Videos, DVD's, Online Vidoes and a Multitude of Printables Are Listed in the Resources Section

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This icon is for websites to visit and explore. I am fairly picky about including websites. I usually like them to have some really interesting or "nifty" interaction, etc. /
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Videos, DVD's, Online vidoes and a multitude of printables are listed in the resources section: http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/history/americanhistory2/american_history_2_books.html

Week / Activity / Website Address
1 / / Make a Civil War drum / http://www.scholastic.com/dearamerica/
activities/crafts/cruel_drum.htm
1 / / Wooden doll paper doll / http://www.scholastic.com/dearamerica/
myamerica/paperdolls.htm
1 / / An Interactive Tour of Natchez / http://206.137.17.63/melrose/melrose.htm
2 / / Make a thaumatrope / http://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/kids/things_to_make
/thaumatrope/index.html
2 / / Interactive Civil War “Room in Time” / http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/our_america
/civil_war/design.htm
3 / / Make a whirligig / http://www.stratfordhall.org/learn/teacher/
games.php
3 / / Caddie Woodlawn paper doll
(1866 clothes) / http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/kids/dolls
/caddie/clothes.asp
3 / / Gettysburg virtual panorama / http://www.virtualgettysburg.com/vg/panoramas
/multi_node.html
3 / / You are There old time radio program: The Battle of Gettysburg / http://www.archive.org/download/You_Are_There_
OTR/
You_Are_There_480222_ep19_
The_Battle_of_Gettysburg.mp3
4 / / You are There old time radio show: The Assassination of Lincoln / http://ia340918.us.archive.org/0/items/
You_Are_There_OTR/
You_Are_There_470707_ep01_
Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln.mp3
5 / / Civil War Jeopardy / http://www.spsk12.net/Schools/btwes/
Jeopardy/JeopardyHomeEdition/
PlayGame.html
6 / / The winds of change craft / http://www.chestercomix.com/chesterblog/
wp-content/uploads/2007/10/ReconstTGlo.pdf
6 / / Mr. President old time radio show: Andrew Johnson / http://ia311534.us.archive.org/1/items/
Mister_President/Mr.President_
48-12-19_ep078_Andrew_Johnson.mp3
7 / / Mr. President old time radio show: Grant / http://ia311534.us.archive.org/1/items/
Mister_President/Mr._President_-_
530804_-_206_-_U_S_Grant.mp3
8 / / Build a sod house on the prairie interactive / http://americanhistory.si.edu/ourstory
/f/sodhouse.html
8 / / Cavalcade of America Radio Show: Wild Bill Hickok The Last of Two Gun Justice / http://ia331426.us.archive.org/2/items/
CavalcadeOfAmerica/40-11-06_
CavalcadeOfAmerica_199_WildBillHickok.mp3
9 / Experiment / Make a light bulb experiment / http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/
edison/000_lightbulb_01.asp
9 / / Mr. President old time radio show: Chester Allen Arthur / http://www.archive.org/details/Mister_President
10 / / Wild West Cowboy Puppet / http://www.crayola.com/crafts/detail/
wild-west-cowboy-puppet-craft/
10 / / PBS Interactive History / http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ranchhouse/history.html
10 / / Cavalcade of America radio show: Thomas Edison the Man / http://ia331426.us.archive.org/2/items/
CavalcadeOfAmerica/37-05-19_CavalcadeOfAmerica_083_
ThomasAEdisonTheMan.mp3
11 / Role-play / A Taste of Life on the Job (page 3 of the PDF) / http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/
educators/lesson_plans/
child_labor/ATZ_ChildLabor_December1988.pdf
12 / / Welcome immigrants diorama / http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/
detail/welcome-immigrants!-lesson-plan/
13 / / Mr. President old time radio show: Theodore Roosevelt / http://ia311534.us.archive.org/1/items/
Mister_President/Mr.President_53-08-11_
ep207_Theodore_Roosevelt.mp3
16 / / Biplane paper model / http://www.thetoymaker.com/
Toypages/40BiPlane/biplane.pdf
16 / / Mr. President old radio show: William Howard Taft / http://ia311534.us.archive.org/1/items/
Mister_President/Mr.President_50-05-07
_ep150_William_Howard_Taft.mp3
17 / / Titanic Journey (BBC) / http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/titanic/
18 / / Sterling North paper doll (boy from the story Rascal) / http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/kids/
dolls/sterling/clothes.asp
18 / / World War One (BBC) site / http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/
18 / / Mr. President old time radio show: Woodrow Wilson / http://ia311534.us.archive.org/1/items/
Mister_President/Mr.President_48-11-14_
ep073_Woodrow_Wilson.mp3
19 / / Poppies WWI Craft / http://www.crayola.com/crafts/detail/
poppies-with-pride-craft/
19 / / Online “picture book” of WWI / http://www.historyonthenet.com/
WW1/picture_gallery.htm
19 / / Ford Theatre Radio Program: Farewell to Arms / http://ia331417.us.archive.org/3/items
/FordTheater/FT_49-06-24_ep77-A_
Farewell_to_Arms.mp3
20 / / Listen to some 20’s music / http://bestwebs.com/roaring1920/index.shtml
20 / / Whispering Jack Smith / http://www.archive.org/details/
Whispering-Jack-Smith-02
20 / / Bunny Berrigan / http://www.archive.org/details/
1920s-bunnyBerrigan-01-06
20 / / Mack and Miller – Ching-aLing’s jazz bazaar / http://www.archive.org/details/
MackAndMiller-Ching-aLingsJazzBazaar1920_12
20 / / I Caught Two Cods Cuddling / http://www.archive.org/details/
ICaughtTwoCodsCuddling
20 / / Eddi Elkins Orch – Who Cares / http://www.archive.org/details/
Eddie_Elkins_Orch-Who_Cares
21 / / Original Charleston / http://www.archive.org/details/
IshamJonesHisOrchestra
21 / / Charleston (Fox Trot) / http://www.archive.org/details/
charleston1925
21 / / The Birth of the Blues / http://www.archive.org/details/
TheRevelers
21 / / Puttin on the Ritz / http://www.archive.org/details/
SoundtrackUnitedArtists-Medley
FromPuttinOnTheRitz1929
21 / / Alone in the Rain / http://www.archive.org/details/
DonaldNovis-AloneInTheRain1929
23 / / Lonely Island Hidden Alcatraz (PBS site) / http://www.kqed.org/w/alcatraz/flash/movie.html
23 / / Alcatrazhistory.com / http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/mainpg.htm
23 / / Listen to “Brother Can You Spare a Dime” / http://community.mcckc.edu/CROSBY/brother.html
23 / / Dorsey Brothers / http://www.archive.org/details/
1930s-dorseyBrothers-41-50
23 / / Buck Rogers / http://www.radiolovers.com/
pages/buckrogers.htm
23 / / Louis Armstrong - Muggles / http://ia351430.us.archive.org/2/items
/1930s-louisArmstrong-81-89/LouisArmstrong-
Muggles1930.mp3
23 / / Listen to some American music from the 30’s / http://www.rhapsody.com/album/
the-great-depression-american-music-in-the-30s
24 / / Listen to one of FDR’s fireside chats about banking / http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws
/index.php?pid=14540
25 / / Radio Show / Week 25 Activity Notes
26 / / Listen to an air raid siren / http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/research/
radio_and_sounds/r_and_s_index01.shtml
26 / / WWII Tales Activities / http://www.chestercomix.com/test2
/images/WW2TGLO.pdf
26 / / Cavalcade of America radio show: U Boat Prisoner / http://ia331427.us.archive.org/2/items
/CavalcadeOfAmerica/43-12-27_
CavalcadeOfAmerica_363_UBoatPrisoner.mp3
27 / / Make a Japanese fish kite / http://americanhistory.si.edu/ourstory/pdf/internment/
internment_kite.pdf
27 / / A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the Constitution / http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/
perfectunion/experience/index.html
28 / / V-Mail / http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/
educators/lesson_plans/civilian_contributions
/ATZ_CivilianContributions_Jan1988.pdf
34 / / Walking on the Moon / http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/
idealabs/walking_on_the_moon/index.html