It is so important for you to build background knowledge about our country's history. Below you will find some websites that will help you do that. There are videos and games. Please take advantage of these sites to build your knowledge about our history. I also recommend watching the cartoon series Liberty's Kids. It is a cartoon series about colonial life and The Revolutionary War. You can find episodes posted on YouTube. If you find some great sites that are language arts and social studies based, please let me know.
Web Quest Colonial Regions and Experience - This site is a kid-friendly web quest about the colonial regions and experience.
Virtual Jamestown - This site is a digital teaching and learning community that explores Jamestown.
Revolutionary War - This link provides more than 2,000 additional links to sites information about the Revolutionary War.
Pilgrim Adventure on the Mayflower - The following site is an interactive adventure for children to follow the Pilgrims from their trip across the Atlantic on the Mayflower to the first Thanksgiving.
PBS French and Indian War - At this site sponsored by PBS, students can view battle sites of The French and Indian War.
On The Trail to John Smith Jamestown - National Geographic Kids Jamestown games: build a fort, etc.
National Geographic Go West - This link is prepared by National Geographic with a fun game called "Go West".
National Archives - This site is prepared by the National Archives. It contains images of primary resources and excellent historical documentation.
Manifest Destiny - This is a site with teacher prepared Power Point presentations about Manifest Destiny.
Louisiana Purchase - This site is a super kid friendly site with excellent colored maps and links to activities and quizzes about the Louisiana Purchase.
Liberty's Kids - At Liberty Archive students can play games, read primary documents and research Colonial America.
French and Indian War - A visually stunning website with short videos to help students better understand the French and Indian War.
Democratic Process in Colonial Life - This site provides additional information about the democratic process as it related to colonial life.
Constitution of the United States - A kid friendly site with lots of information, games, and activities centers around the Constitution of the United States.
Branches of Government - Multiple Power Point presentations to help teach the branches of government are included at this site.
Bill of Rights Institute - This link is to the Bill of Rights Institute's web page. There are links for both teacher and student and many interesting activities.
Bill of Rights - This site has excellent links to additional sites with fun online activities, and it would be a very good home resource.