| | National Geographic - History
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/index.html
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| | Links to Other New Jersey History Resources on the Web
http://www.state.nj.us/state/history/links.html
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| | State of New Jersey
http://www.state.nj.us/
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| | DECISION '08 QUESTIONS? Check out these FAQs
FAQ: How the election system works
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| | The Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
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| | East Brunswick Public Library
http://ebpl.org/
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| | America's Story from America's Library
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
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| | 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
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| | The New Jersey Historical Society
http://www.jerseyhistory.org/
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| | NJ Women's History - Slavery in NJ
http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory/wpnj2/3aSlavery.htm
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| | PBS - Slavery & the Making of America (Links to additional resources on
Slavery & the Civil War)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/resources/online.html
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| | Digital History - Black Voices (Slavery)
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/black_voices.cfm
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| | 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
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| | PBS - American Experience: The Gold Rush
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/index.html
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| | California's Untold Stories: Gold Rush!
http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/
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| | Civil War Gazette - click on "In Their Own Words" to find letters & diaries
from the Civil War
http://civilwargazette.faithsite.com/
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| | America's Reconstruction - People & Politics after the Civil War
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/reconstruction/index.html
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| | HISTORY GAMES!! Use these to help you study/review material!
http://www.history.com/games.do
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| | Original 13 Colonies - Click on a colony to find out more information!
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/13mapnew.htm
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| | The Road to Revolution - PBS.org.. go on and play!!
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html
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| | USHISTORY.ORG Check it out!! Very helpful!!
http://www.ushistory.org
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| | 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
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| | Battles of Lexington & Concord (ThinkQuest)
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/boflandc.htm
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| | Battles of Lexington & Concord (History Central)
http://www.historycentral.com/Revolt/Lexington.html
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| | Battles of Lexington & Concord (The History Guy)
http://www.historyguy.com/lexington_concord_links.html
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| | American Revolution - Images/Paintings!
http://www.archives.gov/research/american-revolution/pictures/#ne
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| | 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
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| | Revolutionary War Battles - Scroll down and click Battles under the
Revolutionary War (left side of screen). Info and pictures!
http://www.britishbattles.com/
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| | US Presidents - What would you do if YOU were President? Check it out
(Thanks Mrs. O'Grady & Shawn!)
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/president/
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| | How a Bill becomes a Law (in NJ)
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/kids/howbill1.asp
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| | SELECT SMART - PICK YOUR 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
Who best suits YOU!?
http://www.selectsmart.com/president/2008.html
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| | ELECTION 2008 - ISSUES. See where Republicans & Democrats stand on the most
important topics in the upcoming election.
ELECTION CENTER 2008 Issues
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| | Lewis & Clark - PBS
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/index.html
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| | 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
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| | 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
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| | Founding Fathers Quiz - AOL (How much do you remember?)
http://reference.aol.com/quizzes/founding-fathers
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| | Reconstruction/Plantations in Ruins
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/plantation/
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| | US Slavery Museum
http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/home.asp
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| | 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
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| | Antebellum slavery
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2956.html
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| | PBS - Slavery & the Making of America (complete with Slave Narratives)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/experience/family/history.html
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| | 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
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| | 270 to Win. Help the candidates plot their strategy (which states will they
need to secure enough electoral votes to win the election?)
http://www.270towin.com/
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| | Scholastic News Online - ELECTION 2008
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/election2008.htm
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| | MSN ELECTION News
http://election.msn.com/
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| | MUPPETS REENACT THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS - Very
cute/funny/educational! Check it out, write down your thoughts & bring it
into class!
"Second Continental Congress"
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| | SCHOOL HOUSE ROCKS - "I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College!" (Electoral
College) - YouTube link to School House Rocks video
"I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College"
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| | SCHOOL HOUSE ROCKS - "We The People"(The Preamble) - YouTube link to School
House Rocks video (you will be quizzed on this section of the Constitution,
so I would review this song!)
"We the People"
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| | SCHOOL HOUSE ROCKS - "I'm Just a Bill" - YouTube link to School House Rocks
video (you do NOT need to memorize this one!! But it will help you
understand what we covered!)
"I'm Just a Bill"
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| | PROJECT VOTE SMART - How a Bill Becomes a Law (in detailed steps)
http://www.votesmart.org/resource_govt101_02.php
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