Social Studies
Resources:
You will find Civil War Stamps with photos of people such as Harriet Tubman and Abraham Lincoln. I used these stamps for a post card project.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/cwpeople.htm
Harriet Tubman: A mini unit example.
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-famous/tubman.html
The Underground Railroad: A map of the many different routes
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/map.htm
The Underground Railroad in NJ: Map of the route slaves took to escape.
http://www1.phillyburbs.com/undergroundrailroad/NJroutes.shtml
Underground Railroad houses and businesses in NJ: Great photos and detailed information regarding what they know about each place.
http://www.njstatelib.org/digit/h673/h6732002.pdf
Underground railroad tour in Burlington, NJ: Includes (photos of) historic houses and businesses where slaves hid.
http://www.tourburlington.org/SeeSites6-10.html
Underground Railroad Myths:
-Article about the book: Hidden in Plain View (The quilt myth)
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1606271,00.html
Article about Giles Wright: researcher and myth buster regarding the Underground Railroad.
http://historiccamdencounty.com/ccnews11.shtml
Technology
Geography:
Students can practice their Geography skills with several different games (i.e. place the states in the correct place on the USA map)! Play games that teach students about: old maps, world maps, the continents, specific nations, flags, landforms, Cardinal directions, map scale, the compass rose, 13 colonies, and US History!
Scroll down further and students can explore (no games though-but great for research reports!): Native Americans, American Revolution, US Constitution, US Government, Lewis and Clark, War of 1812, Westward expansion.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/socgames.htm
Martin Luther King Jr.:
Students can list to and watch MLK Jr.'s famous speech: I Have a Dream.
Students can also read his other numerous speeches (middle school to high school reading level).
http://www.mlkonline.net/speeches.html
Jackie Robinson Video:
Show videos to your students to introduce or review a topic! Game footage and other videos of Jackie!
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-pnDp45PfOC0/jackie_robinson_game_footage/
Biography of Jackie Robinson video!
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-ILIA20AqA5I/biography_need_to_know_jackie_robinson/
Slavery/The Underground Railroad
Audio/visual "story" of what is what like to be a slave and escape slavery.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/plantation.htm
Choose your own adventure: Explore what it was like to escape slavery (4th grade and up reading level).
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j1.html
A time line that explains the historical details of what African Americans went through as slaves. (4th grade and up reading level).
http://pbskids.org/aaworld/ecards_02.html
Disclaimer: Make sure you monitor your students/children closely when they are using the internet. It would be better to show videos to the whole class (since there may be other pictures/comments that are not appropriate for children on other parts of the page). Always preview what you plan to show your students and ensure that it will work on the classrooms computer (since schools have a lot of restrictions with the internet).
Resources:
You will find Civil War Stamps with photos of people such as Harriet Tubman and Abraham Lincoln. I used these stamps for a post card project.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/cwpeople.htm
Harriet Tubman: A mini unit example.
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-famous/tubman.html
The Underground Railroad: A map of the many different routes
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/map.htm
The Underground Railroad in NJ: Map of the route slaves took to escape.
http://www1.phillyburbs.com/undergroundrailroad/NJroutes.shtml
Underground Railroad houses and businesses in NJ: Great photos and detailed information regarding what they know about each place.
http://www.njstatelib.org/digit/h673/h6732002.pdf
Underground railroad tour in Burlington, NJ: Includes (photos of) historic houses and businesses where slaves hid.
http://www.tourburlington.org/SeeSites6-10.html
Underground Railroad Myths:
-Article about the book: Hidden in Plain View (The quilt myth)
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1606271,00.html
Article about Giles Wright: researcher and myth buster regarding the Underground Railroad.
http://historiccamdencounty.com/ccnews11.shtml
Technology
Geography:
Students can practice their Geography skills with several different games (i.e. place the states in the correct place on the USA map)! Play games that teach students about: old maps, world maps, the continents, specific nations, flags, landforms, Cardinal directions, map scale, the compass rose, 13 colonies, and US History!
Scroll down further and students can explore (no games though-but great for research reports!): Native Americans, American Revolution, US Constitution, US Government, Lewis and Clark, War of 1812, Westward expansion.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/socgames.htm
Martin Luther King Jr.:
Students can list to and watch MLK Jr.'s famous speech: I Have a Dream.
Students can also read his other numerous speeches (middle school to high school reading level).
http://www.mlkonline.net/speeches.html
Jackie Robinson Video:
Show videos to your students to introduce or review a topic! Game footage and other videos of Jackie!
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-pnDp45PfOC0/jackie_robinson_game_footage/
Biography of Jackie Robinson video!
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-ILIA20AqA5I/biography_need_to_know_jackie_robinson/
Slavery/The Underground Railroad
Audio/visual "story" of what is what like to be a slave and escape slavery.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/plantation.htm
Choose your own adventure: Explore what it was like to escape slavery (4th grade and up reading level).
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j1.html
A time line that explains the historical details of what African Americans went through as slaves. (4th grade and up reading level).
http://pbskids.org/aaworld/ecards_02.html
Disclaimer: Make sure you monitor your students/children closely when they are using the internet. It would be better to show videos to the whole class (since there may be other pictures/comments that are not appropriate for children on other parts of the page). Always preview what you plan to show your students and ensure that it will work on the classrooms computer (since schools have a lot of restrictions with the internet).