Grade 4 Social Studies
Geography
Maps and Globes: http://www.quia.com/jg/525009.html
Continents: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm
BrainPop The 7 Continents Movie
Native Americans
Creating a Three Sisters Garden
This link has directions on how to plant a "Three Sisters Garden" including corn, beans and squash. The Iroquois named it the "Three Sisters" because all three plants were planted together.
This page gives you a brief description of the Hiawatha Belt and also links to more information about the Onondaga Nation.
View the Inside of a Longhouse
Explorers
Christopher Columbus BrainPop Video
A Journey of Christopher Columbus
Routes of Cartier, Columbus, Hudson and Champlain
Early America
Read more about the Albany Plan of Union.
Benjamin Franklin's Political Cartoon
Read more about Benjamin Franklin's, "Join, or Die" Political Cartoon.
Build a Village in New England
Revolutionary War
Burgoyne Moves to Fort Ticonderoga
Declaration of Independence Myths
Boston Tea Party Comprehension
Revolutionary War Timeline with Links
Battles:
1. Scroll down the page for links to all battles: http://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution.php
2. http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battles.aspx
3. http://www.historycentral.com/Revolt/battles.html
4. http://mrnussbaum.com/revolutionary_war_battles/
5. http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/americanrevolution/battles.htm
Intolerable Acts:
1. http://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/intolerable_acts.php
2. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/intolerableactsdef.htm
3. https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-declaration-of-independence/case-for-revolution/
4. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-parliament-adopts-the-coercive-acts
5. http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwar1/p/jutland.htm
- biographies - for narratives
- Deborah Sampson
- Revolutionary War Biographies Research #1
- Revolutionary War Biographies Research #2
- Revolutionary War Biographies Research #3
- Revolutionary War Biographies Research #4 (challenging)
- Boston Tea Party
- http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/
- http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle/bostonteaparty-edenton.html
- http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle/episode1.html
- The Boston Massacre
- http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/BostonMassacre.htm
- http://www.bostonmassacre.net/
- The Battle of Kings Mountain
- http://www.tcarden.com/tree/ensor/KingMt.html
- The Battle of Cowpens
- http://www.nps.gov/cowp/batlcowp.htm
- http://www.patriotresource.com/battles/cowpens.html
- http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-cowpens.htm
- Declaration of Independence
- http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/index.htm
- http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html
- The Battle of Lexington and Concord
- http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/MilSci/BTSI/Lexcon/
- http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/MilSci/BTSI/abs_lex.html
- Battle of Trenton
- http://www.doublegv.com/ggv/battles/Trenton.html
- http://www.patriotresource.com/battles/trenton.html
- http://www.patriotresource.com/battles/trenton/summary.html
- Valley Forge
- http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/
- http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/history/
- Battle of Brandywine
- http://darter.ocps.net/classroom/revolution/brandyw.htm
- http://www.ushistory.org/march/phila/brandywine.htm
- http://www.ushistory.org/brandywine/thestory.htm
- Battle of Saratoga
- http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/MilSci/BTSI/Saratoga/
- http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/maps/saratogamap/index.html
- http://darter.ocps.net/classroom/revolution/saratoga.htm
- Battle of Monmouth
- http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/monbat.html
- http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/notable/pitcherm/index.html
- Yorktown
- http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle/episode5.html
- http://darter.ocps.net/classroom/revolution/ytown.htm
- http://darter.ocps.net/classroom/revolution/index.html
- Treaty of Paris
- http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/treaty.html
- http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/paris/