Grade 7 Links


Virtual Jamestown Tour
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/

Jamestown Settlement
http://www.historyisfun.org/

Jamestown Online Adventure
http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/

Colonial Daily Life
http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/00_01/CA/13c6.htm

Colonial Homes
http://www.lakelandschools.org/lt/colonialhomes/presentation.htm

Plymouth Platation
Learn about The Mayflower and the Pilgrim Village of 1627
http://www.plimoth.org/

Colonial Williamsburg Recipes
http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/food/foodhdr.cfm

Colonial drinks and recipes
http://gaspee.com/ColonialRecipes.html

The First Thanksgiving - menu, ingredients, and even table 
manners expected.
http://www.history.com/content/thanksgiving/the-first-thanksgiving

18th Century Farm Recipes - Colonial Times
http://www.1771.org/cd_recipes.htm

Everyday life in Colonial times.  It includes a typical day for 
men, women, 
or children as well as what meal time was like.
http://users.rcn.com/ben.trottier/group3.html

Salem Witch Trials
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SALEM.HTM

Pledge of Allegiance
history and suggested change in words
2003 Public Opinion Poll
http://www.religioustolerance.org/nat_pled1.htm

Pledge of Allegiance
History
http://www.homeofheroes.com/hallofheroes/1st_floor/flag/1bfc_pledge.html

The Pledge of Allegiance
Pro/Con Debate on taking "under God" out of the Pledge
http://www.undergodprocon.org/

State-by-State Driving Rules
http://golocalnet.com/drivingage/

Driving Age
Article about raising the driving age to 18
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1332084/posts

Driving Age - 
Outline of alternatives
http://www.usask.ca/education/ideas/tplan/sslp/values/legaldri.htm

Driving Laws
http://ph.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004918.html

Hear the Preamble in song!
http://www.school-house-rock.com/Prea.html

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/index.html

The Official White House website
http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Revolutionary War - History Central
http://www.historycentral.com/Revolt/

The History Place
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/

Revolutionary War - PBS
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle.html

Revlutionary War - Geocities
Good links to other sites.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/4393/rev_war.html

The American Revolution - Quizzes about various facts of the war.
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/revolutionary_war/american_revolution.htm

Revolutionary War - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War

U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/

Illinois Government Site
http://www.illinois.gov/default.cfm

U.S. Constitution and related facts
http://www.constitution.org/

Interactive Constitution link
It helps to understand the articles and particular parts of the 
Constitution
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/

How to Write a Bill - Good source for our Mock Congress!
http://pmc.princeton.edu/writeabill.php

Graceland Cemetery - Click on... The Cemetery of Architects � 
Monuments and 
Their Makers � Public Figures and Private Eyes � Baseball and 
Boxing 
Greats � Merchants and Inventors � Who the Dickens is That?
To find the person for your research
http://www.gracelandcemetery.org/pages/biographies.html

McCormick Freedom Musum - Explore the Exhibits you will be seeing 
by rolling 
your mouse over "Exhibits" and choose from the pull-down menu.  
READ the 
information.  Explore the map of the museum too!
http://www.freedommuseum.us/

White House - Take a tour and learn interesting facts about the 
Executive 
Mansion.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/

Soldier Field
http://www.soldierfield.net/History.aspx

Should 16 Year Olds Drive?
Article from Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-teen-driving-study_09sep09,0,1775625.story

Is 16 Too Young to Drive a Car?
Article from USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-02-teens-cars-main-usat_x.htm

Information from Allstate Insurance Company regarding the 16 year 
old brain
http://www.allstate.com/content/refresh-attachments/Brain-Ad.pdf

WGN article about 16 years olds driving - similar to the Tribune 
article.
http://www.wgntv.com/landing_middaynews/?Should-16-year-olds-drive=1&blockID=52457&feedID=221

Teen Brain Development
Put out by the Arlington Partnership for Youth
http://www.arlingtonpartnershipforyouth.org/rep_pubs/teenbraindev.pdf


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