social studies

Native Americans

More Iroquois Homes Great resource for students.

A History of The Last of the Mohicans

NY Explorers

Albany Times Union Halfmoon Site Climb aboard a virtual "Halfmoon."

Colonial Life and The Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War This site has it all as far as the revolutionary war!

A Revolting Alphabet Here is a great activity/project to complete with your class.

A Revolutionary War Unit A great unit from North Canton Schools

Revolutionary War and Children's Literature Fun and educational activities

Colonial Kids This is a "ThinkQuest" activity. It's very good!

Surfing the New With Kids: The Declaration of Independence A compilation of sites.

A Brief History of New Netherlands

Founding.com A user's guide to the Declaration of Independence

Paul Revere Virtual Museum

Spy Letters of the American Revolution

Government and Citizenship

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids Easy to explore.

Learning Adventures in Citizenship This is a companion site to a pbs documentary about New York State. Children may click on links to learn about different eras.

NY State Senate Homepage

Mr. Donn's US History Site This site is a compilation of many awesome, teacher-tested sites!

New York State

New York State Department of State Has some puzzles, trivia, all about NY

I Love NY This is from the Department of Tourism. (Get Fourth Graders Ski for Free Information)

Primary Document Sources and Lesson Plans

Library of Congress Learning Page Here's a great lesson on Primary Source Documents

Primary Source Research in the Elementary School

4th and 5th grade Student Research Resources This is one of my favorite sites. There are many links to primary source documents.

Creating Document Based Questions

Links of Fourth Grade Documents

Links to Document Based Lesson Plans

A Hotlist on Document Based Resources

A Document Based Question on the Erie Canal