Fifth Grade Links

Lewis and Clark  

1. Welcome to Discovering Lewis and Clark®. This is a progressive Web site, currently containing more than 1,400 pages, which is increased by one or more new episodes each month. For the most recent updates, see "New This Month" on the following page.
2. The centerpiece of Discovering Lewis and Clark® is a nineteen-part synopsis of the expedition's story by historian Harry W. Fritz, illustrated with selections from the journals of the expedition, photographs, maps, animated graphics, moving pictures, and sound files.  http://www.lewis-clark.org/
3. Lewis and Clark Historic Trail.  One of the expedition's stops along the way was near present-day Yankton, South Dakota, and the Yankton Area Chamber of Commerce along with the Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan has put together this site to celebrate Yankton's place in history as well as sites along the rest of the Lewis and Clark Trail.   http://www.lewisclark.net/
4. The mission of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation is to stimulate public appreciation of the Lewis and Clark Expedition's contributions to America's heritage, and to support education, research, development, and preservation of the Lewis and Clark experience.  http://www.lewisandclark.org/
5. Lewis and Clark in Montana:  http://lewisandclark.state.mt.us/
6. Wild rivers. Rugged mountains. An unknown continent to explore. This great American expedition will face them all. And they need your help on this incredible adventure.  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/west/
7. National Park Service : This site celebrates the heroic expedition of the Corps of Discovery, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Captain William Clark.  http://www.nps.gov/lecl/
8. Companion site to PBS show Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery:  http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
9. Lewis & Clark along with the Corps of Discovery departed from Camp Dubois on May 14,1804.  In a span of 28 months, they covered 8,000 miles, developed friendships with the Native Americans and learned how to survive in some of America's most beautiful and treacherous territories.  http://lewisandclarktrail.com/

1. A Day in History: http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/
2. Black History: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
3. Columbus - The Door to American History: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/COLUMBUS/colhome.html
4. The History Place: http://www.historyplace.com/index.html
5. Those Were the Days: http://www.440.com/twtd/today.html
6. Today in History: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html

1. Vikings: http://www.viking1000.org/
2. Vikings: They got here first, but why didn't they stay? : http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/north/nor-i/thule/thu-020e.htm
3. Leif Ericsson: http://www.usa-people-search.com/content-leif-ericson-and-the-discovery-of-america.aspx
4. Columbus: http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/
5. Journal of Columbus' Voyage: http://www.usgs.gov/education/learnweb/Explorers.html#1492
6. The Explorations of Christopher Columbus: http://www.mariner.org/age/columbus.html
7. John Cabot: http://www.cabot.ac.uk/Matthew/landfall.htm
8. John Cabot: http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/cabot.html
9. Jamestown Settlement: http://www.col.k12.me.us/documents/teacher/socialst/jamestown.html
10. Plimoth Plantation: http://www.plimoth.org
11. Brief History of the Mayflower: http://members.aol.com/calebj/ship.html

1. Images of the American West: http://www.treasurenet.com/images/americanwest/
2. The Gold Rush: http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/home.html
3. The Oregon Trail: http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
4. Welcome to the West: http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/wpages/wpgs000/w010_001.htm

1. American Independence:  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook12.html
2. Benedict Arnold: http://earlyamerica.com/review/fall97/arnold.html
3. Gallery of Spy Letters:  http://www.si.umich.edu/spies/index-gallery.html
4. Hotlist of the Revolutionary War: http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/history/bookmarks.html
5. Liberty! The American Revolution: http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
6. Major Events of the Revolutionary War:  http://www.multied.com/revolt/battles.html
7. Maps of the Revolutionary War:  http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/dhistorymaps/American%20Revolution/ARToC.htm
8. Spy Letters of the American Revolution:  http://www.si.umich.edu/spies/
9. The American Revolution: http://www.mce.k12tn.net/revolutionary_war/american_revolution.htm
10. The American Revolution: http://revolution.h-net.msu.edu/
11. The American Revolution:  http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/amrevol.html
12. The American Revolution:  http://www.harlingen.isd.tenet.edu/coakhist/amrev.html
13. The American Revolution:  http://www.hillsdale.edu/dept/History/War/EMAmRev.htm
14. The American Revolution: http://www.eslarp.uiuc.edu/ibex/archive/IDOT/idot4.htm
15. The American Revolution Essays:  http://revolution.h-net.msu.edu/essays.html
16. Women of the American Revolution: http://info-center.ccit.arizona.edu/~ws/ws200/fall97/grp11/part7.htm
17. Women of the American Revolution: http://www.needham.mec.edu/t_links/tc00/pc00/

1. Boys in the Civil War:  http://www.civilwarhome.com/boysinwar.htm
2. Chamberlain's Medal of Honor & Bracelet:  http://www.curtislibrary.com/pejepscot/jlcmedl.htm
3. Civil War for Kids:  http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/cwar.htm
4. Civil War Links: http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm
5. Civil War Selection Navigation Bar: http://www.civilwar.com/navbar.htm
6. Colonel Joshua Chamberlain:  http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/aramsey/civil/chamberlain.html
7. Flight to Freedom:  http://academic.bowdoin.edu/flighttofreedom/intro.shtml
8. Historical Image Collection:  http://www.treasurenet.com/images/
9. Images of Children from the Civil War Era:  http://www.edc.org/CCT/NDL/1999/lessons/teams/24/images.htm
10. Official Home Page of Joshua Chamberlain: http://www.joshuachamberlain.com/
11. Selected Civil War Photographs: http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/cwphome.html
12. Soul of the Lion: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain:  http://world.std.com/~khebert/index.htm
13. Student Civil War Trivia Questions:  http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/aramsey/civil/studenttrivia.html
14. The American Civil War Homepage: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
15. The Underground Railroad:  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/
16. History of the Underground Railroad in Wisconsin:  http://historyalive.weac.org/

1. A collection of biographies and photographs from the official White House Site.  http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
2. This web site, created for the television series, contains a complete video archive of all American Presidents: Life Portraits programming, plus these additional resources: Biographical facts, Key events of each presidency, Presidential places, and Reference material:  http://www.americanpresidents.org/
3. Welcome! In this resource you will find background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included to enrich this site. http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/
4. This area is an index on the presidents of the United States and contains information and documents of their speeches, writings, biographies and anything else related to their person or the office they are holding. http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/
5.  Presidential portraits
6. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/preshome.html
7.  Portraits of Presidents from the National Gallery:  http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/travpres/index6.htm
8. Basic information about the presidents: http://www.usahistory.com/presidents/

1. Timeline of Important events: http://archer2000.tripod.com/1900.html
2.  Timeline of Important events: http://archer2000.tripod.com/1910.html
3. Timeline of Important events: http://archer2000.tripod.com/1920.html
4. Timeline of Important events: http://archer2000.tripod.com/1930.html
5. Timeline of Important events: http://archer2000.tripod.com/1940.html
6. Timeline of Important events: http://archer2000.tripod.com/1950.html
7. Timline of Important events:  http://archer2000.tripod.com/1960.html
8. Timeline of Important events:  http://archer2000.tripod.com/1970.html
9. In the 70’s site:  http://www.inthe70s.com/index.shtml
10. Timeline of Important events:  http://archer2000.tripod.com/1980.html
11. In the 80’s site: http://www.inthe80s.com/index.shtml
12. Timeline of Important events: http://archer2000.tripod.com/1990.html
13. In the 90’s: http://www.inthe90s.com/index.shtml
14. Musicians by decade: http://www.gold-music.com/biography_en.php?history=10
15. Site created by 4^th and 5^th grade students showcasing their research about the twentieth century. http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/decade.htm
16. These pages chronicle some of the events, inventions, and notable moments that made radio what it is today. With a quick study of this history, you may discover some interesting parallels between radio and the growth of the Internet. http://www.northwinds.net/bchris/home.html
17. History of fashion: http://employees.oneonta.edu/angellkg/INDEX.HTML
18. History of Curriculum: http://myweb.lmu.edu/mryan/Curriculum%20History%20Project/Curriculum%20Timeline/1900/1900index.htm
19. Top 1000 names by decade based on a 5% sample. Names are limited to births in the U.S.A. http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/index.html
20. History of Toys  http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/toys/
21. History of Toys and Games: http://www.historychannel.com/cgi-bin/frameit.cgi?p=http%3A//www.historychannel.com/exhibits/toys/index.html
22. 20th Century History By the Decades
    From the Chico High School Library http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/decsg.html
23. Great list of bookmarks to use with decade research: http://www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/ryn/decades.html
24. Links for 1940 – 1990:  http://phs.dist214.k12.il.us/prospectweb/library/PHSWeb/decades.html
25. U.S. History by the Decade: http://www.concord.k12.nh.us/schools/chs/media/decades.htm
26. 20^th Century Resources, has a section for each decade as well as links to more general sites:  http://www.bcsd.k12.ca.us/garza/library/links2/decsg.htm
27. Decades.com   http://www.decades.com/Default.asp?picidx=1
28. An Internet Hotlist for Decades: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listdecadesri.html
29. U.S. History:   http://www.usembassy.de/usa/history.htm
30. Decade links: http://www.westmont.dupage.k12.il.us/jrhigh/MC/decades.html
31. Resources for all Decades: http://viking.bwsd.k12.wi.us/Millennium/alldecaderesources.html
32. Decades of the 20th Century sites: http://www.keyknox.com/library/New_Folder/DECADES%20OF%20THE%20CENTURY%20SITES.html
33.  Decades: A Study of the 20^th Century http://www.unit5.org/cjhsimc/hotlists/decades/decades_main.htm
34. Yahoo! Directory of 20^th Century links: http://uk.dir.yahoo.com/arts/humanities/history/u_s__history/by_time_period/20th_Century/

U.S. Government

1. Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/index.html
2. The White House for Kids: http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/

1. ABC News: http://www.abcnews.com/
2. CNN: http://www.cnn.com
3. Create your own Newspaper: http://crayon.net/
4. Maps in the News: http://www-map.lib.umn.edu/news.html
5. Newspapers and Magazines from Around the World: http://www.newslink.org/news.html
6. The Online News Hour: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
7. The Times Record: http://www.timesrecord.com/website/main.nsf/vwHome/Home
8. The Weather Channel: http://www.weather.com
9. USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com

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