:  http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en

Unit I:  Democracy:  Political System of the People 1763-1783

Colonial America Gateway Links:  http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm

13 Colonies:  http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html

13 Colonies Online Sources:  http://www.websterschools.org/classrooms/state_library/colonies.html

50 States Information (Maps, Flags, Symbols):  http://50states.com/

A gateway Web site for a variety of topics related to the colonial history of the United States:  http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm.

French and Indian War (250th):  http://www.frenchandindianwar250.org/

Colonial Economics of 13 Colonies Map:  http://www.socialstudies.com/c/@_Arfd9IC6nKgM/Pages/article.html?article@SHL172A

Unit II:  Creating a National Political System and Culture 1783-1815

Web site about the Constitution and other Documents of Freedomhttp://www.constitutionfacts.com

Shays' Rebellion:  http://www.sjchs-history.org/Shays.html

Whiskey Rebellion:  http://www.whiskeyrebellion.org/rebell.htm

War of 1812 (Galafilm):  http://www.galafilm.com/1812/e/index.html

War of 1812 (Digital History):  http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

Unit III:  Expanding Geography Challenges Sectional Economies 1815-1850

Web site about inventors and inventionshttp://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/b11700s.htm

How things work:  http://science.howstuffworks.com/

Web site about inventors and inventions.  Click on Hall of Fame icon to search:http://invent.org/index.asp

Inventions Enchanted Learning:  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/

World Almanac for Kids (inventions):  http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/inventions.html

Inventions:  http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/Index.asp?clientinfo=0&image=&txtkeys1=&btnshow.x=&btnshow=&lstpasteboards=

British Inventions & Inventors (Jenner, etc.):

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/indrevo.htm

Smithsonian Institute (inventions):  http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/invent.htm

BBC (inventions):  http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/society_culture/industrialisation/index.shtml

History Channel Inventions:  http://www.historychannel.com/perl/search.pl?word=inventions&x=12&y=6

MIT Web site (inventions):  http://web.mit.edu/invent/

Inventions and Discoveries:  http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab23

 

Web site about the Donner Party:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/donner/index.html

Patrick Breen's Diary (survivor of the Donner Party):  http://www.oac.cdlib.org/images/ark:/13030/tf10000759

History of the Donner Party:  http://www.books-about-california.com/Pages/History_of_Donner_Party/Donner_Party_main.html

Pioneer Guide:  http://library.thinkquest.org/6400

Westward Movement:  http://www.americanwest.com/index2.htm

 

Unit IV:  A Nation Divided and Rebuilt 1850-1877

Slavery in Maryland:  http://pathways.thinkport.org/flash_home.cfm

Massachusetts Historical Society:  http://www.masshist.org/online/abolition.cfm

Civil War Research:  http://www.civil-war.net/

Civil War Search (Encarta):  http://encarta.msn.com/

Biographical Dictionary:  http://www.s9.com/

Biographies:  http://www.biography.com/

Women in the Civil War:  http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/cwdocs.html

Civil War Women:  http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html

Women in the War:  http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-cwar.html

Advanced Civil War Research:  http://www.civilwarhome.com/

Official Records of the Civil War:  http://www.civilwarhome.com/records.htm

Civil War Album:  http://www.civilwaralbum.com/index.html

Civil War Photographs:  http://www.treasurenet.com/images/

Civil War Biographies:  http://www.civilwarhome.com/biograph.htm

Civil War Biographies:  http://www.us-civilwar.com/leaders.htm

Civil War Biographies (ENotes):  http://history.enotes.com/american-civil-war-biographies/

Military History Biographies:  http://www.historyofwar.org/peopleframe.html

Confederate Generals:  http://www.historycentral.com/bio/CWcGENS/index.html

Union Generals:  http://www.historycentral.com/bio/UGENS/Index.html

Civil War Links (Kid Info.):  http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Civil_War.html

Nurses in the Civil War:  http://womenshistory.about.com/od/civilwarnursing/Civil_War_Nursing.htm

American Civil War Home Page:  http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html#bios

Civil War Generalshttp://www.generalsandbrevets.com/

PBS Civil War Web site:  http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/

Antietam National Battlefield:  http://www.nps.gov/anti/home.htm

Civil War Battles:  http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/bystate.htm#md

Civil War Leaders & Battles:  http://www.lbdb.com/TMDisplayWar.cfm?WID=2

Civil War Battles Research:  http://members.fortunecity.com/thegunny1/index.htm

Maps:

Maps of National Parks:  http://www.reisenett.no/map_collection/National_parks/historic_parks.html

Maps 101http://www.maps101.com/

Aerial & Topo Maps:  http://terraserver.microsoft.com/default.aspx

Rand McNally Online Maps:  http://www.randmcnally.com/rmc/directions/dirGetMapInput.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1411274535.1126874212@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccccaddfjggikflcefecggfdffhdgif.0&cmty=0

Flags: 

Historic Flags:  http://www.anyflag.com/history/

Historic American Flags:  http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/flags/fedflag.shtml

American & World Flags:  http://www.americanflags.com/

Historic Flags:  http://www.flagline.com/gp0114

Flags of the World:  http://flagspot.net/flags/index.html

 

 



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