Embedded Files
Click on the links below to visit the notes folders in Mrs. Pulido's Google Drive and other useful sites.
Web sites will be added as needed to match our units of study.
*NOTE* Some student sites have advertisements. Parental guidance is recommended.
9/11 Eye Witness Photo — Photo by Todd Hollis (former SRL parent) taken from his NYC studio and later run by the AP in many newspapers nationwide.
American Revolution Lectures — The YouTube channel from the Society of the Cincinnati
A Time for Justice — Teaching Tolerance version
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State — Companion web site to a previously broadcast series.
Borrowed Words in English from 146 Languages — Heritage Fair help about ethnic word origins
Cathedral Catholic High School
Civil War Music — Smithsonian's video
Civil War Music — Midi files
Civil War Music — Some midi files and lyrics
ClassZone — Activities, games, etc. that complement our textbook including audio files of the text.
Colonial Williamsburg — Explore the student activities about colonial life.
Crash Course US History — John Green's videos on various aspects of US History.Primarily designed for high school students (PG-13 at times), but some are good for eighth grade as well.
Educational videos — Click on the history category and drill down to the area you need.
Gilder Lerhman History Collections — Great materials! As a student, you can register for access to it all. We are now in their school affiliate program.
Google Classroom — Sign in here to access your Google Classroom account in order to complete assignments.
Historical Scene Investigation (HSI) — Primary sources organized for student study by various topics using a CSI type approach. You will now be redirected to its archived copy. Choose http://hsionline.org/ to get to it.
History Channel's American Revolution Topics
Homework help from the Bill of Rights Institute — Covers US History topics well
I'm Still Here — Teen Diaries of their Holocaust experiences
iCivics — Civics education
Inaugural Words: 1789- Present
In the Shadow of Hate — Teaching Tolerance version
IWitness Video Testimonies — A project of USC Shoah Foundation this has survivor and eye witness testimonies of the Holocaust.
Jamestown and Yorktown Settlements — Links to their educational and tourist pages.
Jr. Scholastic Online Features — Digital files to go with our subscription to Junior Scholastic (Current Events)
Ken Burns' Civil War — PBS site devoted to the restored version of his acclaimed documentary
Khan Academy US History from Jamestown to the Civil War — Lecture on US history basics from Jamestown to the Civil War.
Liberty! The American Revolution — PBS's companion web site to their television series
Life as a Child in the 18th Century — From Colonial Williamsburg
Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance
Mater Dei Catholic High School
Monticello in the Classroom — Activities, lessons and links about Thomas Jefferson.
Mount Vernon's Digital resources for Students — Everything you need to study George Washington and his times.
Mr. Beat's Social Studies Class — Songs and videos to teach history
Mr. Bett's Class YouTube Channel — He does funny song-parody style history topic reviews.
Mr. Lautzenheiser's You Tube Channel of History Videos — An Ohio colleague's teaching channel for his eighth grade class. Use the videos related to history as some others are linked that are not his.
Mr. Zoller's Thirteen Colonies: Middle Colonies — YouTube podcast by another history teacher.
Mr. Zoller's Thirteen Colonies: New England — YouTube podcast by another history teacher.
Mr. Zoller's Thirteen Colonies: Southern Colonies — YouTube podcast by another history teacher.
Music from the 1860s — The Civil War Trust's information re: music
National Geographic Salem Witch Hunt — An interactive site to explain the hysteria of the colonial Salem Witch Hunts
One Survivor Remembers — Gerda Weissman Klein's story. Includes a transcript of the film.
PBS: Race, the Power of Illusion — A companion web site to a program broadcast in the past.
Plimoth Plantation — All about the Plimoth (Plymouth) colony.
Puritans vs. Pilgrims video — From the History Channel. Check out some of their other videos, too.
Selma: Bridge to the Ballot — Teaching Tolerance video commemorating the 50th. anniversary of the march to Selma
SRL Academic Decathlon Web Site
The Battle of Bunker Hill — YouTube video of an expert's lecture presented by the Society of the Cincinnati.
The Bill of Rights Institute — Resources and games to help you learn about the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
The Children's March — Teaching Tolerance version
The Civil Rights Movement — History Channel materials on the US Civil Rights Movement
The Civil War Trust site — Resources for students and ways to save the battlefields
The Constitution Center — Great resource on the Constitution and its meaning.
The Entire Civil War in 27 Minutes — From the Civil War Trust
The History of America in 50 Documents 1493-1859 — Primary Source Documents from 1493-1859 from Gilder Lehrman
The History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
The Lemon Grove Incident — KPBS production about a local school segregation case.
The Library of Congress — Our nation's library
The Path to Nazi Genocide video — USHMM
The Smithsonian Museums — Links to the museums that make up the Smithsonian in Washington, DC
The Society of the Cincinnati's other Video Channel — Covers American Revolution topics
The US Presidency by PBS — Especially check out their "60 Second Presidents" videos which are packed with information.
Thirteen Colonies by Kiersten Baschnagel — Another teachers' video that covers the human-environment interaction in the colonies that led to their industries.
Thirteen Colonies videos — The History Channel's videos and information
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello — Best sources for all things Thomas Jefferson
Today in History by the History Channel — A daily accounting of things that happened on this day in history.
U.S. History Open Textbook — An online open source textbook. Always fact check by comparing to other sources, but convenient to use.
Unit "The Living Constitution" — Reading Study Guide Notes, images, transparencies, and study lists.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Web Site — Probably the best resource in the United States on the topic of genocide.
Unit I "Three Worlds Meet" Notes & Images Folder — Reading Study Guide Notes, images, transparencies, and study lists.
Unit II "The English Colonies" — Reading Study Guide Notes, images, transparencies, and study lists.
Unit III "Creating a New Nation" — Reading Study Guide Notes, images, transparencies, and study lists.
Unit IV "The Early Republic" — Reading Study Guide Notes, images, transparencies, and study lists.
Unit V "A Changing Nation" — Reading Study Guide Notes, images, transparencies, and study lists.
Unit VI "A Nation Divided and Rebuilt" — Reading Study Guide Notes, images, transparencies, and study lists.
Unit VII "America Transformed" — Reading Study Guide Notes, images, transparencies, and study lists.
US Presidents morphed — Cool way to the learn the presidents, however, note that they only use Grover Cleveland once and you need to know he had separated terms of office.
Was the American Revolution Inevitable? — An article from the BBC (British Broadcasting)
When Johnny Comes Marching Home Primary Source Set — From the Library of Congress
Yad Vashem World Center for Holocaust Research Education — Israel's museum on the Holocaust
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