SOCIAL STUDIES LINKS
TIMELINES
AMERICAN HISTORY!
OUR COLONIAL REVOLUTIONARY RELATIVES
Ms. Reid's slide show:
Go to the resources page on our Driscoll Library webpage and look for information about our famous founding family members on
the following sites:
- World Book
- Pebble Go
- Encyclopedia Britannica
ADAMS FAMILY Sites:
- Revolutionary and Beyond - John Adams- Click here
- Primary Sources from John and Abigail Adams- click here
- Letters between John Abigail and Adams
- Information about Abigail Adams From the Mass. Historical Society.
- PBS Adams Family Info:
- Cobblestone Articles About Adams Family - Click Here
- Adams family info from parks department
- http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/article-9272710/John-Adams
FRANKLIN FAMILY SITES
- Rev & Beyond BEN Franklin Site
- Cool Site with lots of Ben Franklin information and quotes
- Cobblestone articles about Ben Franklin - Click Here
- I just found some other sites...
http://www.benjamin-franklin-history.org/constitutional-convention/
https://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/history/franklin.html
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/benjamin-franklin - http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/article-9274417/Benjamin-Franklin
HAMILTON FAMILY SITES
- Rev & Beyond Alexander Hamilton Site- Click here
- Primary sources of Alexander Hamilton
- bio.com little video and documents about Alexander Hamilton- click here
- article about Hamilton- pretty long but lots of details
- Bio- short article about Alexander Hamilton
- http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/article-9274746/Alexander-Hamilton
JEFFERSON FAMILY SITES
- Revolutionary and Beyond - Thomas Jefferson- Click here
- PBS- Jefferson Information
- Thomas Jefferson Quotes (by and about) click here
- Lots of information about Thomas Jefferson from the Jefferson Monticello Website- Click here
- http://kids.britannica.com/search?ct=ebkids&query=thomas+jefferson&fuzzy=
WASHINGTON FAMILY SITES:
PRIMARY SOURCES:
- Revolutionary and Beyond - George Washington - Click here
- George Washington! Lots of information from Mount Vernon - Click Here
- myheroproject- George Washington- click here
- PBS- Washington Info
- Cobblestone articles about Washingtons-Click Here
- Washington
Clip from PBS T.V. Series - "The War That Made America"-Battle scene from French and Indian War
Liberty's Kids is a webpage based on a t.v. show about the Revolution- Try it out HERE
Copies of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence so you can see their real size. Click
13 Colonies and Daily Life
A little Information about Colonial Houses before we launch the building of our rivertable: CLICK HERE
COLONIAL HISTORY For Our Research for River Table and Colonial Families
- A webpage for students about Life in Lexington -Click Here
- Farm Life and Jobs in family-Click Here
- Family Life in Lexington
- What Homes were like in Lexington
Williamsburg Links:
Podcast from a social studies teacher named Mr. Zoller
Video -Study Guide
The 13 Colonies- Education Portal - A BIT DRY, BUT INFORMATIVE
- The 13 Colonies: Developing Economy & Overseas Trade- Educational Portal Click Here
ECONOMICS
MADE IN ____" SITES to Explore
MADE IN ____" SITES to Explore
- Here is A WEBSITE that focuses on the cotton T-Shirt industry- It's not made for children, but it is possible for you to understand. It was made with different "chapters: One is called, "YOU- where our shirt starts and ends and everything in between- - Click Here
- Here is another chapter of it- it's called PEOPLE, the lives of the people who made the shirts- Click Here
- There are more chapters if you click the left corner.
- THIS SITE- is also a bit complicated, and it focuses on technology. It shows how hard it is to know where something is made because the raw materials come from so many places around the world- Click Here