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7th Grade - Modern World History
Unit 1 Social Studies 101
Unit 2 A New Way of Thinking
Unit 3: Exploration & Global Exchange
Unit 4 Enlightenment & Revolutions
Unit 5 Industrial Revolution & Society's Response
Unit 6 Age of Imperialism & WWI
Unit 7 Boom, Bust, Bang
Unit 8 Cold War
Unit 9 New World Order
Unit 10 Personal Finance
7th Grade Resources
Civic Responsibility
Resources
Games & Activities
Civic Responsibility
The Anneberger Center "The Redistricting Game"
www.redistrictinggame.org/
Rock the Vote
www.rockthevote.org/
Social Studies 101
Seterra The US 50 States Map Quiz
online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003
National Geographic Kids - United States
kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/united-states/
The Jamestown Online Adventure
www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/jamestowngame.html
The United States Census Bureau Student State Facts
www.census.gov/schools/facts/
Duckster 50 States
www.ducksters.com/games/united_states_map_game.php
US Department of Labor Name That State
www.bls.gov/k12/content/games/geography-quiz/geography-quiz.htm
Mr. Nussbaum's Interactive US History game
mrnussbaum.com/halls-of-history-online-u-s-history-game
Mr. Nussbaum's Not Boring Jeopardy - US Presidents
mrnussbaum.com/not-boring-jeopardy-presidents
Colonization & Settlement
Smithsonian Institute - American Indians
americanindian.si.edu/americans/
The Mariner's Museum and Park - Exploration game
exploration.marinersmuseum.org/
Texas Gateway online - Exploration of the New World Interactive
www.texasgateway.org/resource/exploration-and-colonization-america
Western Games online - Indian Settlements
www.western-games.online/indian_village_game.html
Western Games online - The Jamestown Settlement
www.western-games.online/settlers_game.html
Soft Schools 13 Colonies interactive map activity
www.softschools.com/social_studies/13_colonies_map/
Revolution and New Nation
PBS Road to Liberty
www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road_q1.html
Sheppard's Software US Government Games
www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/branches_government.htm
BrainPop Sortify
www.brainpop.com/games/sortifyusconstitution/
Annenberg Learning That's Your Right
www.annenbergclassroom.org/resource/annenberg-classrooms-thats-right/
Annenberg Learning Branches of Power
www.annenbergclassroom.org/resource/branches-of-power/
iCivics LawCraft
www.icivics.org/games/lawcraft
iCivics Branches of Power
www.icivics.org/games/branches-power
iCivics Do I Have the Right
www.icivics.org/game/popout/42
Constitution Center - Interactive Constitution
constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution#
Constitution Board Game
texaslregames.org/games_web_eng/crelay/index.html
Constitutional Rights Center
constitutionalrights.constitutioncenter.org/
National Constitution Center - Interactive Constitution
constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution#
Expansion and Reform
War of 1812 Interactive Game
warof1812.thinkport.org/#interactive-map.html
Smithsonian War of 1812 Capture the Flag
amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/the-war-of-1812.aspx
US History Scene "The Homestead Act of 1862"
ushistoryscene.com/article/1862-homestead-act/
Western Games online - Frontier Settlement
www.western-games.online/frontier_game.html
PBS The US-Mexican War
www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/index_flash.html
Westward Expansion Interactive Map and Questions
www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u5/
Do History.org - The Diary of Martha Ballard
dohistory.org/
Smithsonian Institute: National Institute of the American Indian "Impact of the Native American Removal"
americanindian.si.edu/nk360/removal/#makesensePage
Civil War and Reconstuction
The Constitution Center - Abraham Lincoln's Crossroads
constitutioncenter.org/lincoln/#
American Military History Civil War
amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/resources/whoami/whoami_flash.html
National Parks Service Webranger Quest
www.nps.gov/webrangers/activities/civilwar/
Missouri Military History Civil War
www.civilwarmo.org/assets/flash/game/game.php
Thirteen Media PBS - Slavery and the Making of America ***WARNING... SOME LANGUAGE MIRRORS LANGUAGE OF THE
TIME***
www.thirteen.org/wnet/slavery/index.html
PBS - Maps of the Civil War
www.pbs.org/kenburns/civil-war/war/maps/#/detail/the-confederate-states-of-america
The Underground Railroad Interactive
teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/plantation.htm
Teaching America History - The Missouri Compromise Interactive mapping
teachingamericanhistory.org/static/neh/interactives/sectionalism/lesson1/
American Battlefields Trust
www.battlefields.org/visit
Comparing Two World: North vs South in 1861
teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/map.htm
Smithsonian - African Americans and the Civil War interactive
learninglab.si.edu/q/ll-c/cJ7JweFNVgnBTcPh
Industrialization & It's Impact
Mission 4: City of Immigrants
www.mission-us.org/pages/mission-4
Suffering for Suffragettes
suffragettes.webnode.com/
Cornell University on the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/
Orphan Trains in Kansas
www.kancoll.org/articles/orphans/
Scholastic Ellis Island Interactive
teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/index.htm
World War I & Interwar Period
The National World War I Museum and Memorial Interactive Timeline
www.theworldwar.org/explore/interactive-wwi-timeline
American Battles Monument Commission Interactive
www.abmc.gov/sites/default/files/interactive/interactive_files/WW1/index.html
World War 1 Centennial Museum "War in the Sky" Interactive Timeline
www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/educate/places/wwi-aviation-history-timeline.html
Prohibition: Mob Museum
themobmuseum.org/case-files/
Mashable - Life in Hoovervilles 1931-1938
mashable.com/2015/09/17/hoovervilles/#AaPrq8aKGsqQ
World War II
Elanor Roosevelt "My Day"
www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/myday/
Learn for Good - Aircraft Wargames
www.learn4good.com/games/flying/aircraftwargames.htm
US WWII Museum: Sci-Tech of WWII
www.ww2sci-tech.org/exhibit/dark.html
Atomic Heritage Foundation - Key Documents
www.atomicheritage.org/key-documents
The Voyage of the SS St. Louis - Jewish Refugees seeking asylum
www.ushmm.org/exhibition/st-louis/
Post War USA
13 Media with Impact - The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
www.thirteen.org/wnet/jimcrow/segregation.html
Cuban Missile Crisis Breakout
sites.google.com/site/cmcbreakout/
Pearson's American History Vienam 360 View
assets.pearsonschool.com/file-vault/project-imagine/vietnam_explore_it_360/index.html?_ga=2.215197012.298772990.1585252617-1379100654.1541444132
Contemporary USA
Economic Personal Finance
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Other Useful Websites
In General
Adventure Tales of America
Comic Book
www.signalmedia.net/Adventure3/
North Carolina History Project
northcarolinahistory.org/
NC.gov - This Day in North Carolina History
www.ncdcr.gov/blogs/this-day-in-north-carolina-history
North Carolina County Formation interactive
www.usgennet.org/usa/nc/state2/amap/nccf.html
PBS Speak - Do You Speak American?
www.pbs.org/speak/
Smithsonian Institute
www.si.edu/explore/history
Smithsonian Institute - African American History Museum
nmaahc.si.edu/
Colonization & Settlement
Historic Jamestown website
historicjamestowne.org/
Revolution and New Nation
Annenberg Guide to the Constitution "What it says, what it means"
www.annenbergclassroom.org/explore/
Ben's Guide to the US Government
bensguide.gpo.gov/
Expansion and Reform
UNCtv - Gold Fever
goldfever.unctv.org/history
Visit NC Small Town - The Gold Rush
www.visitncsmalltowns.com/goldrush/
Civil War and Reconstruction
The Plantations Letters: Interpreting Antebellum Plantation Life - The Cameron Plantation
plantationletters.com/index.html
Bennett Place State Historic Site (NC)
www.bennettplacehistoricsite.com/history/surrender-negotiations/
American Battlefield Trust - North and South
www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/north-and-south
Music of the War Between the States
www.civilwarpoetry.org/music/index.html
Time to Toast Interactive Timeline
www.timetoast.com/timelines/10-most-important-events-of-the-civil-war-time-period
The Freedmen's Bureau
www.freedmensbureau.com/
Industrialization & Its Impact
Library of Congress's American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment
lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vshome.html
Library of Congress's The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War
www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/intro.html
World War I & Interwar Period
Smithsonian's Jazz Photography
www.si.edu/spotlight/jazz-in-art/jazz-in-art-photography
The
Guardian's
Interactive WWI Documentary
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2014/jul/23/a-global-guide-to-the-first-world-war-interactive-documentary
World War II
American Holocaust Museum
www.ushmm.org/
Smithsonian Institute: National Museum of the American Indian "Native Words, Native Warriors"
americanindian.si.edu/education/codetalkers/html/
Post War USA
PBS The American Experience - The Space Race
www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/moon-space-race/
The National Civil Rights Museum - Standing Up, By Sitting Down Interactive
www.civilrightsmuseum.org/standing-up
Civil Rights Movement Virtual Field Trip
edtech2.boisestate.edu/croninv/502/virtual_field_trip/virtual_fieldtrip.Html
The King Center
thekingcenter.org/
Contemporary USA
Economic Personal Finance
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7th Grade - Modern World History
Unit 1 Social Studies 101
Unit 2 A New Way of Thinking
Unit 3: Exploration & Global Exchange
Unit 4 Enlightenment & Revolutions
Unit 5 Industrial Revolution & Society's Response
Unit 6 Age of Imperialism & WWI
Unit 7 Boom, Bust, Bang
Unit 8 Cold War
Unit 9 New World Order
Unit 10 Personal Finance
7th Grade Resources
Civic Responsibility
Resources