5th Grade Social Studies Links
Unit I: Exploration and Colonization Early American Explorers America's Story The 13 Original Colonies Virginia's Native Indians Indians of the Northeast Links to Native American sites Colonial-Indian Relations Africans in North America African American Odyssey The American Colonists' Library Archiving Early America Colonial Charters, Grants, and Related Documents Colonial Personalities and Literature Historical Text Archive America's Stories for Young Readers First Thanksgiving Colonial Williamsburg
Unit II: The American Revolution
US History by Independence Hall Assoc. Liberty! The History Place - American Revolution The French & Indian Wars Events Leading to The American Revolution Outline of American History Revolutionary War Links for Kids The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine George Washington Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson
Unit III: Forming a New Government
The United States Constitution The Branches of the Federal Government Congress for Kids - Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights Presidents of the United States
Unit IV: Manifest Destiny
Unit V: The Civil War
Slavery Africans in North America African American Odyssey Abraham Lincoln Research Site Lincoln Timeline and Photos
Unit VI: The Industrial Revolution (to the 20th century) Martin Luther King Jr.
Colonial Research Project - Helpful Links . Education in the Colonies Colonial Period. Schooling and Culture Hornbooks Making a Hornbook
Trades Colonial Occupations Colonial Williamsburg's Trades The Gunsmith's Shop Leather Working Harnessmaker and Saddler Tanner Milliner's Shop in the 18th Century Metalwork Shipbuilding Silversmithing Silversmith works New Bedford Whaling Museum Kendall Whaling Museum. "Heroes in the Ships" Cabinetmaker Woodworking in Colonial times
Colonial Medicine Domestic Medicine. 18th Century Reprint from Dr. Buchan's book, 2nd ed., 1785.
Plantations & Other Historic Buildings Claude Moore Colonial Farm Noah Webster House Gunston Hall (Mason Neck, Virginia) Hampton A Walking Tour of Plimoth (Plymouth) Plantation Rosewell Monticello (Virginia) Mount Vernon (Virginia) The Nisbetts of Dean (Scotland) and Dean Hall Plantation Stratford Hall Plantation Virginia's James River Plantations Boone Hall Plantation Magnolia Plantation and Its Gardens [South Carolina] Drayton Hall [South Carolina] Middleton Place [South Carolina] Hopsewee Plantation [South Carolina] Charles Fyffe House [Georgetown, SC] Prince George Winyah Episcopal Church [Georgetown, SC] St. Michael's Episcopal Church First Baptist Church [Charleston, SC] The Paul Revere House The Architecture of New England and the Southern Colonies as it Reflects the Changes in Colonial Life
Areas of Interest
Religion in 18th Century America The Quakers Money Colonial Kids! Historical Outline Maps The 13 Colonies Map Rare Map Collection European Landings in the Americas Territorial Map of 1775
Early Explorers Webquest
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