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Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin and His Time
- a web activity for McKnight third graders.
ExplorePaHistory-
stories from the past, information on regions, even lesson plans.
McKnight Pennsylvania Pride Webquest
Pennsylvania
Geography Games
State symbols and major attractions are covered in quick games like
Concentration and matching.
Pennsylvania
Trivia Quiz
On-line quiz - answer 15
questions and get your score.
This is
the official web site of
Pennsylvania. Learn
everything about learning, living, working, and visiting in our home state.
Kids
Area- Experience PA this is the kid's part of the PA web site- cool
games, ideas for family trips, and links for teachers.
Pennsylvania People read
biographies of 15 famous Pennsylvanians, written at 4th and 6ht grade reading
level.
Pittsburgh- Downtown Dragons
Web Activity- take a tour of many of Pittsburgh's landmarks.
Pittsburgh Resources- various links about our city!
Paint a Gargoyle Online like the ones found on many Pittsburgh
buildings.
Peabody Energy -
Scroll to the bottom of the home page and click
on “virtual tour” which is on the lower right of the page to take a tour of
this coal mine.
United States Geography
ClassBrain State Reports Click on the state map and find out
everything from agricultural products to the current weather.
The 50
States has some good information from
history, economy, famous people, and more about each state.
Here is a
game which lets you practice learning your US states!
Fact Monster has a great web site with loads of information about every
state.
Netstates offers a lot of information about each
state including symbols, famous people, links to school websites - even
information on the new state quarters!
50 States.com - Find your state and the information you need at this site!
Postcards
from America - see virtual postcards from all 50 states.
Puzzled
States of America- try this fun game place all 50 states.
Beautiful
America - see pictures of the United States!
Smithsonian-America's Story - Explore the USA by
clicking on each state. From a site maintained by the Smithsonian Institute.
Stately
Knowledge The Internet Public Library as basic information
about every state, links to more information, and even some interesting
comparison charts.
State Flags
Coloring Book- print black and white images in three sizes. Also link to
country flags as well.
Tourist Information- address for the tourist bureaus in each state.
This site from
Zoom
School includes information and great
print-outs of state maps and state flags that you can color.
Maps!! Maps!! Maps!! This site from
Worldatlas.com allows you to print many types of maps about your state and
gives links to lots of other information.
United States Geography - Games
Ben's Guide- Place the State Games- 3 levels
from placing the states on an outline to labeling the states with names.
Visit the
Jigsaw Puzzle Zone and try to assemble their
USA puzzle. Hint: You can choose the number of shapes
--- Can you do 48?
Name the
States- Can you name all 50 states in less than 10 minutes ?
Place the States- test your knowledge. Can you drag the states to
their correct location on the map?
States
Web Games - Learn the locations, capitals, abbreviations and over 500
important facts about our 50 states.
Take the
state quiz
offered at this site. There are 50 questions so you have to know your stuff!
United
States Map Game How fast can you drag the state names to the correct
location ?
United States - Government
Ben's Guide to the US
Government - Ben Franklin introduces students to our government,
symbols of America, and other information.
Constitution Center- Learn from the interactive constitution and
play Save the Bill of Rights.
Democracy Project-
Be President for a Day, learn about how government affects your daily
life, and more.
Design a Federal Holiday- Learn about Federal holidays and then
create your own in this interesting webquest.
Monuments and
Memorials - information about various monuments, museums, and so on in
Washington D.C.
Monuments of D.C.- A Virtual Field Trip - find basic information
about several of the major monuments.
National Park Service- Guide to D.C. Parks- the official web site of
the National Park Service.
Star-Spangled Banner - Take an interactive tour of the flag that flew over
Fort McHenry , learn about the war of 1812, and earn stars by playing a game.
Tour of
Washington DC- click on the map to see places on the National Mall.
Welcome to the
White House for kids - learn about this building, the duties of the
president, even biographical information about past presidents, even pets and
kids.
United States History - General
America's Story - Discover the story of America's past in this fantastic site from the
Smithsonian Institute. Meet amazing Americans, jump back in time,
explore the states, see video and and hear songs form our nation's rich
history.
United States History - Colonial
Colonial Tradesman- A website made by
kids like you on colonial occupations
Colonial Occupations- A website of colonial jobs put together by
students
Another
Colonial
Occupations website- also check out information on colonial living,
holidays, games and transportation
Colonial
Williamsburg sponsors this site that gives information about life in
colonial
America, such as occupations, games,
and foods. Check out this part of the site which talks about the different
colonial jobs!
Colonial
Williamsburg Kid Zone- play games like Drum Corps Tryout and Midnight
Messenger.
Colonial Trades and Occupations- a website of many different colonial jobs
Colonial Schools-
this website describes what it was like to go to school in Colonial times.
Investigate what
Life
in Colonial America was like for the Daggett
Family.
Loyalty or Liberty Visiting
eight secret locations, gather secrets from both sides of the Revolutionary
War and then choose which side you will give your secrets to in this
interactive learning game.
McKnight Colonial Leaders Page - use
this page for your colonial research project.
Benjamin
Franklin This is a terrific site on Franklin - there is a
timeline, several biographies, a 3D view of Independence Hall, you can even
play checkers with Franklin !
People of the Revolution Some useful links to people of the
Revolutionary War.
Road to Revolution
This interactive journey offers several
stops along the way to explore battles, people, and events that framed the
Revolutionary War.
Take the
Quiz on colonial objects. Can you figure out what it is ?
United States History - Immigration
A great pathway to information about the
immigrant experience. Be sure to
check out the virtual tenement.
Find
information and links about
Famous Americans who began as immigrants to this
country.
United States History - Old Fashioned Holiday (1900s)
Way Back - the American Experience for Kids lets you learn about life in the
1900’s.
United States History - Presidents
American Presidency-Glorious Burden From
the Smithsonian. Hands on activities like coloring presidential seal,
resources, and lesson plans.
A Presidential Exploration
-
Information about each president, how they are chosen, duties, even some games.
If You
Were
The
President- simulation that requires balancing the budget, other decision,
write answers that lead to a printable "newspaper" article.
Portraits of the
Presidents- from the National Gallery, the official portrait and
brief facts on each.
Presidential Biographies
-
Visit the White House web site to find one page biographies and pictures of
every US president.
Presidential Biographies- easy to read biographies created by
elementary students.
Presidents of
the United States-
Internet Public Library
Biographies, notable events,
interesting info, links to documents, audio and video files.
Inaugural Addresses - On January 20th, 2009, Barack Obama will be sworn in
as the 44th president of the United States. Help your students understand the
historical significance of this time in history through a study of inaugural
addresses dating back to our first president. Following are 25 top-quality video
clips HotChalk is providing free of charge for integration into your lessons
throughout the month of January.
United States History - Westward Expansion
The
End of the Trail-
Web site created by a 4th grade class, has samples from their journals and
information about the explorers and the Indians they encountered.
The Footsteps of Lewis and
Clark from the Sierra Club.
Journey of the Corps of Discovery-
This is an extensive web site from PBS.
Lewis and Clark
- This site from Scholastic shows pictures from a re-enactment and lots of
other activities.
Westward with Lewis and
Clark a neat simulation- travel with Lewis and Clark and read notes from
their journal.
Welcome
to
"The
Oregon Trail"
web site--the
award-winning story of the great western journey. Enjoy the adventure.
Dangers on the Trail is a web site created
by students with information on what life was like for the pioneers moving
West.
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