SOCIAL STUDIES TECHNOLOGY PROJECT

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SOCIAL STUDIES TECHNOLOGY PROJECT

• 8th Grade American History
• By Andrew Rice

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Ohio Social Studies Strands
• History
• People in Societies
• Geography
• Economics
• Government
• Citizenship Rights Responsibilities
• Social Studies Skills Methods
• Science Technology Society

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HISTORY

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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

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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/

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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

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HISTORY ACTIVITIES

• The Boston Massacre
• View Paul Reveres most famous engraving
• Is his engraving of the Boston Massacre a form of
  political propaganda?
• http//www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/massac
  re.html

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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/

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PEOPLE IN SOCIETIES

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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
  

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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/BLAC
  KS.HTM

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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.ht
  ml

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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.ht
  ml

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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

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GEOGRAPHY

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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/

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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/

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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/armhom
  e.html

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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

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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_HistoryRoad_to_Re
  volution

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ECONOMICS

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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/revolutio
  n/teaparty.htm

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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

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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/

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ECONOMICS ACTIVITIES

• Dont 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

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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/FirstTh
  anksgiving.htm

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GOVERNMENT

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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/revolutio
  n/mayflower.htm

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GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES

• The Declaration of Independence
• Who was the author?
• Write an essay that gives Jeffersons view on the
  issue of slavery
• http//www.ushistory.org/presidentshouse/news/inq0
  22303a.htm

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GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES

• First President of the United States
• Click on Washingtons 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.h
  tml

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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

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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

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CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITIES

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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/re
  asons_for_immigration.html

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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.h
  tm

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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/

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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/

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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/fu
  gative.html

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SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS METHODS

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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/puzz
  le4.html

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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/roa
  noke.htm

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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

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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/revolutio
  n/rev-early.htm

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SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS METHODS ACTIVITIES

• Point of View
• The Boston Massacre
• Compare Cap. Thomas Prestons personal account
  with Samuel Adams anonymously written personal
  experience
• Which person is telling the truth?
• http//odur.let.rug.nl/usa/D/1751-1775/bostonmass
  acre/prest.htm

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SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY
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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

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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/

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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

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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

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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