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 Freedom: http://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 inventions: http://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 Generals: http://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 101: http://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