Links

Everyday Links

Round Rock District Site http://www.roundrockisd.org/home/index.asp

Cedar Valley Homepage http://209.184.141.5/CedarValley//  

Geography

US States Map Quiz 

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/geography/usa/50-states-game-1/

Colonial Era

Colonial Challenge http://www.quia.com/rr/4049.html

Events Leading to Revolution

Events Leading to Revolution Hangman http://www.quia.com/hm/190356.html

Paul Revere's Ride 

http://poetry.eserver.org/paul-revere.html

British Acts Timeline http://www.quia.com/rd/3965.html

Revolution

American Revolution Challenge http://www.quia.com/cb/22951.html

Revolution Memory Card match

Revolution Card Match

Government/Constitution

Constitution Hangman http://www.quia.com/hm/234247.html

Constitution Checks and Balances Game 

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/checks_and_balances.htm

 Branches of Government Game

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/branches_government.htm

Executive Branch game

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/executive_branch.htm

Can you pass the Citizenship Test? (Naturalization Quiz)

http://www.history.com/interactives/citizenship-quiz

Government Jeopardy 

http://www.quia.com/cb/23929.html

Constitutional Convention Research Site #1

Constitutional Convention Research Site #2

Constitutional Convention Research Site #3

Constitutional Convention Research Site #4

Constitutional Convention Research Site #5

Constitutional Convention Research Site #6

Early Republic

Age of Jackson

Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution #1

Industrial Revolution #2

Industrial Revolution #3

Morse Code Translator:

http://morsecode.scphillips.com/translator.html

Morse Code Alphabet: 

https://morsecode.scphillips.com/morse2.html

Expansion

Oregon Trail (1990)

https://classicreload.com/oregon-trail.html 

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990 (blocked for rrisd student accounts)

https://oregontrail.ws/    (new for 2025)

Apple II Emulator for Oregon Trail: 

https://www.scullinsteel.com/apple2/

[Click on folder icon. Select 'Educational'. Select Oregon Trail Disk 1 and Disk 2 using the shift key. Click, 'load'.]

Causes of the Civil War

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Civil War

Reconstruction

Research

How to do Expository Writing http://www.grossmont.edu/marilyn.ivanovici/WritingGuides/0-ELEMENTS.nolines.PDF

Easy Bib (Bibliography/Works Cited for the Internet) http://easybib.com/

Citation Machine

http://www.citationmachine.net/

News:

Today's Front Pages

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/

Local Community Impact

https://communityimpact.com/news/austin/round-rock-pflugerville-hutto/

Yahoo News

http://news.yahoo.com/

Google News

https://news.google.com/

Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

CNN

http://www.cnn.com/

New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/

Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/

NBC News

http://www.nbcnews.com/

Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html

Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/us

Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/home-page

ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/

BBC News

http://www.bbc.com/news/

More News...

Current Events (no remote password needed)

• • BBC News

  • CNN

  • Election Resources – Kidtopia

  • Information Please Almanac– What happened the year you were born?

  • Opposing Views– current issues

  • Political Fact Checker

http://www.census.gov/ (no remote password needed)

Today’s Newspapers from around the world (no remote password needed)

http://en.kiosko.net/

Issues Research

http://sks.sirs.com/webapp/issues-researcher

Gale Group - Opposing Viewpoints

http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/?p=OVIC%3AGIC&u=j246909047

ETC.

MLB Baseball http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp

Fergison's Flashcards

Colonies Flashcards

http://quizlet.com/_j6ve3

Events Leading to Revolution Flashcards

http://quizlet.com/_j753z

Revolution Flashcards

http://quizlet.com/_j7bw9

Articles of Confederation/Constitution Flashcards

http://quizlet.com/_ig3q4

Constitution/Government Flashcards

http://quizlet.com/_ig5np

Early Republic Part 1 Flashcards

http://quizlet.com/_i25wj

Early Republic Part 2 Flashcards

http://quizlet.com/_ifj9m

Industrial Revolution/Age of Jackson Flashcards

http://quizlet.com/_j6soz

Expansion/Reform Flashcards

http://quizlet.com/_ji1kg

Causes of the Civil War Flashcards

http://quizlet.com/_ji85n

Civil War Flashcards

http://quizlet.com/_jibbw

Reconstruction Flashcards

http://quizlet.com/_njgf2

STAAR Review Games

Colonial  Hangman

http://www.dynanotes.com/games/8C_ColonialEraHM.swf

Revolutionary Slot Machine

http://www.dynanotes.com/games/8C_RevolutionarySM.swf

Early Republic/Age of Jackson Million Dollar Question

http://www.dynanotes.com/games/8C_EarlyRepublicMDQ.swf

Westward Expansion/ Reform Snakes and Ladders

http://www.dynanotes.com/games/8C_WestwardExpansionSL.swf

Sectionalism and Civil War Era Jeopardy

http://www.dynanotes.com/games/8C_SectionalismCivilWarBAW.swf

Reconstruction Hangman

http://www.dynanotes.com/games/8C_ReconstructionHM.swf

8th Grade Social Studies Spin the Wheel

http://www.dynanotes.com/games/8C_Grade8SocialStudiesSpWh.swf