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American Flag  929 AME (K)

pg 4 (2:48)  Mr. Histor  – History of American flag

pg 6 (3:09)  Proper etiquette with the American flag

pg 12 (2:22)  Flag Day and flag etiquette

American Revolutionary War LB 973.3 YAS

pg 4 (2:52)  French and Indian War

pg 6 – first person – 1766: Franklin testimony

pg 6 – website – Sons of Liberty

pg 12 – first person – About Lexington

pg 12 – document – Longfellow:  Paul Revere poem pull down

pg 14 (4:30)  Tactics in Revolutionary War

pg 14 – website – U.S. History website – extensive pull-down menu

pg 16 – first person – 1775 Bunker Hill Letter

pg 16 – document – Common Sense

pg 20 – document – Olive Branch Petition

pg 22 (5:04)  About Declaration of Independence

pg 22 – document – Declaration of Independence

pg 24 – first person – Delaware Crossing

pg 24 – website – About Battle of Trenton

pg 26 – first person – Yankee Doodle

pg 26 – website – About Horatio Gates

pg 28 (2:35)  Feeding Soldiers at Valley Forge

pg 28 – website – General V. Steuben

pg 30 – first person – George Washington at Yorktown

pg 30 – website – French during American Revolution

pg 32 – document – Continental Congress to six nations

pg 32 – website – Continental Congress to six nations

pg 34 – document – Paris Peace Painting

pg 34  – website – About John Jay

pg 36 – website – The Frist Dissenters

pg 38  (2:45) Presidential Elections

pg 40 – document – Bill of Rights

pg 40 – website – About the White House

Civil War and Reconstruction LB 973.7 CIV

pg 4 (3:56)  Catalysts of war

pg 4 – first person – interview with slave

pg 4 – website – Dred Scott

pg 4 – website – Fugitive Slaves

pg 6 (2:35)  Stonewall Jackson

pg 6 – first person – Battle Hymn of the Republic

pg 6 – document – John Brown Song

pg 12 – document – News about Fort Sumter

pg 12  – website – (2:10) First Bull Run

pg 14 – first person – Vet interview

pg 14 – website – LIfe of a soldier

pg 16 – document –  Letter at Antietam

pg 20 (3:10) Emancipation Proclamation

pg 20 – website- About Emancipation Proclamation Painting

pg 22 – document – Gettysburg Address

pg 22 – website – Pickett’s Charge

pg 24 – website – 13th Amendment (slavery abolished)

pg 26 – first person – Oh Captain! My Captain!

pg 26 – document – Oh Captain! Poem with corrections

pg 26 – website – Reactions to Lincoln’s death

pg 28 (4:30)  Slavery: Convict leasing

pg 28 – website – “Black codes” 1865-1866

pg 30 – document – Reconstruction Act

pg 30 – website – 14th Amendment

pg 32 (1:34)  Sharecropping

pg 32 – website – Failure of Reconstruction

pg 34 – document – Political Cartoon

pg 36 – website – KKK

pg 38 (1:47)  Jim Crow

pg 38 – website – Jim Crow

pg 40 – first person – Interview about civil rights

pg 40 – document – Transcript of Rosa Parks

Colonization and Settlement LB 973.2 PER

pg 4 (4:12)  AP – What motivated explorers

pg 6 – website – (2:52)  Martin Luther

pg 6 – first person – 1564 Letter

pg 12 – website – Fort Matanzas

pg 14 – website – Horses

pg 14 – first person – 1599 Letter

pg 14 (2:29)  Cortes: Weaponry

pg 16 – website – Acona Puebla ?

pg 16 – first person – 1609 Champlain

pg 20 – website – Fur trade

pg 20 – first person – 1590 Roanoke

pg 22 – website –  Roanoke (NPR Podcast)

pg 24 – website – Jonestown

pg 26 – first person – 1620 – William Bradford

pg 26 – document – Mayflower Company

pg 28 – document – Pequot War: extensive

pg 28 – website – Broken link

pg 28 – document – Dutch West Indies Charter

pg 30  surrender of New Amsterdam

pg 30  – first person – 1709 Colonial Life

pg 32 – document –  Reprint of first Boston

pg 36 (1:41)  Fort Necessity

pg 36 – website – Letter to Spain

pg 36 – website – Washington in Military

pg 3b – first person – 1757 Washington letter

pg 38 – website – broken

pg 40 (3:59) Intolerable Acts

pg 40 – document – 1787 Northwest Ordinance

French Explorers  973.2 DAL

pg 4 (4:23) History of  La Salle

pg 8 (2:52)  History of Jacques Cartier

pg 12 (2:57)  History of Samuel de Champlain

pg 18 – website – Jacques Marquette facts

pg 22 – website – La Salle –  Encyclopedia Britannica

Liberty Bell LB 973.2 KOP (K)

pg 4 (1:02) Facts

pg 6 (1:22) Footage of the bell (no narration)

pg 10 – website – (1:47) From Signal to Symbol: link to a  podcast; bottom of page (:33) park ranger

pg 12 (2:12) History and facts

Migration and Settlement LB 325 GAG

pg 4 (3:53)  Early Native Americans: Clovis were Asians

pg 5 – website – Ellis Island:  Immigration Timeline

pg 6 – document – Extreme Vulnerability of Migrants

pg 10 – website – Forced displacement

pg 12 – first hand – Aboard the Mayflower, 1620

pg 16 (3:35)  English as the common world language

pg 16 – first hand – Danish immigrant experiment 1930’s

pg 18 – website – International total primary energy consumption

pg 18 – document – Arctic: Climate Change by John Kerry

pg 26 (3:59)  Sahel in Africa: reasons for migration

Pledge of Allegiance LB 929 CAR

pg 4 (0:40)  Recite the Pledge of Allegiance

pg 6 (2:29)  Meaning of pledge words

pg 10 – website – Learning Adventures – Pledge of Allegiance

pg 12 (1:54)  animated – Why we have the Pledge of Allegiance

pg 14 – website – U.S. History.org – Pledge of Allegiance

Polar Regions LB 577.3 ROS

pg 4 (2:28)  Tours

pg 6 – website – Habitats

pg 16 – website – page is gone

pg 18 – website – wildlife

pg 20 (5:53)  wildlife under the Ice (Antarctica)

pg 24 – website – Fun Arctic facts for kids

pg 28 – website – 10 Facts: Arctic Circle

Portuguese Explorers LB 973.2 GIT

pg 4 (4:02)  Prince Henry the Navigator

pg 8 – website – Encyclopedia Britannica:  Bartolomeu Dias

pg 12 (3:25)  Vasco De Gama

pg 18 – website – Cabral discovers Brazil

pg 22 (2:11)  Ferdinand Magellan

pg 28 – website – Modern Day Explorer:  Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio

President’s Day LB 394 CAR

pg 4 (2:13)  History of

pg 6 – website –  Facts

pg 10 – website – Mount Rushmore Facts

pg 12 (2:42)  Washington D.C.

pg 14 (4:35)  George Washington

Presidents’ Day LB 394 HAM

Pg 4  (4:40)  George Washington, Presidents’ Day

Pg 8  (2:26)  Abraham Lincoln:  The Emancipation Proclamation

Pg 10 – website – History:  Presidents’ Day

Pg 12  (0:35) Slogans of Past Presidents

Pg 14 – website – Learn about each President

Pg 18 – website –  ( not found )

Spanish Explorers  LB 973.2 SUT

pg 4 (2:35)  Expedition of Juan Ponce de Leon

pg 8 – website – History Today: Ponce de Leon lands in Florida

pg 18  (2:53) Hernan Cortes

pg 22- website – Hernando de Soto

pg 28 – website – Modern Day Explorer: Carlos Soria climbs Annapurna at age 77

Star Spangled Banner LB 782 STA

pg 4 (1:14)   (sung version of song)

pg 6 (3:11)  about Fort McHenry

pg 10 – broken link

pg 14 – website – go to explore page

Thanksgiving LB 394 CAR

Pg 4 (3:10) cartoon –  The Story of Thanksgiving

Pg 6 – website – Thanksgiving Facts & Worksheets

Pg 8 (3:05)  Kid’s History Presents:  The Story of Thanksgiving

Pg 12 – website – (NOt Found)

Pg 18 (4:50)  Free School: Pilgrims Journey / Beautiful Artwork

White House LB 975.3 WHI

pg 4 (2:12)  cartoon – White House Facts

pg 6 (4:15)  – animated – still pictures

pg 12 (2:57)  Google 360 tour of White House

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