Lesson Plans & Activities
Crossroads
(lots!)
Free
Presentations in PowerPoint format (lots!)
History Wired - American History
(very cool!)
Lots
of Lessons & Supporting docs and presentations (Mr Pelkey)
Exploration
to Beginning of America
First
Americans (Native American, Colonists, Western Expansion)
Library
of Congress for Teachers - The Learning Page Lesson Plans & Links INDEX
Grade
8 American History (5 UNITS, Mont Ct Schools, 8th)
Homeless
Education Learning Page
Jane
Addams (mini-unit, homelessness in America)
Info
and activities based on History Standards grades 7-12 (AL Dept of
Ed)
American
Reform (Core)
America
Becomes a World Power (Core)
Thinkquest
Sites
U.S.
History Units
American
Memory, Lesson Plans
Teacherlink
Social Studies Lessons & Units
History
Matters (US History)
National Security
Archive - Declassified
SCORE (see
grades 5, 8, 11)
U.S.
Government Lesson Plans
U.S.
States & Regions Lesson Plans
The
Biography Maker (lesson plans)
AP
History - Simulation: President Stephen A Douglas (click on excerpt from
the book)
AP
History - Ten Major Events That Shaped the United States (click on excerpt
from the book)
Free
American History Clipart
US 8th grade
links
US History
Links (Roosevelt HS)
For Kids
Social
Studies Skills Tutor (Prentice Hall, free)
America's
Story: Library of Congress for Kids (great site!) 1878-1889
The Freedom Timeline
- Historical Stories of Freedom
Practice
US History Tests (for grades 8th 10th, 11th)

See what you can find!
Counter start date January 2006
Have a great year!