United States History

Susan B. Anthony - From Surfing the Net with Kids (Y,M)

Not for Ourselves Alone: The story of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton - From PBSKids (Y,M)

Eyewitness to History - EyeWitness to History is an award-winning website presenting history through the perspective of those who actually lived it - from the ancient world through the 20th century. Be aware that it is not white-washed or edited for children, but with proper supervision it is an awesome resource for studying history from the point of view of those who were living it. (M,O)

Johnny Appleseed Day - March Fundays from about.com:homeschooling (Y, M, O, T)

Johnny Appleseed Day - Johnny Appleseed Day honors one of America's great legends. Johnny Appleseed was a real person. John Chapman was among the American settlers who were captivated by the movement west across the continent. As Johnny Appleseed travelled west, he planted apple trees along the way, and sold trees to settlers. With every apple tree that was planted, the legend grew. (Y, M, O, T)

Census of Population and Housing 1790 - First US census. Check it out and see if you would have been counted. (Y, M, O, T)

United States Flag Lesson & Lapbook - From Joy Christian School (Y, M)

The Flag of the United States - Students learn the history of the flag, flag etiquette, meanings behind traditions surrounding the flag, and more. (M, O, T)

Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center Home Educator Program - Hands-on history programs for home-educated students (Y, M, O, T)

Interpretation and Education - Historic Places - To celebrate going back to school, Teaching with Historic Places highlights on the web the following lesson plans that consider important aspects of the history of education and educational facilities. Based on historical sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places, these lessons were created by National Park Service interpreters, preservation professionals, and educators. The lessons are free and ready for immediate classroom use by students in history and social studies classes. (T)

The Library of Congress - American Memory - American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning. (Y, M, O, T)

The Learning Page - The Learning Page is designed to help educators use the American Memory Collections to teach history and culture. It offers tips and tricks, definitions and rationale for using primary sources, activities, discussions, lesson plans and suggestions for using the collections in classroom curriculum. (Y, M, O, T)

American Providentialism - The hand of God in American history. Many Americans today are ignorant of their own history and ignorant of the Founding Fathers wise words of wisdom to the country. Some want to remove God from government, society and the minds of Her people, especially children. It won’t be done and it can’t be done because it is basis and reason of our existence as a country. God was “The Original Intent” behind the country's formation and it is only by His hand the country still exists today (Y, M, O, T)

American Heritage Education Foundation, Inc. - AHEF is a non-profit, non-partisan educational foundation dedicated to the understanding and teaching of America's factual and philosophical heritage to promote constructive citizenship and Freedom, Unity, Progress, and Responsibility among our students and citizens. AHEF accomplishes this patriotic mission by writing, producing, and distributing FREE K-12 lesson plans to teachers, students, and families in all 50 states and through additional initiatives, programs, and partnerships. (Y, M, O, T)

Bill of Rights Day - Celebrations Mini-Unit Grade 5 (Y)

Bill of Rights Day - December 15th - Ideas for Observing Bill of Rights Day (Y, M, O, T)

The Bill of Rights Theme Unit - Grades 8 to 9 (O)

Constitution for Kids - K-3 - Includes information on the basics, history, the Bill of Rights and more! Grades K-3 (Y)

The Constitution for Kids - Grades 4 - 7 - Includes information on the basics, history, slavery, the Bill of Rights Women and how it all works together. Grades 4-7 (M)

The Constitution for Kids: 8th - 12th Grade - Includes information on the basics, history, slavery, the Bill of Rights Women and how it all works together. Grades 8-12 (O)

Save the Bill of Rights Game - From the National Constitution Center. Help! The official National computer has crashed. Help us find the lost Amendments!!! (M O)

The Bill of Rights Web Guides - Primary Documents in American History (Y, M, O, T)

Bill of Rights Institute - Free Resources, Lessons, Contests and Programs (Y, M, O, T)

Bill of Rights Memory Game - Match the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution to the rights of the citizens that they guarantee. (M O)

First Amendment Quiz - Teach the First Amendment. (O)

The Constitution of the United States: The Bill of Rights - From White House Kids.gov (Y)

Picturing America - Brings masterpieces of American art into classrooms and libraries nationwide. (Y, M, O, T)

Moments and Images of the Past - Do you have old stories or photos (preferably before 1980 and the older the better) you would like to show to people in our community? Or maybe you have a more recent photo of some old object that was used by people in this area or some building or structure that is old and still around. (Y, M, O, T)

HippoCampus - HippoCampus provides free, multi-media content in many subjects, including Algebra, Physics, Calculus, Environmental Science, U.S. History and more. It is a bit awkward to navigate around entire books on the site, but there is a wealth of information online at no cost. (Y, M, O, T)

Animated Atlas - Animated Atlas portrays large chapters of American history quickly by animating maps and geographic features. For school, home and genealogy use. (Y, M, O, T)

Digital History - I have been working on my family history and have found the Interactive Timeline on this site to be very useful. In addition, the site has primary sources, multimedia resources, historical music, and teacher resources. Digital History is an excellent place to look for anything to do with American (and some world) history. The Interactive Timeline allows you to move a slider bar approximately one generation in length across a timeline which changes the events displayed on the US map above. Mouse over any of the events for a brief summary, or click on them for more detailed information. (Y, M, O, T)

Wild West.org - This site presents a look at the American West, the history and legends of Native Americans or American Indians, if you prefer, western cowboys, western cowgirls and women of the west, guns (like the legendary 1873 Colt Peacemaker) and other western facts, lawmen and outlaws. Look for info on ShowBiz cowboys too. We also offer cowboy poetry, cowboy songs, western cowboy recipes, plus links to great cowboy and American Indian greeting cards. (Y, M, O, T)

BMAG for Kids - From the Birmingham Museum, an online time line of activities for kids. Units include ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, Roman Empire, the Victorians, WWII and Art Gallery. (Y)

Grandma's Attic Kids Museum - Join the Historical Society of Delaware for a nostalgic trip back to Grandma's house in their new Discovery Center for children at the Delaware History Museum. Grandma's Attic provides a wholesome and educational play area for children where they can try on vintage clothes, play with historic games and toys or sit in an overstuffed lounge chair and read old books and magazines. (Y)

History and President Quizzes - Learn facts about the 20th Century in the United States and about 20th Century Presidents. Each quiz selects 20 trivia facts at random from a total set of 600, offering unlimited play. (M)

We The People - Library of Congress - This Primary Source Set includes images, documents, maps, sound files and analysis tools to help teach about the United States Constitution. (Y, M, O, T)

The American Revolution: Valley Forge - On-line lesson from Social Studies School Service. (M)

George Washington Resources - A teacher resource guide to studying George Washington and his impact on the formation of the United States. (T,A)

Digital History - Children in History - This resource contains anthologies, biographies, guides and additional resources about children in the history of the United States. (Y, M, O, T)

Wayback: Presidents - The Secret History - Presidents: The Secret History looks at a the colorful aspects of presidential history in a format designed especially for kids. (Y,M,T)

America's Story from America's Library - From the Library of Congress. Games and stories of America's past. (Y, M, O, T)

OSV Games, Quizzes, & Activities - From Old Sturbridge Village. These online games runs on Netscape 3.0 and higher and Internet Explorer 4.0 and higher. If you have an earlier version of these browsers or a different browser, the games may not work correctly. (Y, M, O, T)

Primary Documents in American History - From the Library of Congress: Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, The Bill of Rights, The Federalist Papers, Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789, Guide to American Historical Documents Online, and Charters of Freedom from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (Y, M, O, T)

Declaration of Independence - From the Library of Congress - Primary Documents in American History (Y, M, O, T)

Human Migration Within and Into the United States - From Xpeditions, National Geographic Society. A lesson that examines human migratory behavior. Grades (9-12) (O)

How and Why Has the White House Changed? - From EDSITEment, National Endowment for the Humanities. Students learn about changes the White House has undergone since its construction and why these changes were made. Grades 3-5 (Y)

From the White House of Yesterday to the White House of Today - From EDSITEment, National Endowment for the Humanities. Students examine the look at the design of the White House and some of the changes it has undergone. Grades 3-5 (Y)

How Was the White House Designed? - From EDSITEment, National Endowment for the Humanities. Students learn about design issues for the official residence of the President of the United States. Grades 3-5 (Y)

A President’s Home and the President’s House - Students will look closely at what one President did at his home in contrast to what Presidents have done in the White House. Grades 3-5 (Y)

Molly Pitcher - Learn how Molly got her name. (Y,M)

Molly Pitcher - From Social Studies for Kids (Y,M)

DLTK's Apple Activites for Kids (Johnny Appleseed Crafts) - From dltk-kids.com. Johnny Appleseed's birthday is on Sept 26th. (Y)

Johnny Appleseed - Where to find Johnny Appleseed Activities Online from KinderArt® Stuff for Teachers. (Y)

The Story of Johnny Appleseed - From a second grade class. (Y)

Johnny Appleseed Unit Study - From thevirtualvine.com (Y,M)

Apple Exploration! - Find several center station activities for a theme on apples and Johnny Appleseed. Grade Level(s): K, 1-2 (Y)

Johnny Appleseed - a Pioneer - From the National Apple Week Association, Inc (Y,M)

Johnny Appleseed Junior Ecology Club - (Y,M)

George Washington - From EasyFunSchool.com (Y, M, O, T)

Freedom Hero: Susan B. Anthony - From MyHero.com (Y,M)

Susan Brownell Anthony - From Western NewYork Suffragists (Y, M, O, T)

Susan B. Anthony House - From The Susan B Anthony House (Y, M, O, T)

Animated Atlas - Growth of a Nation is a free, ten minute movie which depicts the geographic history of the United States from the beginning of the nation to fifty states. Geographic elements are interactive, as is the timeline." The movie can be watched as one long piece (Y, M, O, T)

Go West Across America with Lewis & Clark - An adventure game from National Geographic Kids. (Y,M)

History Central Com - "History's home on the web" - too much information to list; includes an online store (Y, M, O, T)

American Heroes - This collection contains units developed by teachers in Core Knowledge schools and presented at recent Core Knowledge National Conferences. The units are organized by grade level. (Y,M)

Lesson Plans for Young Heroes of History - The homepage of the author of this series of Children and Young Adult historical fiction (M,O)

Apple Unit - Johnny Appleseed - Great activities to include in the unit. (Y)

History of the Age of Imperialism - During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the United States pursued an aggressive policy of expansionism, extending its political and economic influence around the globe. (O)

Teacher's Guide for Imperialism Unit Study - "The Age of Imperialism" unit combines an engaging narrative with the broad resources available to students on the Internet. You can use this chapter in place of a standard textbook treatment of nineteenth-century American expansionism, or you can use it to supplement your existing Social Studies materials. The following lesson plan helps you establish and extend historical and instructional contexts and integrate the material into your United States history curriculum. (T)

Johnny Appleseed - Johnny Appleseed An American Legend and Patriot 1774 to 1845 Naturalist, peacemaker, missionary, friend (Y)

Johnny Tremain (Easy Fun School) - Johnny Tremain is a classic. This is also a good book to read during the days preceding Independence Day. Here you will find some activities to do before, during, and after your reading of Johnny Tremain. (M)

Life on the Great Plains - In this four-part lesson, students examine the concept of geographic region by exploring the history of the Great Plains. (O)

Popular Songs in American History - If your student loves music, he will love learning these songs and their place in history. My kids have enjoyed learning songs like Wait for the Wagon and Yankee Doodle Dandy and this site offers not just the songs, but the background and lyrics. (Y, M, O, T)