American History

Books to Read:

A Lion to Guard us		Clyde Robert Bulla
Squanto Friend of the Pilgrims		Clyde Robert Bulla
The Matchlock Gun		Walter D Edmonds
Pocahontas and the Strangers		Clyde Robert Bulla
Morning Girl		Michael Dorris
Mr Revere and I		Robert Lawson
Justin Morgan had a Horse		Marguerite Henry
Amos Fortune Freeman		Elizabeth Yates
Sing Down the Moon		Scott O'Dell
The Light in the Forest		Conrad Richter
Lyddie		Katherine Paterson
The Drummer Boy of Vicksburg		G. Clifton Wisler
Bound for Oregon		Jean Van Leewen
Esperanza Rising		Pam Munoz Ryan

PreColumbian Americas

Test yourself on your knowledge of famous people.

http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/SouthAmerica/Peru/IncaTrail/IncaTrailMap.html

See pictures of Inca ruins.

http://www.ballgame.org/

Play a Mesoamerican ball game.

American History

Video of how the US grew over its history.

http://www.learner.org/interactives/historymap/

Test your knowledge of the United States.

Colonial America

Try to survive on the American wilderness.

http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/activities/dressup/index.html

Learn about Colonial clothing.

http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/activities/tools/index.html

Learn about Colonial tools.

http://www.history.org/History/teaching/Dayseries/webactivities/index.htm

Live a day in Colonial America.

http://plimoth.org/kids/talk.php

Learn Pilgrim words and phrases and learn to cook and make games.

Pioneers

Build a sod house.

Civil War

Experience life in slavery.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/

Follow a slave's journey to freedom.

America in the 19th Century

Live life with Henry Starr.

http://the-office.com/bedtime-story/tomjohn.htm

A 19th Century story.

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