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Teaching Virginia
Standards of Learning Hotlinks Sixth Grade Social Studies Project with Links Click on Topics to get related links. http://manassas.k12.va.us/round/ClassWeb/Johnson/project.htm Pioneers – Westward Ho! Research Module Students design a brochure about pioneer life. http://www.howard.k12.md.us/res/rm/pioneer/default.html What is a Dust Bowl? Links to online exhibits and lesson ideas. http://www.infinet.com/~baugust/dust.html Industrial Revolution The unit focuses on a few key inventions and innovations, child labor, political change, philosophy, changes in how people lived, the rise of the middle class, and the responses of the writers of the period. http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/roosevelt/victorian/ Inventors and Inventions Links Each topic has its own pages of links with descriptions. http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/inventors.htm Inventive Inventions You will find out about the inventors and learn more about inventions that have changed and improved our lives. http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/balboa/multholid/ Opening Doors: America Here I Come…Immigration WebQuest This project involves a WebQuest in which students compare and contrast the immigration experiences of Europeans on the east coast to the immigration of Asians on the west coast. By role playing the researched participants in the immigration story, the student will have collected, analyzed and synthesized valuable historical information. Through their research, students will learn to appreciate the complexity of issues that faced the early twentieth century immigrants. http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/hoover/immigration/ Using Oral History "Using excerpts from the American Memory collection, students study social history topics through interviews that recount the lives of ordinary Americans. Based on these excerpts and further research in the collections, students develop their own research questions. They then plan and conduct oral history interviews with members of their communities. " http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/oralhist/ohhome.html War and Remembrance List of links with descriptions http://www.eagle.ca/~matink/war.html WWI List of links with descriptions http://www.eagle.ca/~matink/WWI.html World War I WebQuest An investigation into the land and sea battles of the first 'War to end all Wars' Students will research various aspects of World War I on the Internet, to complete a learning center about the war. http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/hoover/WW1/WW1.html World War II and Holocaust Resources Korean War List of links with descriptions http://www.eagle.ca/~matink/korean.html Vietnam Resources http://www.trumbull.k12.oh.us/teachers/vietnam.html Civil Rights Resources http://www.trumbull.k12.oh.us/teachers/civilrights.htm African- American Research Module http://www.howard.k12.md.us/res/rm/african/default.html African-American Resources Extensive list of links. http://www.trumbull.k12.oh.us/teachers/aframhist.html César Chávez: Quest for Social Justice César Chávez was the founder of the United Farm Workers union. How did César Chávez struggle to obtain justice for farmworkers? What obstacles did César Chávez face to establish the United Farm Workers union? http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/chavez/ccquestforsocialjustice/ Women in History Project Select a famous woman in history and read about her life and contributions using books, magazines, and the Internet. Then write an essay about the special characteristics and contributions of the woman. http://www.concord.k12.nh.us/schools/kimball/Classes/MITCHELL/woman.htm Every attempt was made to insure that each of the links work properly. If you know of any links that should be added or are having problems with one of the links above, please contact Tracy Volz. Last revised on Tuesday, March 07, 2000. |