Ms. Grotrian - 8th Grade History

Links

National Geographic - History
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/index.html

Links to Other New Jersey History Resources on the Web
http://www.state.nj.us/state/history/links.html

State of New Jersey
http://www.state.nj.us/

The Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html

East Brunswick Public Library
http://ebpl.org/

America's Story from America's Library
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

NJ INVENTORS (Industrial Revolution Unit)- Click on "1989" then click 
on "Inaugural Members".  
Please pick 2 members and write a few short sentences on what they did to be 
recognized as great New Jersey Inventors.  Do NOT copy and paste what the 
website says!!  I will be checking!!!!
http://www.njinvent.njit.edu

The New Jersey Historical Society
http://www.jerseyhistory.org/

NJ Women's History - Slavery in NJ
http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory/wpnj2/3aSlavery.htm

PBS - Slavery & the Making of America (Links to additional resources on 
Slavery & the Civil War)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/resources/online.html

Digital History - Black Voices (Slavery)
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/black_voices.cfm

The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas -- Click on "Explore 
the Collection" for pictures
http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/index.php

PBS - American Experience: The Gold Rush
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/index.html

California's Untold Stories: Gold Rush!
http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/

Civil War Gazette - click on "In Their Own Words" to find letters & diaries 
from the Civil War
http://civilwargazette.faithsite.com/

America's Reconstruction - People & Politics after the Civil War
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/reconstruction/index.html

HISTORY GAMES!!  Use these to help you study/review material!
http://www.history.com/games.do

Original 13 Colonies - Click on a colony to find out more information!
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/13mapnew.htm

The Road to Revolution - PBS.org.. go on and play!!
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html

USHISTORY.ORG  Check it out!!  Very helpful!!
http://www.ushistory.org

ONLINE QUIZZES - From our textbook, Chapter 4
Great for review/studying!!  You are able to check your answers!
http://my.hrw.com/apps/alchemy/editors/display.jsp?tag=hustrefn_quizzesir

Battles of Lexington & Concord (ThinkQuest)
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/boflandc.htm

Battles of Lexington & Concord (History Central)
http://www.historycentral.com/Revolt/Lexington.html

Battles of Lexington & Concord (The History Guy)
http://www.historyguy.com/lexington_concord_links.html

American Revolution - Images/Paintings!
http://www.archives.gov/research/american-revolution/pictures/#ne

PBS.org - American Experience: The American Revolution (Browse and study for 
your Revolutionary War Test - November 16th!)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/teachers/browse_3.html

Revolutionary War Battles - Scroll down and click Battles under the 
Revolutionary War (left side of screen).  Info and pictures!
http://www.britishbattles.com/

US Presidents - What would you do if YOU were President?  Check it out 
(Thanks Mrs. O'Grady & Shawn!)
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/president/

How a Bill becomes a Law (in NJ)
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/kids/howbill1.asp

SELECT SMART - PICK YOUR 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE  
Who best suits YOU!?
http://www.selectsmart.com/president/2008.html

Election '08 Leaderboard - See how your candidate is doing in each state!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22419475

Election '08 - National Overview
*If you find another site you think would be helpful, please let me know and 
I'll gladly post it!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21660914

Lewis & Clark - PBS
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/index.html

Share my affinity for Jeopardy?  Want to look up questions related to topics 
we've studied in class?  See if you can beat the Jeopardy Champs on J! 
Archive.
http://www.j-archive.com/listseasons.php

Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader??  Take the quiz.. and several others!  
List of History-related quizzes available as well.
http://reference.aol.com/smarter-than-fifth-grader

Founding Fathers Quiz - AOL  (How much do you remember?)
http://reference.aol.com/quizzes/founding-fathers

Reconstruction/Plantations in Ruins
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/plantation/

US Slavery Museum
http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/home.asp

National Geographic - You can actually put yourself in the shoes (or lack 
thereof) of a slave and make choices along the freedom trail
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j1.html

Antebellum slavery
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2956.html

PBS - Slavery & the Making of America  (complete with Slave Narratives)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/experience/family/history.html

This is a neat website that helps animals at shelters.  All you do is click 
on it each day and then click on Feed animals, the corporate sponsors will 
donate .6 bowls of food to shelters.  It is free.  You can ALSO help people 
learn to read, feed the hungry, save the rainforests, and fight breast 
cancer by clicking on the other tabs.  Again, its all free.  The site is:
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com

YouTube link on Puppy Mills (from Oprah)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=T1jXoNYtN3s

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