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SOCIAL STUDIES TECHNOLOGY PROJECT

SOCIAL STUDIES TECHNOLOGY PROJECT. 8 th Grade American History By: Andrew Rice. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Ohio Social Studies Strands: History People in Societies Geography Economics Government Citizenship Rights & Responsibilities Social Studies Skills & Methods

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SOCIAL STUDIES TECHNOLOGY PROJECT

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  1. SOCIALSTUDIES TECHNOLOGY PROJECT 8th Grade American History By: Andrew Rice

  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS • Ohio Social Studies Strands: • History • People in Societies • Geography • Economics • Government • Citizenship Rights & Responsibilities • Social Studies Skills & Methods • Science Technology & Society

  3. HISTORY

  4. HISTORY ACTIVITIES • Revolutionary War Scavenger Hunt • Click on the Minuteman statue • Click on each highlighted word to help you find the correct answer • If you answer all the questions correctly, you win INDEPENDENCE! • http://mrspskids.tripod.com/rwhunt.html

  5. HISTORY ACTIVITIES • Colonial Williamsburg • Click on box to take a virtual tour of the historical buildings • Notice the types of clothing worn during the colonial era • Write an essay the different jobs people did in 18th century Colonial Williamsburg • http://www.history.org/experience/

  6. HISTORY ACTIVITIES • Today in History • Click on the calendar • Read about the historical events that occurred on that day in history • Choose an event that happened during the Colonial era for further study • http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html

  7. HISTORY ACTIVITIES • The Boston Massacre • View Paul Revere’s most famous engraving • Is his engraving of the Boston Massacre a form of political propaganda? • http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/massacre.html

  8. HISTORY ACTIVITIES • Salem Witch Museum 1692 • Click on the Witch • Were the people accused of being witches in Salem really evil? • http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/

  9. PEOPLE IN SOCIETIES

  10. PEOPLE IN SOCIETIES ACTIVITIES • Oneida Indians • Click on Indian attacking British soldier • Learn about the Oneidas and the birth of the American nation • In what battle did the Oneida Iroquois fight alongside with patriots during the Revolutionary War? • http://www.oneida-nation.net/framestest-right.html

  11. PEOPLE IN SOCIETIES ACTIVITIES • African Americans • Click on Soldier • What role did African Americans play during the Revolutionary War? • Were they really free? • http://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/BLACKS.HTM

  12. PEOPLE IN SOCIETIES ACTIVITIES • Puritans • Click on image • Read about the Puritans • Why did they come to America? • What are the differences between the Puritans and the Pilgrims? • http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/puritan/purhist.html

  13. PEOPLE IN SOCIETIES ACTIVITIES • Pilgrims • Click on image • Why did the Pilgrims come to America? • What are the differences between the Pilgrims and the Puritans? • http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/puritan/purhist.html

  14. PEOPLE IN SOCIETIES ACTIVITIES • Patriots & Loyalists • Click on appropriate flags • What were the Patriots’ beliefs concerning the British? • What were the Loyalists’ beliefs concerning the British? • Write an essay explaining their different beliefs • http://vmead.tripod.com/beliefs.htm

  15. GEOGRAPHY

  16. GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITIES • 13 Colonies Map • Click on Map • How many colonies existed in America before the Revolutionary War? • What geographic area was the 13 original colonies located in? • http://earlyamerica.com/

  17. GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITIES • The 50 States • Click on the name of any State • Find out interesting facts about that particular state • Write a report on a state other than Ohio • http://www.teachersfirst.com/share/states/

  18. GEOGRAPHY • Map of Famous Battles of the American Revolution • Click on Battle Map • Where were most of the battles fought? • http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armhome.html

  19. GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITIES • Geo-Globe • Click on Banner • Take a geography quiz • Learn where to find locations of countries, cities, rivers, lakes, mountains, and famous landmarks • http://library.thinkquest.org/10157/geoglobe.html

  20. GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITIES • Map of 18th Century England • Consider the distance between the 13 Colonies and England • Read on-line textbook • Write a paper on why Colonists felt separated from the Motherland • http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/US_History:Road_to_Revolution

  21. ECONOMICS

  22. ECONOMICS ACTIVITIES • “No Taxation Without Representation” • Why did the Colonists dislike paying taxes on sugar, stamps, and tea? • Read the eyewitness account by a participant in the Boston Tea Party • http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/teaparty.htm

  23. ECONOMICS ACTIVITIES • I Have No Money, Would You Take Wampum? • Learn how people received goods and services before there were coins and paper money • Click on wampum belt • http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/print.cfm?lesson=EM67

  24. ECONOMICS ACTIVITIES • Escape from Knab • Click on the moving planet • Play the on-line economic game • If you make the right economic choices, you can return to planet Earth • However, if you make the economic choices, who knows what may happen on the strange and slimy planet Knab! • http://www.escapefromknab.com/

  25. ECONOMICS ACTIVITIES • Don’t Fence Me Out! • Click on clothing • Learn about the barriers to trading with other countries • Do you like to buy and wear imported clothing? • http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/print.cfm?lesson=EM68

  26. ECONOMICS ACTIVITIES • Thanksgiving Cyberchallenge • What does Scarcity mean? • How did the Pilgrims overcome this problem? • Read about the Pilgrims’ plentiful First Thanksgiving • http://www.apuritansmind.com/ChristianWalk/FirstThanksgiving.htm

  27. GOVERNMENT

  28. GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES • The Mayflower Compact • Click on document • Read the document on-line • Did this document provide the Pilgrims with a form of written laws for living in the new world? • http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/mayflower.htm

  29. GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES • The Declaration of Independence • Who was the author? • Write an essay that gives Jefferson’s view on the issue of slavery • http://www.ushistory.org/presidentshouse/news/inq022303a.htm

  30. GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES • First President of the United States • Click on Washington’s picture • Did President Washington have a military career? • Write an essay giving your opinion on his decision about crossing the Delaware • http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gw1.html

  31. GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES • The Constitution • Click on document • Who were the authors of this important document? • What does this document mean to you as an American? • http://www.usconstitution.net/constquick.html

  32. GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES • First Continental Congress • Who were its members? • What did they accomplish? • Research and write an essay on your local Congressman • http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h650.html

  33. CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES

  34. CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES ACTIVITIES • Immigration to America (1607-1830) • Why did so many European immigrants come to America? • Why did the Pilgrims and Puritans leave England? • http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Immigration/reasons_for_immigration.html

  35. CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES ACTIVITIES • U.S. Citizenship Test • Take the on-line U.S. citizenship practice test • Did you pass? • If you could become a citizen of another country, which one would you choose? • http://www.rallye-pointe.com/Opinion/citizenship.htm

  36. CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES • Exercise your Right to Vote! • Click on the picture • Why is voting so important? • If you could legally vote, who would vote for in the ’04 presidential election? • http://www.rockthevote.com/

  37. CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES ACTIVITIES • Political Endorsements in Newspapers • Read the Dayton Daily Newspaper or USA Today • Find political articles that endorse a particular candidate • Do you agree with their endorsements? • http://www.usatoday.com/

  38. CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES ACTIVITIES • Fugitive Communities in Colonial America • Were all inhabitants of America considered to be citizens? • Why were the Indians and African Americans excluded? • http://earlyamerica.com/review/2001_summer_fall/fugative.html

  39. SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS & METHODS

  40. SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS & METHODS ACTIVITIES • Early American History Crossword Puzzle • Click on the title image • Type in your answers by using a computer • http://www.earlyamerica.com/crossword/current/puzzle4.html

  41. SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS & METHODS ACTIVITIES • Lost Colony of Roanoke • Search the WWW for information about this lost colony • Write a report publishing your findings • http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/enigmas/roanoke.htm

  42. SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS & METHODS ACTIVITIES • Spy Letters • Read actual spy letters of the American Revolution • Discover the spies’ secret methods to make a letter • Make your own spy letter • http://www.clements.umich.edu/spies/menu4.html

  43. SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS & METHODS ACTIVITIES • American Revolution Timeline • Research facts and dates at website • Construct a timeline of the American Revolution • http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-early.htm

  44. SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS & METHODS ACTIVITIES • Point of View • The Boston Massacre • Compare Cap. Thomas Preston’s personal account with Samuel Adam’s anonymously written personal experience • Which person is telling the truth? • http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1751-1775/bostonmassacre/prest.htm

  45. SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY

  46. SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY ACTIVITIES • Benjamin Franklin • “Glimpses of the Man” • Watch the Quicktime Movie • Scientist • Inventor • Statesman • Make a picture scrapbook of his inventions • http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html

  47. SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY ACTIVITIES • Chronology of Personal Computers • Research the computer timeline from 1947 to the present • How does a personal computer help you do your school work? • http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/comphist/

  48. SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY ACTIVITIES • Microsoft • Read about Bill Gates’ life before Microsoft • How does his Windows-based computer software help you complete school projects? • http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/Gates.Mirick.html

  49. SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY ACTIVITIES • Apple Computers • Who invented the first Apple computer? • What are the major differences between an Apple and IBM computer? • http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa121598.htm

  50. SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY ACTIVITIES • History of the Internet & WWW • Read about the origins of the Internet & WWW • What Vice President coined the phrase: Information Superhighway? • Write an essay on how the Internet has impacted your life? • http://www.netvalley.com/intval1.html

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