Monica Palnau
Instructional Technologist
Lewisville ISD
palnaum@lisd.net
Janice Faris
Instructional Technologist
Lewisville ISD
farisj@lisd.net
Interactive Websites for American History
TCEA Session # 6504
American Revolution
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/perspectives.html
http://www.quia.com/fc/66325.html
http://earlyamerica.com/series.html
http://www.mountvernon.org/virtual/index.cfm/ss/29//cfid/2209053/cftoken/37344471
http://www.animatedatlas.com/revwar/revwarpreview.html
http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/virtual.shtml
http://www.ushistory.com/jouett.htm
http://www.ushistory.com/aadams.htm
13 Colonies
http://www.jamestown2007.org/kids-jamestown-adventure.cfm
http://www.jamestown1607.org/storiesnation.asp
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/interactive.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_jamestown/index.html
http://www.animatedatlas.com/ecolonies/ecoloniespreview.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/pocahontas/index.shtml#focus
http://www.plimoth.org/OLC/index_js2.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/our_america/colonial/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/
http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/media/index.html
http://www.history.org/media/index.cfm
TCEA 2006 (Revised)
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http://www.history.org/History/museums/online_exhibits.cfm#
http://memorialhall.mass.edu/activities/tools/index.html
http://www.historicjamestowne.org/learn/interactive_exercises.php
http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/springer/
Black History
http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/resources/simulations.htm
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/
Civil Rights – Rosa Parks
http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/index.htm
Game #2
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=3
Abolition – Word Puzzle
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=1
Coretta Scott King- Word Puzzle
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=2
Underground Railroad Song Samples
http://www.appleseedrec.com/underground/sounds.html
Culture and Change
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/index.htm
Evolution of Black History – Interactive Timeline
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/timeline/game.htm
http://knowitall.org/gullahmusic/content/activities.html
http://www.knowitall.org/gullahmusic/journey/index.html
http://digital.nypl.org/lwf/english/site/flash.html
http://www.uncg.edu/~jpbrewer/remember/gaston.html
http://www.freedomcenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewpage&page_id=E0DDB6F0-FB71-4F09A811671EA381902D
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/slavery/qtvr_aasouth.html
http://www.ushistory.com/railr.htm
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/lbjweshallovercome.htm
http://www.nps.gov/malu/BirthHomeTour/
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/Ihaveadream.htm
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkivebeentothemountaintop.htm
TCEA 2006 (Revised)
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http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/robertkennedyonmartinlutherking.html
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/malcolmxballot.htm
Civil War
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/absolutenglish-972/notes/civil_war/index.htm
http://www.quia.com/fc/66005.html
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/civil_war/civil_war.htm
http://www.thecutaways.us/civilwar/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/nation/map_agind.html#
http://www.jatruck.com/stonewall/gettysburg.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/gettex/getintro.htm
http://americanhistory.si.edu/educators/download.cfm?dlkey=457
http://www.ushistory.com/kline.htm
Clothing 1700-1900
http://memorialhall.mass.edu/activities/dressup/index.html
http://www.history.org/History/teaching/Dayseries/webactivities/dress/dress.htm
Colonial Period
Colonial Life- Word Puzzle #1 b& #2
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=42
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=43
Colonial Period
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=4
Colonial and Revolutionary Historical Songs
http://www.mcneilmusic.com/rev.html
Continents
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0211/games/game.cgi
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0501/quickflicks/
Economics
http://nobelprize.org/economics/educational/trade/index.html
Erie Canal
http://www.epodunk.com/routes/erie-canal/index.html#
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Explorers
Explorers – Game 1&2
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=25
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=26
Columbus
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/columbus/columbus.html
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/columbus/bones/bones.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/flash/index.shtml?page=master.swf
Conquistadors
http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/devaca/devaca_flat.html
Marco Polo
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Marco/index.html
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/07/01/sights_n_sounds/media.2.1.html
Navigation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/discovery/exploration/navigation_animation.shtml
Vikings
Vikings – Word Puzzle
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=27
Viking name converter
http://gorm.com/name/index.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/diaspora.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/treering.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/games/vikingquest/index.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/vikings/activities/index.shtml
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/flash/flash.html
http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/warriorchallenge/vikings/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/village.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/runes.html
http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/multimedia_zone/audio_video/
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vinland/map.html
Government
Election and Politics – Comic Strips, Vocab., Puzzles, etc.
http://www.vocabulary.com/election.html
Bill of Rights
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=11
Presidents – game 1,2 &3
http://www.quia.com/hm/22746.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=12
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=33
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=34
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/presidents.htm
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/3branches/3bgovt.htm
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/details_explanation.php?link=003&const=00_pre_00
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/5a_frame.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/charters/damage.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/electiongame/game.asp
http://pbskids.org/democracy/
http://congressforkids.net/Independence_index.htm
http://www.wisconline.org/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=SOC5904
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/whlife/quiz/
http://www.songsforteaching.com/uspresidents.htm
Immigration
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/
http://www.ushistory.com/island.htm
http://www.ushistory.com/young.htm
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Indians
Native American Culture- Word Puzzle
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=43
Anasazi
http://sipapu.gsu.edu/html/kiva.html
http://sipapu.gsu.edu/html/prehistory.html
http://sipapu.ucsb.edu/index.html
http://www.anasazi-digs.com/
Aztecs
http://www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/mexico/mexico.htm
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/mexico.htm
Incas
http://www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/peru/peru.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/C004980/english/main.htm
Mayas
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/bureau/index.html
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/mayans.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/maya/glyphs.html
http://www.destination360.com/tikal/guide.htm
http://mayaruins.com/yucmap.html
Pueblo
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/native_americans/index.asp
General
http://americanhistory.si.edu/educators/download.cfm?dlkey=174
http://www.ushistory.com/fight.htm
Latitude/Longitude
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/find.html
Maps
http://www.papernapkin.com/imagine/index.html
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/allaboutmaps/aaMaps_M1_timeline_Z.htm
TCEA 2006 (Revised)
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http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=asia&Rootmap=&Mode=b&SubMode=w
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/dynamic/dyn_relief.html#
http://games.funschool.com/game.php?g=1177&s=1&category=0&level=1
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy/
http://people.depauw.edu/djp/shock_maps/
Pirates
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pirates/
Salem Witchcraft
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem/splashx.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_salem/index.html
States & Capitals
States and Territories- Word Puzzle
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=35
http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/unitedstates.html
http://www.rousseauweb.com/UnitedStatesMap/UnitedStatesMap.htm
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/us_map.htm
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm#Geography
http://www.newyorkled.com/map_unitedStates.htm
http://www.songsforteaching.com/geographysongs.htm
War of 1812
http://www.bcpl.net/~etowner/best.html
http://americanhistory.si.edu/educators/download.cfm?dlkey=173
Westward Expansion
Word Puzzle
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=17
Oregon Trail
http://www.isu.edu/%7Etrinmich/Sites.html
http://www.isu.edu/%7Etrinmich/Facts.html
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Lewis & Clark
Lewis & Clark and Sacagawea – Vocabulary
http://www.vocabulary.com/AOLnewcoin12.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/01/lewis.html
http://www.lewis-clark.org/content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=1047
http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/jeffwest/index.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/into/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/trailmap/index.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/main.html
http://lewisandclark.state.mt.us/videomap.shtm
General
http://americanhistory.si.edu/educators/download.cfm?dlkey=175
http://americanhistory2.si.edu/ourstoryinhistory/tryonline/buildsodhouse.html
http://www.animatedatlas.com/mexwar/mexwarpreview.html
Women’s History Month (March)
Vocabulary
http://www.vocabulary.com/VUwhistory.html
Women’s Rights
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=23
World War I
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/soldiers_stories_gallery.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/launch_pan_trench_dugout_entrance.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/launch_ani_wwone_movies.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/ch1_trench.html
World War II
World War II—Word Puzzle
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=49
Joseph Stalin
http://www.activehistory.co.uk/Miscellaneous/free_stuff/head2head_index.htm
TCEA 2006 (Revised)
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http://www.pbs.org/auschwitz/maps/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/index.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/genocide/holocaust_survivors_gallery.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/nazi_propaganda_gallery.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/launch_gms_battle_atlantic.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/genocide/launch_ani_genocide_timeline.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/dday_audio.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/launch_ani_wwtwo_movies.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/launch_ani_overlord_campaign.shtml
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/heritage/episode8/presentations/
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/heritage/episode8/atlas/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/greatescape/harry.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/decoding/send.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostsub/torpedo.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/naziprison/glider.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_nazidams/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_kwai/index.html#
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_dday/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eleanor/maps/tour.html
http://www.ushistory.com/pearl.htm
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrpearlharbor.htm
Miscellaneous
Games for almost any history event
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/
Interactive History Quizzes
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/quizzes/
Child Labor Around the World
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/child_labor/index.asp
Reconstruction – Word Puzzle
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=6
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Roaring 20’s – Word Puzzle
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=7
Gold Rush – Vocab. Activity
http://www.vocabulary.com/goldrush12.html
Weapons Through Time
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/launch_gms_weapons_thru_time.shtml
Industrial Revolution- Word Puzzle
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=28
Travel back in time to visit five of the families that lived at 16 Elm Street in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Use the clues they
left behind to decide in which time period you’ve landed.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/educators/download.cfm?dlkey=165
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: First Fireside Chat
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrfirstfiresidechat.html
Harry S. Truman: "The Truman Doctrine"
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/harrystrumantrumandoctrine.html
John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/johnfkennedyinaugural.htm
Elie Wiesel: "The Perils of Indifference" delivered 12 April 1999, in Washington, D.C.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ewieselperilsofindifference.html
General Douglas MacArthur: Thayer Award Acceptance Address
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/douglasmacarthurthayeraward.html
Barbara Jordan: 1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/barbarajordandnckeynote.html
Space Shuttle “Challenger”- Tragedy addressed by Ronald Reagan
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/rreaganchallenger.htm
Space Shuttle “Columbia”- Tragedy addressed by George Bush
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gwbushcolumbia.html
Take on the mission to disarm the world of nuclear weapons! You have eight "Peace Doves" to help you, each able to
disarm one of the eight countries possessing nuclear weapons.
http://nobelprize.org/peace/educational/nuclear_weapons/index.html
Find out how museum conservators work to save objects, photographs, and other materials for the future.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/educators/download.cfm?dlkey=176
Thomas Edison changed our world! His genius gave us electric lights in our home and an entire system that produced
and delivered electrical power. In this activity you can make your own light bulb, and then learn more about this
creative genius. http://americanhistory.si.edu/educators/download.cfm?dlkey=362
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