Social Sciences is one class I do not know that much about. Although I know Charlie needs it for school. So I have been looking for resources we can use in our classroom. So this morning I would like to share 2 new resources I found with you. Now, I have a question for you have you used either of this website and if so what did you think of them and why?
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I have a second website I would like to share with you. Now, this website is for Texas US History and it is for ages 11-18 and for children in (grades 6-12 with parental supervision. Now for those of you who have met Charlie or heard about him he is only 10 and in 4th grade. But being Homeschooled I can teach him anything I want at any time so this is why I am sharing this new resource with you.
Age Range: 11-18 (Grades 6-12, with parental supervision)
This website provides primary source materials, lesson plans, audio and video presentations, and supplementary resources such as worksheets and links to other informative websites to help teach U.S. History.
While its target audience is classroom teachers, most of the material can be adjusted for use in the homeschool environment.
When you get to the site, you’ll see a welcome message accompanied by a menu on the left side of the screen. Click on “About Us” to read an outline of what the site provides. Then, simply click on the topics of interest from the menu that includes:
- American Revolution
- Indian Removal
- Isaiah Thomas – Patriot Printer
- Life in Antebellum America
- Temperance Reform in the Early 19th Century
- The Dred Scott Decision
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding Kansas
- The Second Great Awakening and the Age of Reform
- War of 1812 and the Hartford Convention
- Westward Expansion
As you click on each topic a new page opens. There is some inconsistency in the format that can be a little confusing. Some pages open to a splash page, others open to a menu of choices, and others open to a page with a brief overview. On the latter, it may look as though there isn’t any information – but look on the menu on the left side of the screen and you’ll see that under that topic is a highlighted drop-down menu from which you can select lesson plans and resources.
This site is deceiving. It contains a vast amount of content assembled by teachers and museum curators as you will discover once you start clicking through the resource links. Plan to spend some time here to pinpoint the materials you’ll want to use to supplement your study of U.S. history.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
