8th SOCIAL STUDIES


Constitution Hall Pass Webcast- http://constitutioncenter.org/constitution-day/

Duel of the Constitution- http://theconstitutionquiz.org/
Sunnyland Civics Games- http://games.sunnylandsclassroom.org/Preview/Default.aspx
Branches of Government- http://games.sunnylandsclassroom.org/games/branchesofpower/branchesofpower.htm
Exectutive Branch- http://games.sunnylandsclassroom.org/games/ExecutiveCommand/ExecutiveCommand.htm
Checks and Balances games- http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/index.htm

Top 10 Supreme Court Cases- http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2036448_2036452_2036611,00.html

Bill of Rights-
Bill of Rights Rock (fun video)-http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=45924
Bill of Rights Power Point- mrkash.com/activities/billofrights.ppt (cut and paste link)
Bill of Rights Matching Game-http://www.texaslre.org/bor/billofrights.html
Bill of Rights Interactive game- http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/the-bill-of-rights-game

Annenburg Classroom interactive Constituion lessons-http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/all-games-and-interactives
Interactive Constitution- http://ratify.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/
Heritage Guide to Constitution- http://www.heritage.org/constitution

History of Voting (short video)- http://constitutioncenter.org/education/educators/learning-resources/the-history-of-voting-by-rock-the-vote/

Roe Vs. Wade
Change of heart video clip- http://en.catholic-link.com/


Chapter 8-
chapter notes- slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/jricard/us-history-chapter-8


Chapter 10-
Louisiana Puchase- Lewis and Clark
http://www.lewisandclarktrail.com/
Variety of websites http://ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/223
Journey of Lewis and Clark (interactive)-http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/
Interactive Journal Log of Lewis and Clark- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/
Lewis and Clark Journey- http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
Lewis and Clark vidoes- http://www.lewisclarkandbeyond.com/featureVideos/
Lewis and Clark timeline- http://history1800s.about.com/od/lewisandclark/tp/LewisClark1803.htm
Lewis and Clark timeline II- http://www.lewisclark.net/timeline/index.html

James Monroe (Monoe Doctrine)- http://www.history.com/videos/monroe-era-of-good-feelings#monroe-era-of-good-feelings
Monroe Doctrine (archive video)-http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/122414-1
Monroe Doctrine (political cartoons)- http://multimedialearningllc.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/monroe-doctrine-cartoons.pdf
Monroe Doctrine lesson link- http://multimedialearningllc.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/monroe-doctrine-cartoons-lesson/


Here is a review game for CH 13 The North and the Sout
GAME 

CH 14 Age of Reform in the Early 1800's
GAMEA

GAME B

Underground Railroad-
Short video clips History Channelhttp://www.history.com/topics/underground-railroad/videos#harriet-tubman-and-the-underground-railroad
Interactive Underground Railroad- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/
Interactive Underground Railroad- audio and questions- http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/

Mission US interactive game-http://www.mission-us.org/pages/landing-mission-2

8th Social Studies 1st Sems EXAM REVIEW CH13,14,15
GAME

Teacher links- Civil War
http://www.besthistorysites.net/ushistory_civilwar.shtml

Dred Scott-
Short Video- (summary)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRQZiK9F96g
Dred Scott Trial (Skit) Script- http://www.nps.gov/jeff/forteachers/upload/dred4.pdf

Abraham Lincoln-
Abe's Crossroads- interactive lesson
http://constitutioncenter.org/lincoln/#

Living Wax Museum-
http://www.ctpost.com/trumbull/slideshow/St-Theresa-School-living-wax-museum-project-2032.php#photo-431509
Links to people- http://ehistory.osu.edu/uscw/features/people/list.cfm?letter=A&Era_ID=1

Civil War-
Emancipation Proclamation- short video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUVkXthLz4w
Gettysburg National Park- http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/gettex/
Life at War lesson power point link- http://www.civilwar.org/education/teachers/curriculum/civil-war-curriculum/middle-school/life-at-war/
Home Front lesson- power point links- http://www.civilwar.org/education/teachers/curriculum/civil-war-curriculum/middle-school/the-home-front/

Ellis Island
Student links Scholastic-
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/index.htm
Ellis Island Webcast-http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/webcast.htm

Civil War-
Civil War 150 PBS interactive-
http://www.history.com/interactives/civil-war-150#/home

Reconstrution-
Simulation Activity-
http://education.harpweek.com/TheReconstructionConvention/Introduction/ReconConvIntro.htm
Night of Lincoln's death- Booth- interactive http://www.history.com/interactives/john-wilkes-booth-timeline-and-map

Historical Facebook- template http://docs.google.com/a/catholicweb.com/previewtemplate?id=1-nCxDCLcEAuge4wac5I5F_83GH9QNZpXpKCGMRl2utk&mode=public&pli=1#

Election 2012 (resources)
General info. Obama vs. Romney-
http://2012.candidate-comparison.org/?compare=Romney&vs=Obama
Our Sunday Visitor- role of Catholic votes in election- http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9461/Role-of-Catholic-Voters-and-the-2012-election.aspx
Myth of Catholic vote (article)-http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/05/21/11797240-decision-2012-and-the-myth-of-the-catholic-vote?lite
National Catholic Register (multiple articles)-http://www.ncregister.com/tags/presidential_election_2012
Article- "Cathilic Swing vote"- http://www.pewforum.org/Politics-and-Elections/The-Catholic-Swing-Vote.aspx
Newscast- Bad Kitty- http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/16/living/kids-and-politics/index.html
Time for Kids- elections- http://www.timeforkids.com/minisite/election-2012
Presidential Campaign- http://www.politico.com/2012-election/
Kids voting USA- http://kidsvotingusa.org/2012-presidential-election-resources
PBS- http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2012/map/

Local Voting info.- ballot sample- https://webapps.sos.state.mi.us/mivote/

Presidential Candidates
Mitt Romney- 
http://www.mittromney.com/forms/welcome-0
Barack Obama- http://www.barackobama.com/splash/choice-signup-nd?
Virgil H. Goode Jr.- http://www.goodeforpresident2012.com/
J
ill Stein- http://www.jillstein.org/
R
oss C. Anderson- http://www.voterocky.org/


Chapter 9 slideshare (entire chapter)-
http://www.slideshare.net/jricard/us-history-chapter-9
Marbury vs. Madison- (PBS video clip)-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TVkeRUvX_U

War of 1812-
Terms, people, events- http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/warof1812/terms.html

Battles-  http://www.historycentral.com/1812/Index.html
Battles- http://www.galafilm.com/1812/e/chronology/index.html
Battle map (victory)- http://mrnussbaum.com/war1812/

People- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_people_of_the_War_of_1812
People- http://library.thinkquest.org/22916/exmain.html

Map (interactive with timeline)-http://www.revolutionarywaranimated.com/1812.html
Battles and Map- http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/sswetw/index.html#
Star Spangled Banner- (story)- http://blip.tv/orange-county-videography-by-trend-media/francis-scott-key-star-spangled-banner-story-2338827
Battle of New Orleans (song)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50_iRIcxsz0
War of 1812 (song)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOFUbrQWK_A
War of 1812 PBS video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_rWEy_taCA

Chapter 10-
Erie Canal Teacher's Domain Interactive-http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/midlit10.soc.splerie/
Building the Erie Canal Interactive Information-http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/building/topic1.html
Erie Canal Tour- http://www.epodunk.com/routes/erie-canal/index.html#

Chapter 11- The Jackson Era
Quizlet (Chapter 11) terms- http://quizlet.com/11694892/qp-chapter-11-the-jackson-era-flash-cards/
Quia (Chapter 11) Quiz game-http://www.quia.com/cb/534112.html
Summary outline of Chapter 11- http://www.jamestownpublicschools.org/persell/faculty/jkresge/site/Review_files/11-AgeofJackson.pdf
Power Point (Chap.11)-www.freewebs.com/mrpoore1/Chapter%2011%20Powerpoint.ppt
                                      http://www.docstoc.com/docs/125891851/Chapter-11-Powerpoint

Chapter 12- Manifest Destiny
Chapter 12 slideshare- http://www.slideshare.net/jricard/us-history-chapter-12
Quizlet (Sec. 12.1)-http://quizlet.com/17169491/chapter-121-flash-cards/

The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail- http://www.america101.us/trail/Oregontrail.html
The Oregon Trail vidoe (15 min.)-http://schoolmediainteractive.com/view/object/clip/F7A137F34FDE4C7DBB38CA867550213B
Westward Trail- interactive game-http://www.globalgamenetwork.com/westward_trail.html
The Oregon Trail online game- http://woz.commtechlab.msu.edu/courses/447sp04/oregontrail/play.htm
Digital Diary-http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=2787&title=Oregon_Trail_2
Mountain Men (full episode link)-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_67RGYbfFw

The Alamo-
Miliatry Channel (video clips)-http://military.discovery.com/battles-history/videos/alamo.htm
Webquest with sheet-http://mrsfarleyswiki.wikispaces.com/Battle+of+the+Alamo+WebQuest


The California Gold Rush-
PBS- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/
Gold Rush music video clip- http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/mrsthonus/social_studies.cfm?subpage=347604
History Channel Gold Rush overview (2min.)-http://www.history.co.uk/explore-history/history-of-america/gold/video.html
History Detectives (2nd part) Gold Rush drawings-http://video.pbs.org/video/1529729774/
The Gold Rush (fill version-edit)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbbxzYB4gx4

Chapter 13- The North and South
Chapter 13 slideshare- http://www.slideshare.net/cuevasl/chapter-13-slide-show-north-and-south

Chapter 14- The Age of Reform
Age of Reform Resources- http://www.mansfieldct.org/Schools/MMS/staff/stratton/TL%20Website/AgeOfReform.htm
Age of Reform Part 1 Audio slide overview- http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=The+Age+of+Reform+video+1840-1860&view=detail&mid=60BA8CDB720766DEAC6D60BA8CDB720766DEAC6D&first=0&FORM=NVPFVR
Age of Reform Part 2 audio-http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=The+Age+of+Reform+part+2+video+1840-1860&view=detail&mid=0160E2BACDEDDBBC05540160E2BACDEDDBBC0554&first=0&FORM=NVPFVR

Age of Reformation Quilt Information-
The Second Great Awakening- http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/outlines/history-1994/the-formation-of-a-national-government/the-second-great-awakening.php
The Second Great Awakening- http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/people_places/view.jsp?itemtype=3&id=24
Age of Reformation General- https://www.boundless.com/history/religion-romanticism-and-cultural-reform-1820-1860/
Utopian Communities- https://www.boundless.com/history/religion-romanticism-and-cultural-reform-1820-1860/age-cultural-reforms/utopian-communities/
Temperance Movement- https://www.boundless.com/history/religion-romanticism-and-cultural-reform-1820-1860/age-cultural-reforms/temperance-movement-and-campaign-for-moral-reform/
Abolition-https://www.boundless.com/history/religion-romanticism-and-cultural-reform-1820-1860/age-cultural-reforms/abolitionists-and-american-ideal/
Women's Rights- https://www.boundless.com/history/religion-romanticism-and-cultural-reform-1820-1860/age-cultural-reforms/women-s-rights/
Prison and Mental Health- https://www.boundless.com/history/religion-romanticism-and-cultural-reform-1820-1860/age-cultural-reforms/prisons-and-asylums/
Education- https://www.boundless.com/history/religion-romanticism-and-cultural-reform-1820-1860/educational-reforms/educational-reforms/

iCivics- http://www.icivics.org/games