Grade 8 Social Studies
| Columbus | Explorers | Native Americans | American Revolution |
| Revolutionary War People | National Government | Constitution | Westward Expansion |
| Jacksonian Era | War of 1812 | Civil War | 13 Colonies |
Historical Maps of the United States
The Library of Congress Presents America's Story
National Maritime Museum Christopher Columbus
Columbus and the Destruction of Native Peoples
The Columbus Navigation Home Page
How Do We Know What Columbus Looked Like?
What is the Legacy of 1492? (Did his voyages have a negative or positive impact?)
Gander Academy's European Exploration
Biographies from the Mariner's Museum, Newport News, Virginia c1998.
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BOOK Online
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the librarian for access information from your home
More Explorer Sites
Discovery School Hernando Cortes
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette
Explorers Database FromThinkQuest Voyage of Exploration
Search Awesome Library-Social Studies Biography
Spanish Exploration and the Conquest of Native America
Virtual Museum of New France-Gain a different perspective on European exploration of America by seeing it through the eyes of the French. Here are primary source maps, an interactive timeline, biographies of explorers, and primary and secondary material on the lives of European settlers. There is also an excellent section on First Nations
The First Americans - a student created site with good information.
American Indians and the Natural World
American West: Native Americans
Fur Trade Period of American History
InterTRIBAL Net - locate specific tribes here
Native Americans - another good site for locating specific tribes
Native Americans Home Page- many nations can be found here
First Nations Histories- a comprehensive list of tribes & their histories
PBS - Native American Tribes that had contact with Lewis and Clark
Native American Cultures- a comprehensive listing of tribes
Native American Tribes POPULATION RANKINGS
Index of the North American Indian
Webquests
Native Nations - Official and Unofficial Tribe Sites
Discover Early America's Minutemen
Gilder Lehrman History Online-The American Revolution
History Central - The American Revolution
History Central- Battles of the American Revolution
The History Place American Revolution
The History Place - The Boston Tea Party
Milestone Historic Documents - The Articles of the Confederation
Liberty! The American Revolution
ThinkQuest - The Revolutionary War: A Journey Toward Freedom
Was the American Revolution a Real Revolution?
YAHOO - Links to the American Revolution
Founding Fathers: Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
Gilder Lehrman - America's Founders
Meet Sybil Ludington or the Other Paul Revere
Women Soldiers in the American Revolution
YAHOO - Links to Revolutionary War People
USA Index to Biographies Related to American History
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CONSTITUTION
Gilder Lehrman History Online- The Critical Period : America in the 1780's
Archiving Early America - Explore the Early Documents through the Media of the Time
Constitution: Amendments 11-27 - National Archives and Records Administration
Bill of Rights - National Archives and Records Administration
The Constitution - National Archives and Records Administration
Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents
Declaration of Independence - National Archives and Records Administration
Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention
A New System of Government -Learn about the conflicting ideas of Jefferson and Hamilton and decide which has had the most lasting impact.
The Three Branches of Government
A User's Guide to the Declaration of Independence
*THE
OREGON TRAIL
a BMS Student
created site
People
of the West
People of the Old West
The Applegate Trail - the southern route of the Oregon Trail
California
Gold Rush PBS
Conestoga
Wagon from the Conestoga Historical Society
Gadsden Purchase - Reader's Companion to American History
Emigrants, Trailblazers and People Along the Oregon Trail
PBS The American Experience - Gold Fever
Fantastic Facts About the Oregon Trail
Historic Sites on the Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail- Prairie Schooners
ThinkQuest- A Pioneers Journey
Pioneers/Westward Expansion from KIDS INFO
Planning the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark Meet the Native Americans
Three
Island Crossing-visit the site on the Oregon Trail
where the pioneers crossed the Snake River
Westward Expansion- a great list of sites
Westward Expansion History Resources
History: Presidency of Andrew Jackson
Jackson and the Seminole Indians
Chief Seattle's Reply to Indian Removal
History Central: The War of 1812
The War of 1812: People and Stories
American Civil War (THINKQUEST)
All About the Civil War from CyberSleuth Kids
Annie L. Burton -Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days
Awesome Library Star Rating - Civil War Page
The Civil War from the Germanrtown Schools
Civil War Women on the Internet
Conflict of Abolition and Slavery
Gilder Lehrman History Online - The Civil War - a comprehensive list of links.
Gilder Lehrman History Online - Origins and Nature of New World of Slavery
Gilder Lehrman History Online - Antislavery
History Place-The U.S. Civil War
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: US Civil War
PBS The American Experience - John Brown's Holy War
Poetry and Music of the War Between the States
Reference Resources: Civil War from KID INFO
The Ten Costliest Battles of the Civil War
The Underground Railroad from National Geographic
Underground Railroad Links from the Menare Foundation North Star Site
United States Civil War Center: Index of Civil War Information
The Valley of the Shadow:Two Communities in the American Civil War
People
African Americans in America: People and Places from PBS
Spotlight: Biography- Civil War
Women Soldiers In the Civil War
USA Index to Biographies Related to American History