Staff Directory Calendar Angel

4th Grade

Creating a New Nation       
 
 
The Founding Fathers      
 
 
Websites for Information   
Biographies  
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_founding_fathers.html
 
Biographies Page 
http://colonialhall.com/bioaoc.php   
 
 
 
The Price They Paid
http://www.connecticutsar.org/articles/price_paid.htm   
George Washington: Short Biography
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/121758-1
James Madison -- PowerPoint

James Madison Interactive
http://v7.k12.com/constitutionday/lessons/6-7/lesson_holder.htm?preloader.swf?Title=Preview%20-%20CH_06_07_01&userType=1000&lessonFile=content_lesson_25746.txt&previewMode=1&subjectID=4&uiType=33&targetType=1&stateAbbrev=PA&envID=1%27

James Madison -- White House Biography
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesmadison/

James Madison -- Official Page of Montpelier
http://www.montpelier.org/ 


James Madison -- Quick Facts (Apples for the Teacher)
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/presidents-day/james-madison/facts.html

James Madison -- Biography (Garden of Praise)
http://www.gardenofpraise.com/ibdmadis.htm

James Madison -- Timeline (Garden of Praise)
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/presidents-day/james-madison/timeline.html

Ben Franklin: A Documentary History
http://www.english.udel.edu/lemay/franklin/
The Electric Ben Franklin
http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/fun/index.htm
 
Ben Franklin -- Biography (Garden of Praise)
http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdfrank.htm 

Early American Images
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamericanimages/

 
Revolutionary War Thinkquest (Includes several informational links and simulations)
http://library.thinkquest.org/11683/
 
Kid Info.com -- PowerPoints for Learning
http://www.kidinfo.com/powerpoints.htm#SSP
 
A New Nation -- Starting a New Government (Webquest)
http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/hungarycreek/jewell_e/constitution.html
 
We Were There...Webquest on the U.S. Constitutional Convention
http://babylon.k12.ny.us/usconstitution/ 
 
 
 
 
The Articles of Confederation

The Original Text
 
 
 
Videos
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
 Once you arrive at this page, scoll to the bottom to view the three-minute video from NBC.  http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historynow/09_2009/interactive.php 
 
"Lessons Learned: The Articles of Confederation" (Council on Foreign Relations)
 
 
PowerPoints
 PowerPoint 1
 
The Confederation Era (PowerPoint 2)
 
The Articles of Confederation
Brad Bauer -- Lebanon Highschool 
 
Websites for Information
Congress for Kids
 
 
The Articles of Confederation -- Webquest
http://questgarden.com/02/14/1/050919205650/process.htm 

The U.S. Constitution -- A Webquest 
http://www.trenton.k12.nj.us/columbus/library/TheUSConstitution.htm 
 
Ben's Guide for Kids 
 
From Revolution to Reconstruction
 
Archiving Early America 
 
America's Story
 
Social Studies for Kids  
 
 
 
Shays' Rebellion

Videos 
http://www.hippocampus.org/History%20%26%20Government?user=MsE4th  (The password is 1112. Look at the “Playlist” in the top left corner of the screen. Click and when it opens, click on “Shays’ Rebellion.” The video will load on the right side of the screen. Please be patient. It takes a few minutes to load.)
 
 Please view additional videos about Shays' Rebellion by going to our class blog at http://kidblog.org/MsEdwardsClass2/ .
 
 
PowerPoints  
Authorstream
 
Shays' Rebellion
(The following slides were adapted from a larger PowerPoint file about the Articles of Confederation. The author of that PowerPoint is unknown.)
 
Websites for Information    
 
U.S. History. Org
 
Shays' Rebellion and the Making of a Nation
http://shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/index.html
 
Interactive Timeline of Shays' Rebellion
http://shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/shaysapp/scenes/home.do (Click on each picture, and explore the interactive scenes. Explanations are also there.)
 
Animated map of sequence of events of Shays’ Rebellion
http://shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/shaysapp/map.do?shortName=events 
 
ABC-CLIO Biography (PDF)
 
The Constitution
 
Primary Sources 
U.S. Constitution (Actual Text)
 http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/overview  (User-friendly)
The U.S. Constitution – Print Your Own Copy
 http://ratify.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/constitution.pdf
 
Videos
CSPAN – “US Constitution Vignette” video linkhttp://www.c-spanclassroom.org/Video/78/US+Constitution+Vignette.aspx

Movie narration of Preamble
http://edsitement.neh.gov/celebrating-constitution-day

Video: Creating a Constitution (Annenburg)
http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/key-constitutional-concepts

PowerPoints 
 
A Nation Built on Compromise
A Nation Built on Compromise
 
The Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention
 
Magruders American History (An Overview of the Constitution)
 
Vocabulary of the Preamble
 
The Bill of Rights 
 
 

Websites for Information 

Annenburg Guide to the Constitution
 http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/a-guide-to-the-united-states-constitution
 
 
Interactive Map of Philadelphia
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/map/

Social Studies for Kids
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/map/

Constitution Info Page
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html

Congress for Kids
http://www.congressforkids.net/

Government Docs 4 Children
http://govdocs4children.pbworks.com/w/page/8811722/FrontPage

U.S. History.Org
http://www.ushistory.org/

Kid Info.Org
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Birth_of_a_Nation.html
 
 
 

Constitution Day Interactive
 http://v7.k12.com/constitutionday/lessons/2-3/lesson_holder.htm?preloader.swf?Title=Preview%20-%20CH_02_03_01&userType=1000&lessonFile=content_lesson_37036.txt&previewMode=1&subjectID=4&uiType=33&targetType=1&stateAbbrev=PA&envID=1%27

Constitution Information Page for Kids
http://www.usconstitution.net/constkids4.html

Interactive Constitutional Timeline
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/timeline/flash/cw.html

Interactive Guide to the Sixth Amendment
http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/interactive-guide-to-the-sixth-amendment

Quia Government Pages
 http://www.quia.com/pages/hostettergovernment.html
 
 
 
The Branches of Government 
 
Powerpoints
Checks and Balances
Checks and Balances   
How a Bill Becomes a Law
How a Bill Becomes a Law
 

Websites for Information   

Ben’s Guide
 http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/branches.html

Famous Quotes About the Constitution
http://www.constitutionfacts.com/?section=funZone&page=famousQuotes.cfm

Last Modified on April 8, 2012