Exploration

The Discoverer's Homepage European Explorers Explorers at Enchanted Learning Explorer Database Explorer Timeline

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The Colonies

Colonial Williamsburg's Online Historical Almanack Come Meet the People and learn about their struggles and triumphs. Experience Colonial Life by exploring the trades, politics, and other aspects of 18th-century living.	Virtual Tour of Plimoth Plantation
Biographies of Early Americans Portraits of 24 important Early Americans	A Walking Tour of Plimoth Plantation
Maps of Colonial America	Colonial Kids A celebration of life in the 1700s
Jump Back in Time: Colonial America

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The Revolution

The American Revolution: A Site for Kids Biographies, Events, Timeline, Maps, Historic Sites, Interesting Facts	Art of the American Revolution
America's Revolutionary War Concise collection of causes of the war and important battles.	Frontier Forts in the American Revolution
Liberty! From PBS	Infopedia of the American Revolution Info on people and places, as well as other links.
KiDInfo: The Ameican Revolution Links to everything you can think of!	Lesson Plan- "Declare the Causes" The development of the Declaration of Independence
Lesson Plan Preamble to the constitution (gr. 5)

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Westward Movement
The Gold Rush

The West, PBS Events in The West, Places in The West, People in The West Archives of primary sources, and Links to other sites	Lewis and Clark, PBS
Trails of the American West	Westward Expansion Links on Lewis and Clark, the Donner Party, the California Trail
Women of the West	Famous Western Pioneers and Frontiersmen
In Search of the Oregon Trail, PBS	The Mountain Men

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General American History

•WWW-VL History: United States This site has links to every aspect of American history...go here first!	•Primary Sources (Magma Carta through present)
•Student Research Resources Fourth and Fifth grade Social Studies links...on the left of the page they have research links for Explorers, Native Peoples, The Colonies, The Revolution, Government, Moving West and the Civil War	•SCORE's page for "Making A New Nation" http://www.rims.k12.ca.us/SCORE/grade5/ Student and Teacher "Resources" or links and "Activities." Spans from "Before Columbus" (Native Americans) to "Immigration."
•Web Resources for Teachers and Students-Social Studies From Cal St. Northridge, a listing of Social Studies resources and activities.	Biographies Concise bios of more than 20,000 people...good start, before you need more detailed info.
Presidential Biographies http://216.132.160.230/Presbios/Presbios.htm All kinds of good information here, from Brief Bios to info on the First Ladies.

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