History / Social Studies

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SYLLABUS

 

 

SOCIAL STUDIES WEBSITES

Government	Current Events
U.S. Constitution	CNN
A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents	History Channel
Anatomy of a Murder: A Trip Through Our Nation's Legal System	This Nation
Supreme Court Cases	U.S. New & World Report
Rock the Vote!	Newsweek

Local Newspapers	National Newspapers
Times Leader	New York Times
Citizen's Voice	USA Today
Scranton Times Tribune	Washington Post
Philadelphia Inquirer	Wall Street Journal

Special Topics
American Revolution	Vietnam
U.S. Civil War	Korea
World War I	Great Depression
World War II

 

INTERACTIVE

Living History Online	Discovery School
National Archives & Records Administration (NARA)	Hyper History
History Ring	Online Speech Bank
Ben's Page

 

WEBQUESTS

Webquest: The Great Depression	The Costs of War
A Bomb Is Dropped	Early Man
Who was responsible for World War II?	Wonders of the World
Immigration Today	Learning About the Crusades
Renaissance Webquest	Ancient Egypt
Vietnam: A Webquest	Ancient Greece
Prison: Punishment or Party?	Castle Builder
Capital Punishment	Did Rome Fall or was it pushed?
Underground Railroad	Investigating the Titanic
Civil War Gazette	Transcontinental Railroad
Avoid it like the Plague!
Sworn to Serve

MOCK TRIALS & THE JUSTICE SYSTEM

Titanic: The Estate of Hans Jenson vs. The White Star Line	Assassinatin of Abraham Lincoln
World War II & the A-Bomb
Trial Roles & Procedure

 

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