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8th Grade Social Studies

Louisiana Purchase WebQuest:

https://www.lakeshorecsd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=1255&dataid=10694&FileName=Louisiana-Purchase-Webquest.pdf

Westward Expansion:

http://d3tt741pwxqwm0.cloudfront.net/WGBH/rttt12/rttt12_int_westexp/index.html


CBS Iran:

https://www.cbsnews.com/#


Oregon Trail online game:

https://www.retrogames.cz/play_687-DOS.php?language=EN

Western Expansion script:

https://www.rcsdk12.org/cms/lib04/NY01001156/Centricity/Domain/9082/western%20expansion%20script%20pdf.pdf

Corrupt Members of Congress:

https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-corrupt-list-2012-9

Trump Impeachment:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/06/politics/impeachment-watch-december-5/index.html
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/05/785014085/watch-live-pelosi-addresses-status-of-impeachment-inquiry

Reconstruction Webquest:

https://lockeschool.org/ourpages/auto/2015/9/20/40893034/us-reconstruction-webquest.pdf

Civil War Causes:

http://www.learner.org/courses/amerhistory/interactives/#intv_4_launch

Follow up on Mexico Violence:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-violence/killed-american-family-may-have-been-bait-in-mexican-cartel-fight-relatives-idUSKBN1XG2MZ

https://apnews.com/231aec4552f040e49095f77968e6345c

El Chapo's son:

https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexico-president-el-chapo-son-cartel-gunfight

Bolivia Elections:

https://www.foxnews.com/world/bolivia-mayor-disputed-election-violence-protester-hair-cut


Constitution Webquest:

https://sites.google.com/a/csdo.org/seventh-grade/home/7th-grade/constitution-webquest


Constitution US:

https://constitutionus.com/

Mexican US border:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/05/americas/mormons-attacked-us-mexico-border/index.html

3 branches of Government project:

https://www.svsd410.org/cms/lib05/WA01919490/Centricity/Domain/769/Government%20project.pdf

Iran Beauty Queen:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/28/asia/iran-beauty-contestant-philippines-asylum-intl-hnk/index.html

Three branches of Government:

https://constitutioncenter.org/media/files/PDF_of_Powerpoint_-_The_Three_Branches_of_Government.pdf

Rip Van Wrinkle:

http://mrsfaisonsocialstudies.weebly.com/uploads/2/2/2/8/22283020/archibald_murphey_worksheet.pdf

Mexico border:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/20/americas/mexico-border-wall-trump/index.html 


Hong Kong Protest:

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/17/770847539/prominent-hong-kong-protest-leader-beaten-by-unknown-assailants

Nat Turner:
https://www.natturnerproject.org/

Syrian Civil War:

https://www.history.com/news/syria-civil-war-assad-rebels

Mexico:
https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexico-mayor-dragged-car-angry-locals

China prisoners:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/06/asia/china-xinjiang-video-intl-hnk/index.html

Iran Blasphemy:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/07/middleeast/iran-instagram-blasphemy-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

Missouri Compromise:
http://mrsfaisonsocialstudies.weebly.com/uploads/2/2/2/8/22283020/reilly_handouts.pdf

War of 1812 games:
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/warof1812/for-kids.htm

The Louisiana Purchase:
http://mrsfaisonsocialstudies.weebly.com/uploads/2/2/2/8/22283020/louisiana_purchase_map_activity.pdf

Jefferson ERA:
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=5a7da911c4934d6cbc7ad0f0bc6dc5fc

Social Studies Book:
https://tusd.learning.powerschool.com/mprell/textbook-8thgradehistory-independenceto19142/cms_page/view

What was the war like for solders:
https://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/life_as_a_revolutionary_war_soldier.php

9/11:
https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/9-11-attacks


 Major battles of Revolutionary War:
https://www.landofthebrave.info/revolutionary-battles.htm


 For Crown or Colony online Game:
http://www.mission-us.org/pages/landing-mission-1

13 Colonies: Flowcabulary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do4Ryapg3eU

Prezi:
https://prezi.com/pricing/

Venezuela:
https://www.foxnews.com/world/venezuela-guaido-military-uprising-caracas-airbase


 Border Family Separation Effective?:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/acting-dhs-secretary-mcaleenan-says-family-separation-practice-was-effective

 America's Next Century:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Next_100_Years:_A_Forecast_for_the_21st_Century


How 9/11 changed America:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/9-11-to-today-ways-we-have-changed

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/911-to-now-ways-we-have-changed


9/11 Memorial:

https://www.911memorial.org/

9/11 History Timeline:

https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/9-11-attacks

Historical events 1980-2011 timeline:

https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/us-history-1980-2011

Regan, Bush, clinton years:

https://www.americanforeignrelations.com/E-N/National-Security-Council-The-reagan-bush-and-clinton-years.html

Vietnam war:

https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-timeline

Women's suffrage:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/suffrage/

Venezuela rebel cop:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/21/americas/venezuela-oscar-perez-death-photos-intl/index.html

Cold War Primary sources:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/coldwar/g5/cs2/cwar.pdf

iron Curtain: 

https://thecoldwarexperience.weebly.com/the-iron-curtain.html


 Venezuela Power Outages:

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/11/702179263/this-is-going-to-end-ugly-venezuela-s-power-outages-drag-on

Communism vs. Democracy: 

https://www.diffen.com/difference/Communism_vs_Democracy

Russia in the news:

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/11/702347714/russians-fearing-internet-isolation-protest-government-plan

Aftermath of Atomic Bomb:

http://hiroshima.australiandoctor.com.au/

Interactive WWII map Pacific: 

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u8/


Us Home Front during WW2:

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/us-home-front-during-world-war-ii

US in WW2:

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers/student-resources/research-starters/america-goes-war-take-closer-look


America's National Emergencies:

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/02/politics/national-emergencies-cnnphotos/index.html


Hoover vs. FDR during the Depression:

https://www.storyboardthat.com/storyboards/richard-cleggett/hoover-vs--fdr--the-election-of-1932

Great Depression in Pictures:

https://www.cbsd.org/cms/lib/PA01916442/Centricity/Domain/1574/1.%20Great%20Depression%20Photo%20Analysis.pdf

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm

Great Depression Timeline:

http://www.softschools.com/timelines/great_depression/timeline_13/

Great Depression crash course:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCQfMWAikyU

The Great Depression Game:

https://www.brainpop.com/games/timezonexgreatdepression/

Challenges of Intervention:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y59wErqg4Xg

Causes of WWI:

https://www.nthurston.k12.wa.us/cms/lib/WA01001371/Centricity/Domain/554/WWI%20causes%20lecture.pdf

 Battery: 

https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/when_was_the_battery_invented


Practical Money Skills Online activities:

https://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/play


Industrial Revolution online book:

https://www.boone.kyschools.us/userfiles/2550/Classes/50401/chapter%209.pdf?id=556745


Steam Engine: 

https://www.explainthatstuff.com/steamengines.html

Inventions of the 1800's:

http://www.softschools.com/timelines/inventions_of_the_1800s_timeline/262/


 US- Mexico Border History: 

https://www.usatoday.com/border-wall/story/us-mexico-border-history/510833001/



 Khan Academy: 

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history


 Curriculum Pathways Link: 

https://www.curriculumpathways.com/portal/


Online Resources: 

https://mlandrews.weebly.com/eighth-grade.html


NCpedia:

https://www.ncpedia.org/


Battle of little big horn and Wounded Knee:

http://general-history.com/the-battles-of-little-bighorn-wounded-knee/

Territorial Evolution of the United STATES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_the_United_States#1803%E2%80%931818_(Purchase_of_Louisiana)