• Erin recommended this site that has links to dozens of sites that you can use in this year-plan. There's everything from Sectionalism to barbed wire!
• Have you chosen the Spielvogel books as a spine? If so, click here to find more teaching helps! To navigate through this site, you'll want to click on the picture of your text, or one similar, to find interactive quizzes, internet activities, and more!
• Another massive site: teacher's use, probably, initially, although you'll use it to find sites for your children to read. If they want to read the originals, here they are!
• All ages will love this site on US Government. This site transcends unit boundaries.
• Several books assigned for literature, and some not assigned but interesting to Rhetoric level students (like works of Voltaire and Darwin) are found here.
• The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Van Loon is now online: read from the screen or print to your heart's content.
• Eyewitness History is GREAT! It has first-hand accounts, graphics, and a wonderfully user-friendly interface. Bookmark today and use it all four years! I recommend that you start by clicking on "index" and then scroll through, noting upcoming topics in your Year-Plan! Enjoy!
• Documents for the Study of American History: scroll down to find many from the 19th Century. Very helpful site! Recommended by Dana W.
• Use this site for great pictures when making lapbooks. Contributed by Sue.
• Today in History
• Renee recommends books by Lamplighter Publishing. Click here to see their chronological listings.

Timelines:

• Timeline Book Instructions
• Timeline Maker
• All the time line links you could ever need for this year.
• Simple time line of energy: elementary students will enjoy this quick read.
• Interactive Technology Timeline from PBS.
• Great animated timeline of the 1800's!

Presidents:

• Do you want pictures only? Click here for a picture gallery.
• Another excellent site for studying the Presidents: POTUS (Presidents of the United States)
• Coloring pages of every president for your Lower Grammar kids
• Make a full color book on the Presidents.
• Site for inaugural addresses of the presidents

States:

• Use this site as you are making your deck of state cards. 50states.com
• This site shows the dates that each state entered the Union.
• Contributed by Susan in LA: I found the following link for downloading and printing out flashcards for the 50 states. The front has an outline of the state, a picture of the state flag, the state bird, and a small map showing where the state is located in the region. The back has info about the state.
• Whitman Publishing sells state stickers for $1.95. In their search engine, type in "Us, State Seal Flags." These would make a great addition to your state cards.

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• You might want to start by having your oldest students read this selection on "How to Read a History Assignment".

Week 1: When John Adams Was President

• By way of "catch up" and for your reference this year, especially in introductory weeks, Primary Source documents: an exhaustive site for teacher and older students. Begins at 500 BC and keeps going. Organizing principle is "documents that pertain to Early American history. Obviously, a broad view of our "roots!"
• George Washington
• John Adams
• Short summary of the XYZ Affair
• Archiving Early America: The Alien and Sedition Acts
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• Louis XVI
• Marie Antoinette
• Lord Horatio Nelson
• Maximilien Robespierre
• Excerpts from Robespierre's speech "Justification of the Use of Terror"
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• A comprehensive site linking more than you'll ever need on the French Revolution.

Week 2: Napoleon: The Man and His Career

• PBS on Napoleon: parents, screen first, please!
• Short biography about Louis XVIII
• Horatio Nelson
• Alexander I of Russia
• Short biography about Francis I of Austria
• William Pitt the Younger
• Maurice de Talleyrand
• Arthur Wellesley
• The Continental System
• The Third Coalition
• Napoleon's Coronation

Week 3: Early Industrial Revolution

• Industrial Revolution
• History of the telegraph
• Eli Whitney
• Robert Fulton
• Samuel Slater
• Francis Cabot Lowell
• John Kay
• James Hargreaves
• Richard Arkwright
• Samuel Crompton
• Edmund Cartwright
• James Watt
• Thomas Newcomen
• Abraham Darby
• Richard Trevithick
• John Stevens
• George Stephenson
• Robert Owen
• Henry Cort

Week 4: Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase

• Facts about Thomas Jefferson
• From Enchanted Learning: Thomas Jefferson. Use this week and next.
• Meriwether Lewis
• William Clark
• Sacagawea
• Aaron Burr
• Twelfth Amendment

Week 5: Jefferson and the Supreme Court

• From Enchanted Learning: Thomas Jefferson.
• Monticello
• The United States Constitution
• John Marshall
• Judicial Branch
• Short biography of Aaron Burr

Week 6: Madison and the War of 1812

• James Madison
• Dolley Madison
• Key Events & Causes of the War of 1812
• War of 1812
• Treaty of Ghent
• Chief Tecumseh
• Francis Scott Key

Week 7: Reshaping Europe and South America

• Simon Bolivar
• Francisco de Miranda
• The Congress of Vienna
• Congress of Vienna Link contributed by Donna.

Week 8: South America in Transition

• Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay
• Events in the Life of Simon Bolivar
• The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln
• Robert E. Lee's Childhood
• Slavery in America: Read here about slavery in the deep south; you won't need all of this now, so save sections regarding after 1850 for a future week.

Week 9: Monroe and the American Hemisphere

• World Factbook: Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Suriname, Guyana
• Simon Bolivar and the Latin American Wars of Independence
• This site makes the Congress of Vienna easier to understand.
• Heather has graciously shared her tokens for the Congress of Vienna Reenactment. These are pdf files of Germany tokens, Italy tokens, and Prussia tokens.
• James Monroe
• Monroe Doctrine

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Week 10: John Quincy Adams and Political Realignments

• John Quincy Adams
• This biography of John Quincy Adams is a little more comprehensive and mounted in easily read text. It includes some discussion of his strong nationalistic sentiments, and also includes a handy list of alternate titles about J.Q. Adams in print.
• Election of 1824
• Inaugural Address by John Quincy Adams
• Tariff of Abominations
• Louis Braille Biography
• The Erie Canal: A Journey Through History

Week 11: Jacksonian Democracy

• Biography of Andrew Jackson
• Another, longer, biography of Andrew Jackson
• Elections of 1828 and 1832
• Short definition of Jacksonian democracy
• Indian Removal Act of 1830
• Explanation of the Removal Act
• Biography of Sequoyah
• Facts for Kids: Cherokee Tribe
• More about the Cherokee
• Chart showing lots of good information about Native Americans. Excellent! This link was contributed by Barbara.

Week 12: Revolutions in Texas & Europe

• Jackson's Second Inaugural Address
• Davy Crockett
• Sam Houston
• Santa Anna
• James Bowie
• William Travis
• The Battle of the Alamo
• Paris and the Revolution of 1830

Week 13: Victorian England

• Victorian Era
• Queen Victoria
• Queen Victoria Notebooking pages
• Prince Albert
• Lord Melbourne
• Leopold I
• George IV
• William IV
• Charles X
• Louis Philippe

Week 14: Victorians at Home and Abroad

• Australian Flora and Fauna
• Victorian England

Week 15: Manifest Destiny

• Trail of Tears
• Manifest Destiny
• Nat Turner Rebellion

Week 16: Sea to Shining Sea

• James K. Polk
• Manifest Destiny
• Mexican American War
• Marcus Whitman and Narcissa Prentiss(Whitman)
• Telegraph
• History of the Photograph

Week 17: The Oregon Trail

• The Oregon Trail
• The Irish Potato Famine
• Utopian Communities

Week 18: 1848: Gold Dust & Gunpowder

• Zachary Taylor
• Lots of great stories from the California Gold Rush. All ages.
• Pictures of the Bodie Ghost town: a current museum preserves the look and feel of the Old West! All ages!
• The Gold Rush Journey

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Week 19: Westerners in Asia

• Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act
• Sepoy Rebellion
• Brief account of the Opium Wars. Best for Rhetoric and up--advanced language.
• Martha suggests this page from the Navy's History website with information about Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan with activities and answer keys.
• Florence Nightingale
• Millard Fillmore
• Li Hongzhang
• Hudson Taylor

Week 20: Franklin Pierce & the Crimean War

• Crimean War
• Kristin recommends these great PDF worksheets and activities about Florence Nightingale for grammar years.
• Florence Nightingale

Week 21: America Divides & Italy Unites

• Civil War
• Civil War Potpourri webpage.
• Jeffersonian View of the Civil War:  Read with caution and the willingness to learn others' viewpoints.  Not a scholarly piece per se, but it does make excellent fodder for debate.
• Tax museum and the financing of the Civil War

Week 22: Lincoln and the Start of the Civil War

• Information about Abraham Lincoln's Inauguration
• Abraham Lincoln's Inauguration Speech
• Biography of Abraham Lincoln.
• From whitehouse.gov: Biography of Abraham Lincoln
• Detailed information on the battles of the Civil War. Click each picture for specific battles.
• More information that you will find helpful about the Civil War Battles
• The Battle of the Ironclads.
• Civil War guns: Muskets 101
• Short site for all ages on Camp Life.
• Civil War timeline.     

Week 23: Decisive Years of the Civil War

• PBS web site which encompasses the entire American history of slavery. Good for D and R levels. Recommended by C. Joy.
• Biography of Clara's life. Text is Dialectic level up.
• Another biography of Clara Barton.
• Other information on Civil War nurses.
• Read this first-hand account of abolitionist Levi Coffin, aid to over 3,000 slaves on the underground railroad.
• Learn and hear Civil War songs! All ages.
• Detailed information on the battles of the Civil War. Click each picture for specific battles.
• More information that you will find helpful about the Civil War Battles
• The Emancipation Proclamation
• The Gettysburg Address
• Julia Ward Howe, author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Good picture. Text is dialectic and up.
• Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, or click here inaugural addresses of all of the presidents
• Looks like FUN! Check out this National Geographic Site: A game for the Underground Railroad.
• Christianity Today has an excellent article written by Mark Noll entitled "The Puzzling Faith of Abraham Lincoln".
• Online quiz for Lower Grammar students about Lincoln's life.

Week 24: Closing Years of the Civil War

• Railroad timeline with links. Upper grammar and up.
• Outline of major Reconstruction events, with great pictures of prominent figures.

Week 25: Andrew Johnson vs. Radical Reconstruction

• An Eyewitness Account by the Lakota Chief Red Horse recorded in pictographs and text at the Cheyenne River Reservation, 1881. Click on the various episodes on the left to see great images!
• Plains Indians and horses. Scroll down and find some nice pictures. Text is Dialectic up, and a little hard to read.
• The Plains Indians and their dependence on buffalo. This site encompasses art and history. A Native American artist created this tapestry and kids are encouraged to think constructively in order to understand its meaning. Explanations and online matching activity are provided.
• HUGE gorgeous site with all kinds of links to follow up. Westward Expansion is only ONE part of this site on the Gilded Age
• Cyrus McCormick home page: bio of him at Dialectic level; pictures for all to enjoy.

Week 26: Ulysses Grant & the Plains Indians Wars

• Encarta on Otto von Bismarck (good for Upper Grammar students, for whom I've found no good resources in book form).
• Very short bio with good picture of Bismarck.
• This link is from The Henry Ford museum site. Use this link again in Year 4. Contributed by Kathy.

Week 27: Technological Progress & the Unification of Germany

• Biography of Henry Stanley
• Otto Von Bismarck
• History of the Suez Canal
• The Great Chicago Fire
• Ferdinand de Lessepsand the Panama Canal
• Benjamin Disraeli
• Biography of William Gladstone
• David Livingstone
• Louis Pasteur
• Biography of George Eastman
• The History of Alexander Graham Bell
• Biograhy of Thomas Edison

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Week 28: Introducing Africa and Reforming Empires

• Detailed History of Lord Palmerston
• William Gladstone
• Biography of Benjamin Disraeli
• Lord Salisbury
• Quick Biography of Nicholas I
• Alexander II
• Alexander III
• Charles Boycott

Week 29: The Scramble for Empire

• Imperialism site
• Helpful, basic site on Imperialism.
• Biography of Rutherford Hayes
• Biography of James Garfield

Week 30: Imperialism and Culture

• The Boer War
• Biography of Chester Arthur
• James Africanus Horton
• Edward wilmot Blyden
• Smithsonian site on the First American Centennial 
• The Centennial Exhibition (1876 Philadelphia).

Week 31: Waves of Immigrants

• Online handbook of the Statue of Liberty
• Statue of Liberty to Assemble
• Biography of Grover Cleveland
• History and timeline of Andrew Carnegie
• Joseph Pulitzer
• Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

Week 32: Captains of Industry

• Biography of Benjamin Harrison
• History and timeline of Andrew Carnegie
• John Davison Rockefeller
• John Pierpont Morgan
• Biogaphy of Cornelius Vanderbilt

Week 33: Labor Issues and the New South

• Biography of Grover Cleveland
• Samuel Gompers
• The Samuel Gompers Papers
• Booker T. Washington
• W.E.B Du Bois
• History and timeline of Andrew Carnegie

Week 34: Farmers, Populists, Gold Strikes and Gold Standards

• Biography of Thomas Watson
• Mary Elizabeth Lease
• Biography of William Jennings Bryan
• History and timeline of Andrew Carnegie
• George M. Pullman
• Sam McClure
• Ida Tarbell
• Lincoln Steffens
• Biography of Booker T. Washington

Week 35: Powerful Men and Inspiring Women

• otto van Bismarck
• Francis Joseph
• Wilhelm II
• Theodore Roosevelt
• James Drummond Dole
• A biogaphy of Sanford B. Dole
• Queen Liliuokalani
• Life history of Helen Keller
• Marie Curie
• Pierre Curie
• Anne Sullivan

Week 36: The Balkan Problem & American Imperialism

• otto van Bismarck
• Wilhelm II
• William McKinley
• Biography of Theodore Roosevelt
• W.E.B Du Bois
• George Washington Carver

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