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CURRICULUM WEBSITES
FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

SOCIAL STUDIES
3-5 GRADE

American Indians Canada Civil Rights, 
Discrimination, Women's Suffrage
Communities 
Around the World
Erie Canal Famous Explorers
Famous People

US Government
> Branches of Government
> Quick Facts, Symbols, Docs.
> Presidents - Inaugurations
> Elections - Voting
> How Laws are Made 
> Miscellaneous

Geography
Immigration, 
Ellis Island and
 Statute of Liberty
Latin America New York State 
History
Presidents, Elections, 
Voting, Inaugurations
 The West, Oregon Trail, 
Gold Rush 
Underground Railroad/Harriet Tubman
Westward Expansion/
Lewis & Clark
US States US History
The American Revolution
US History
Jump Back in Time
America's Story
1942  - Present
US History
American Memory 
Timeline
Settlement to 1968
US History
Colonial Life
US History
Civil War
US History
Great Depression & 
World War II
Japan
  Miscellaneous  

US States 

Websites that Include all  US States

 America the Beautiful - Grolier
Click on America the Beautiful
Grolier Online - Kids World Almanac for Kids -  Explore the States
KidsClick! Explore the States - 
Americas Library
Quick Facts About Your State - Ben's Guide
Enchanted Learning - States Internet Public Library 
Stately Knowledge
FactMonster States
50 States US Census Fun State Facts Class Brain
     
Individual US State Websites
Alabama Archives for Kids Arizona Kids Arkansas Kids and Family Fun
Colorado Kids and Student Page Connecticut Kids Delaware Kids Page
District of Columbia Florida Kids Georgia Kids
Illinois Kid Zone Iowa DNR Kid's Page Louisiana for Kids
Maine's Kids Page Maryland’s Kids Page Massachusetts Kid's Zone
Michigan Kids Minnesota Secretary of State Kid's Page New Hampshire's 
Senate for Kids
Nevada's Kids Page New Jersey Hangout New York State for Kids
North Carolina Kid's Page Oklahoma's Student Guide Oregon Blue Book for Kids
Oregon State Legislature 
for Kids
Texas Senate for Kids Vermont Secretary of 
State Kid's Page
Washington State Symbols Wyoming Kid's Page Wyoming 4 Kids
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New York State
New York State Assembly Kids Page World Almanac for Kids - 
New York
I Love New York Kids Page
New York State - 
Enchanted Learning
New York State Department of State Kids Page New York State Senate Website
Erie Canal - PBS Henry Hudson - PBS Henry Hudson - America's Story
Henry Hudson - Enchanted Learning    
New York State Adventures is Citizenship - 
Episodes 1 - The Country and the City
1609 - 1825
The Early Years Episode 
Henry Hudson, Fur Trading, Native People & Lenape
New Amsterdam Episode
Dutch West Indian Company, 
Peter Stuyvesant
Slavery  Episode
Slavery
Conquest & Revolution Episode Peaceful Surrender, The Stamp Act, The Revolution 
The Knickerbocker Legend Episode
The History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty
City of Commerce Episode
Alexander Hamilton, Astor, Vanderbilt, The Stock and Bond Exchange 
Rivers and Roads Episode
Erie Canal, Shipping New York, The Black Ball Line, The Grid Plan, Invention of the Steamboat
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New York State Adventures is Citizenship - 
Episode 2 -  Order and Disorder
1825 - 1863
The News Paper Age The Great Fire of 1835 Cholera Kills Thousands
Gangs Police Riots! Immigrants Pour In The Central Park Contest
Walt Whitman's City Lincoln & The Civil War That's Entertainment
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New York State Adventures is Citizenship - 
Episodes 3 -  Sunshine and Shadow 
1865 - 1898
The Brooklyn Bridge The Statue of Liberty A Tale of 2 Cities
Boom and Bust Inventors & Inventions Tammany Hall
How the Other Half Lives    
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New York State Adventures is Citizenship - 
Episodes 4 -  The Power and the People
1898 - 1914
Invitation to America Ellis Island The Lower East Side
Immigrant Transformations Fight for Reform Birth of a New Medium
City Building Coney Island Times Square
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New York State Adventures is Citizenship - 
Episodes 5 -  Cosmopolis
1914 - 1931
Changing Times Harlem The Jazz Age
The Media Boom The Skyscraper Wars Wall Street and 1928 Crash
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New York State Adventures is Citizenship - 
Episodes 6 -  The City of Tomorrow
1931 - 1940
The Great Depression A City of Action The New Deal
Harlem Riot 1935 City of the Future  
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New York State Adventures is Citizenship - 
Episodes 7 -  The City and the World
1940 - Present
VJ Day in New York, 1945 Postwar Moses Urban Renewal  & Expressways
Urban Despair Rebirth of a City  
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General US Government & History
Branches of Government
Branches of Government - 
Ben's Guide
Branches of Government - US Congress Branches of Government The Democracy Project - PBS
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Quick Facts of the US, Symbols of the Government, 
Historical Documents
Quick Facts of the United States of America - 
Ben's Guide
Symbols of US Government - Ben's Guide Historical Documents
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US Presidents - Inaugurations
Whitehouse for Kids American President The Presidents - 
The White House
The American Presidency - 
Scholastic Library Publishing
American President -
University of Virginia
The American Experience - US Presidents - PBS
The American Presidency Be President for a Day - PBS US Presidents
Secrets about the President - PBS Inaugurations  
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Elections - Voting
Elections - 
Library of Congress
Voting - PBS Election Process
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How Law are Made - How Government Affects Me
How Laws Are Made How a Bill Becomes a Law How Does Government Affect Me? - PBS
Kids in the House - Clerk
US House of Representatives
   
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Miscellaneous History
Digital History - 
University of Houston 
American Memory - LOC America’s Story - LOC
American Memory Timeline - LOC  Library of Congress Way Back - Technology in the 1900s - PBS
Bens US Guide to Government Veterans for Kids - Department of Veterans Affairs  
Old Sturbridge Village US History 
(Independence Hall Association 
in Philadelphia)
 
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US History
The American Revolution
Chronicles of the Revolution - PBS
(Experience the American Revolution as it Happened
)
Perspectives of Liberty - PBS
(Daily Life in Colonies, The Global Village, Military Perspectives
)
The Road to the Revolution Game - PBS
(Test Your Knowledge of the Revolution
)
American Revolution - Kidport Rare Map Collection - University of Georgia Paul Revere House for Kids 
Boston Tea Party - PBS Timeline of the Revolution - PBS The American Revolution - Library of Congress
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US History
Jump Back in Time - America's Story
1492 - Present
Colonial America
1492-1763
 
Revolutionary Period
1764-1789
The New Nation
1790-1828
Western Expansion & Reform
1829-1859
Civil War
1860-1865
Reconstruction
1866-1877
Gilded Age
1878-1889
Progressive Era
1890-1913
Great War & Jazz
1914-1928
Depression & WWII
1929-1945
Modern Era
1946 - present
Boom & Bust
Why was the Civil War good for New York's economy?
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US History
 American Memory Timeline
Settlement Beginnings to 1968
Settlement
Beginnings to 1763
The American Revolution 
1763 - 1783
The New Nation 
1783 - 1815

National Expansion and Reform 
1815 - 1869

Civil War and Reconstruction
1861 - 1877
Rise of Industrial America 
1876- 1900
Progressive Era to New Era 
1900 - 1929
Great Depression - World War II 
1929 - 1945
Postwar United States 1945 - 1968
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Colonial Life

Colonial House - PBS

Colonial Williamsburg Kids Colonial America
1492-1763 - America's Library
Rare Map Collection - University of Georgia Colonial Period - Scholastic Plimoth Plantation
Bringing History Home Crossword Puzzle - Ben's Guide to US Government Colonial Settlement - Library of Congress
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Civil War

The American Civil War - US National Parks Service

Civil War - Kidport Rare Map Collection - University of Georgia
Civil War Park - US National Parks Service Civil War
1860-1865
Civil War and Reconstruction - Library of Congress
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Great Depression & World War II
Depression & WWII
1929-1945
Pear Harbor - 
America's Story
Bombing of Pearl Harbor - ThinkQuest

Stock Market Crash - America's Story

D-Day - 
America's Story
Timeline of the Great Depression - PBS
Time of The Dust Bowl - PBS The Great Depression - Eleanor Roosevelt Historic Site  
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Latin America
Amazon Interactive

Ancient Observatories
explore Mayan ruins

Geographica: Latin America
Mexico for Kids    
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Westward Expansion/Lewis & Clark
Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clark - National Geographic Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark - PBS  Lewis and Clark - Library of Congress Lewis and Clark - Smithsonian Institute
Lewis and Clark - LOC Lewis and Clark - America's Story Western Expansion & Reform
1829-1859
Lewis and Clark - 
State of Montana
   
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Erie Canal
Erie Canal - PBS Erie Canal - NYS  
     
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The West/Oregon Trail/Gold Rush
Journey of the Forty-niners - The Oregon-California Trail - PBS The Oregon Trail - PBS The West - PBS
Events of the West - PBS Gold Rush - PBS Gold Rush - PBS
Gold Rush - Oakland Museum The California Gold Rush - Kidport  
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Immigration/Ellis Island/Statue of Liberty
Ellis Island Website - Contains History and Photos Ellis Island Interactive Tour - Scholastic Ellis Island - 
Think Quest
Ellis Island - 
History Channel
Immigration - Scholastic Statue of Liberty - PBS
Ellis Island - 
Photo Album Then & Now
Ellis Island  - Timeline Immigration - 
Library of Congress
Becoming a US Citizen - Ben's Guide to US Government Statue of Liberty - 
Ben's Guide to US Government
Statue of Liberty - Whitehouse for Kids
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Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad - National Geographic Aboard the 
Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman & Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman - Conductor of the Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman -  
Early Years and Escape from Slavery
 
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Civil Rights/Discrimination/Women's Suffrage
Women's Suffrage - PBS 
(Click to the left to view movie) 
Standup for Your Rights/Women's Suffrage - PBS  
(Woman & the Vote, School Desegregation, Religious Freedom)
Women's Suffrage - Scholastic
National Women's Hall of Fame  Women in American History - 
Encyclopedia Britannica
Phenomenal Women - Discovery School
Woman's Word of Wisdom - 
Library of Congress
   
Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement African American World - PBS African American  
(Match the African American Hero with the Famous Event)
African American  
(Match the African American Hero with the Famous Event)
From Slavery to Civil Rights - 
Library of Congress
Understanding Slavery -
Discovery School
It's Not Fair 
(uncover discrimination) - PBS
   
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American Indians
Iroquois of the Northeast The Hopi of the Southwest
The Lakota of the Plains The Tlingit of the Northwest
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Famous People
Harriet Tubman Pocahontas Amelia Earhart
Woman of the Hall/Historically Distinguished Women Thomas Edison Helen Keller
Rosa Parks - Scholastic Rosa Parks - PBS Melba Pattillo - PBS
Thomas Edison Benjamin Franklin and Electricity Benjamin Franklin 
The Printer
Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Florence Nightingale - BBC Mary Seacole - BBC Pocahontas - BBC
Amazing American's - America's Story Woman's Word of Wisdom - 
Library of Congress
Rosa Parks - Academy of Achievement/A Museum of Living History
Martin Luther King Jr. - National Park Service    
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Famous Explorers
Henry Hudson - Enchanted Learning Henry Hudson - America's Story Henry Hudson - PBS
Samuel de Champlain - PBS Samuel de Champlain - 
Enchanted Learning
Christopher Columbus - 
Enchanted Learning
Christopher Columbus - BBC Christopher Columbus - Kidport  
Vasco Balboa - 
Enchanted Learning
Hernando 
De Soto - Thinkquest
Hernando De Soto - 
Enchanted Learning
John Cabot - 
Enchanted Learning
John Cabot - ThinkQuest Sir Francis Drake - Enchanted Learning
Sir Francis Drake - ThinkQuest Leif Ericson - Enchanted Learning Leif Ericson - ThinkQuest
  Lewis and Clark - National Geographic  
Lewis and Clark The Early Years Episode 1- 
Henry Hudson, Fur Trading, Native People & Lenape
 
    Sacagawea - PBS
  Zoom Explorers - 
Enchanted Learning
 
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Communities Around the World
Africa - PBS Kids Ancient Greece - BBC Exploring the Pyramids - PBS
African American World - PBS Mexico - Time for Kids Peace Corps Kids World
Kids in Africa - PBS Australia - Time for Kids Canada - Time for Kids
Italy - Time For Kids China - Time for Kids England - Time for Kids
Greece - Time for Kids Egypt - Time for Kids France - Time for Kids
Mayan Kids India - Time for Kids Mexico - 
Presidency of the Republic
 Japan - Time for Kids World Landmarks - 
Hartcourt Publishers
Australian Wildlife - 
Australian Museum
Kids Web Japan Ancient Egypt  
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Canada
Canada for Kids - Canada's Natural Resources First Among Equals About Canada - Government of Canada
Canadian Children's Museum Fisheries and Oceans Canada Canada - CIA World Factbook
Passageways: True Tales of Adventure for Young Explorers Confederation for Kids Games and information about Canada's Natural Recourses
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Geography
GeoNet Geography - 
Houghton Mifflin