Monica Palnau Janice Faris Instructional Technologist Instructional Technologist Lewisville ISD Lewisville ISD

palnaum@lisd.net farisj@lisd.net

Interactive Websites for American History TCEA Session # 6504

American Revolution

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/perspectives.html http://www.quia.com/fc/66325.html http://earlyamerica.com/series.html http://www.mountvernon.org/virtual/index.cfm/ss/29//cfid/2209053/cftoken/37344471 http://www.animatedatlas.com/revwar/revwarpreview.html http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/virtual.shtml http://www.ushistory.com/jouett.htm http://www.ushistory.com/aadams.htm

13 Colonies

http://www.jamestown2007.org/kids-jamestown-adventure.cfm http://www.jamestown1607.org/storiesnation.asp http://www.virtualjamestown.org/interactive.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_jamestown/index.html http://www.animatedatlas.com/ecolonies/ecoloniespreview.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/pocahontas/index.shtml#focus http://www.plimoth.org/OLC/index_js2.html http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/our_america/colonial/ http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/ http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/index.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/index.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/media/index.html http://www.history.org/media/index.cfm

http://www.history.org/History/museums/online_exhibits.cfm# http://memorialhall.mass.edu/activities/tools/index.html http://www.historicjamestowne.org/learn/interactive_exercises.php http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/springer/

Black History

http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/resources/simulations.htm http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/

Civil Rights – Rosa Parks

http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/index.htm

Game #2

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=3

Abolition – Word Puzzle

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=1

Coretta Scott King- Word Puzzle

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=2

Underground Railroad Song Samples

http://www.appleseedrec.com/underground/sounds.html

Culture and Change

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/index.htm

Evolution of Black History – Interactive Timeline

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/timeline/game.htm http://knowitall.org/gullahmusic/content/activities.html http://www.knowitall.org/gullahmusic/journey/index.html http://digital.nypl.org/lwf/english/site/flash.html http://www.uncg.edu/~jpbrewer/remember/gaston.html http://www.freedomcenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewpage&page_id=E0DDB6F0-FB71-4F09-

A811671EA381902D http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/slavery/qtvr_aasouth.html http://www.ushistory.com/railr.htm http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/lbjweshallovercome.htm http://www.nps.gov/malu/BirthHomeTour/ http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/Ihaveadream.htm http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkivebeentothemountaintop.htm

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/robertkennedyonmartinlutherking.html http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/malcolmxballot.htm

Civil War

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/absolutenglish-972/notes/civil_war/index.htm http://www.quia.com/fc/66005.html http://www.mce.k12tn.net/civil_war/civil_war.htm http://www.thecutaways.us/civilwar/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/nation/map_agind.html# http://www.jatruck.com/stonewall/gettysburg.html http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/gettex/getintro.htm http://americanhistory.si.edu/educators/download.cfm?dlkey=457 http://www.ushistory.com/kline.htm

Clothing 1700-1900

http://memorialhall.mass.edu/activities/dressup/index.html http://www.history.org/History/teaching/Dayseries/webactivities/dress/dress.htm

Colonial Period

Colonial Life- Word Puzzle #1 b& #2

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=42 http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=43

Colonial Period

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=4

Colonial and Revolutionary Historical Songs

http://www.mcneilmusic.com/rev.html

Continents

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0211/games/game.cgi http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0501/quickflicks/

Economics

http://nobelprize.org/economics/educational/trade/index.html

Erie Canal

http://www.epodunk.com/routes/erie-canal/index.html#

Explorers

Explorers – Game 1&2

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=25 http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=26

Columbus

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/columbus/columbus.html http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/columbus/bones/bones.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/flash/index.shtml?page=master.swf

Conquistadors

http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/devaca/devaca_flat.html

Marco Polo

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Marco/index.html http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/07/01/sights_n_sounds/media.2.1.html

Navigation

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/discovery/exploration/navigation_animation.shtml

Vikings

Vikings – Word Puzzle

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=27

Viking name converter

http://gorm.com/name/index.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/diaspora.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/treering.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/games/vikingquest/index.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/vikings/activities/index.shtml http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/flash/flash.html http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/warriorchallenge/vikings/index.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/village.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/runes.html http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/multimedia_zone/audio_video/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vinland/map.html

Government

Election and Politics – Comic Strips, Vocab., Puzzles, etc.

http://www.vocabulary.com/election.html

Bill of Rights

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=11

Presidents – game 1,2 &3

http://www.quia.com/hm/22746.html http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=12 http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=33 http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=34 http://www.mrnussbaum.com/presidents.htm http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/3branches/3bgovt.htm http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/ http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/details_explanation.php?link=003&const=00_pre_00 http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/5a_frame.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/charters/damage.html http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/electiongame/game.asp http://pbskids.org/democracy/ http://congressforkids.net/Independence_index.htm http://www.wisconline.org/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=SOC5904 http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/whlife/quiz/ http://www.songsforteaching.com/uspresidents.htm

Immigration

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/ http://www.ushistory.com/island.htm http://www.ushistory.com/young.htm

Indians

Native American Culture- Word Puzzle

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=43

Anasazi

http://sipapu.gsu.edu/html/kiva.html http://sipapu.gsu.edu/html/prehistory.html http://sipapu.ucsb.edu/index.html http://www.anasazi-digs.com/

Aztecs

http://www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/mexico/mexico.htm http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/mexico.htm

Incas

http://www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/peru/peru.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/C004980/english/main.htm

Mayas

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/bureau/index.html http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/mayans.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/maya/glyphs.html http://www.destination360.com/tikal/guide.htm http://mayaruins.com/yucmap.html

Pueblo

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/native_americans/index.asp

General

http://americanhistory.si.edu/educators/download.cfm?dlkey=174 http://www.ushistory.com/fight.htm

Latitude/Longitude

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/find.html

Maps

http://www.papernapkin.com/imagine/index.html http://collections.ic.gc.ca/allaboutmaps/aaMaps_M1_timeline_Z.htm

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=asia&Rootmap=&Mode=b&SubMode=w http://www.nationalatlas.gov/dynamic/dyn_relief.html# http://games.funschool.com/game.php?g=1177&s=1&category=0&level=1 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy/ http://people.depauw.edu/djp/shock_maps/

Pirates

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pirates/

Salem Witchcraft

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem/splashx.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_salem/index.html

States & Capitals

States and Territories- Word Puzzle

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=35 http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/unitedstates.html http://www.rousseauweb.com/UnitedStatesMap/UnitedStatesMap.htm http://www.yourchildlearns.com/us_map.htm http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm#Geography http://www.newyorkled.com/map_unitedStates.htm http://www.songsforteaching.com/geographysongs.htm

War of 1812

http://www.bcpl.net/~etowner/best.html http://americanhistory.si.edu/educators/download.cfm?dlkey=173

Westward Expansion

Word Puzzle

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=17

Oregon Trail

http://www.isu.edu/%7Etrinmich/Sites.html http://www.isu.edu/%7Etrinmich/Facts.html

Lewis & Clark

Lewis & Clark and Sacagawea – Vocabulary

http://www.vocabulary.com/AOLnewcoin12.html http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/01/lewis.html http://www.lewis-clark.org/content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=1047 http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/jeffwest/index.html http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/ http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/into/index.html http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/trailmap/index.html http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/main.html http://lewisandclark.state.mt.us/videomap.shtm

General

http://americanhistory.si.edu/educators/download.cfm?dlkey=175 http://americanhistory2.si.edu/ourstoryinhistory/tryonline/buildsodhouse.html http://www.animatedatlas.com/mexwar/mexwarpreview.html

Women’s History Month (March)

Vocabulary

http://www.vocabulary.com/VUwhistory.html

Women’s Rights

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=23

World War I

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/soldiers_stories_gallery.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/launch_pan_trench_dugout_entrance.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/launch_ani_wwone_movies.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/ http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/ch1_trench.html

World War II

World War II—Word Puzzle

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=49

Joseph Stalin

http://www.activehistory.co.uk/Miscellaneous/free_stuff/head2head_index.htm

http://www.pbs.org/auschwitz/maps/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/index.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/genocide/holocaust_survivors_gallery.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/nazi_propaganda_gallery.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/launch_gms_battle_atlantic.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/genocide/launch_ani_genocide_timeline.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/dday_audio.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/launch_ani_wwtwo_movies.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/launch_ani_overlord_campaign.shtml http://www.pbs.org/wnet/heritage/episode8/presentations/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/heritage/episode8/atlas/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/greatescape/harry.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/decoding/send.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostsub/torpedo.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/naziprison/glider.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_nazidams/index.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_kwai/index.html# http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_dday/index.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eleanor/maps/tour.html http://www.ushistory.com/pearl.htm http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrpearlharbor.htm

Miscellaneous Games for almost any history event

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/

Interactive History Quizzes

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/quizzes/

Child Labor Around the World

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/child_labor/index.asp

Reconstruction – Word Puzzle

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=6

Roaring 20’s – Word Puzzle

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=7

Gold Rush – Vocab. Activity

http://www.vocabulary.com/goldrush12.html

Weapons Through Time

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/launch_gms_weapons_thru_time.shtml

Industrial Revolution- Word Puzzle

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=28

Travel back in time to visit five of the families that lived at 16 Elm Street in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Use the clues they left behind to decide in which time period you’ve landed.

http://americanhistory.si.edu/educators/download.cfm?dlkey=165

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: First Fireside Chat

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrfirstfiresidechat.html

Harry S. Truman: "The Truman Doctrine"

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/harrystrumantrumandoctrine.html

John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/johnfkennedyinaugural.htm

Elie Wiesel: "The Perils of Indifference" delivered 12 April 1999, in Washington, D.C.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ewieselperilsofindifference.html

General Douglas MacArthur: Thayer Award Acceptance Address

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/douglasmacarthurthayeraward.html

Barbara Jordan: 1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/barbarajordandnckeynote.html

Space Shuttle “Challenger”- Tragedy addressed by Ronald Reagan

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/rreaganchallenger.htm

Space Shuttle “Columbia”- Tragedy addressed by George Bush

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gwbushcolumbia.html

Take on the mission to disarm the world of nuclear weapons! You have eight "Peace Doves" to help you, each able to disarm one of the eight countries possessing nuclear weapons.

http://nobelprize.org/peace/educational/nuclear_weapons/index.html

Find out how museum conservators work to save objects, photographs, and other materials for the future.

http://americanhistory.si.edu/educators/download.cfm?dlkey=176

Thomas Edison changed our world! His genius gave us electric lights in our home and an entire system that produced and delivered electrical power. In this activity you can make your own light bulb, and then learn more about this creative genius. http://americanhistory.si.edu/educators/download.cfm?dlkey=362