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6th Grade Social Studies
7th Grade Texas History
Asia
http://edition.cnn.com/ASIA/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world/asia/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/asia/
http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/
http://asiasociety.org/social-issues
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/middleeast/index.html
Australia/Oceania
http://www.theguardian.com/world/asiapacific/roundup
http://www.smh.com.au/
http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/
Europe
http://edition.cnn.com/EUROPE/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world/europe/
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/europe/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/europe/roundup
Africa
http://www.bbc.com/news/world/africa/
http://edition.cnn.com/AFRICA/
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/africa/
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/
North America
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada
http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/
http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/mexico.htm
http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/places,+geography/regions/Central+America
South America
http://www.bbc.com/news/world/latin_america/
http://edition.cnn.com/LATINAMERICA/
http://abcnews.go.com/topics/business/airlines/south-american.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/americas/
United States
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/
http://www.cnn.com/US/
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/
http://www.cbsnews.com/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news
Native Peoples of Texas
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/bzi04
https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4000_0016.pdf
http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/discover/campfire-stories/native-americans
Exploration & Settlement of Texas
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/uzeuj
http://texasalmanac.com/topics/history/timeline/european-exploration-and-developmentt
http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/discover/campfire-stories/conquistadors
http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/discover/campfire-stories/frontier-folk
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/uma01
Texas Revolution & Statehood
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qdt01
http://texasalmanac.com/topics/history/timeline/revolution-and-republic
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3260
http://texasourtexas.texaspbs.org/the-eras-of-texas/early-statehood/
http://texasalmanac.com/topics/history/timeline/annexation-secession
Modern Texas
San Antonio Express-News -
http://www.mysanantonio.com/
Houston Chronicle -
http://www.chron.com/
The Dallas Morning News -
http://www.dallasnews.com/
Austin American-Statesmen -
http://www.statesman.com/
Amarillo Globe-News -
http://amarillo.com/
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal -
http://lubbockonline.com/
El Paso Times -
http://www.elpasotimes.com/
Laredo Morning Times -
http://www.lmtonline.com/
McAllen Monitor -
http://www.themonitor.com/
Biographies of Texas
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/browse/what/peoples/indians-american/biographies
http://www.womenintexashistory.org/bios/
http://www.biography.com/people/groups/born-in-texas
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/treasures/giants/index.html
Texas & the Environment
Texas Almanac -
http://texasalmanac.com/topics/environment/environment
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality -
http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/
The Nature Conservancy -
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/texas/
Texas Tribune -
http://www.texastribune.org/tribpedia/environmental-problems-and-policies/
Texas Dept. of State Health Services -
https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/epitox/resources.shtm
8th grade American History
Battles/Conflicts
:
Impact of the French/Indian War
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/frin.html
All things American Revolution:
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution
Boston Massacre (Impact/Trial after):
http://www.ushistory.org/us/9e.asp
War of 1812:
http://www.history.com/topics/war-of-1812
Mexican American War
http://www.history.com/topics/mexican-american-war
All things Civil War:
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war
People
Sons/Daughters of Liberty
http://www.history.com/shows/sons-of-liberty/about
Founding Fathers:
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution
John Smith:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/john-smith.html
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/colonial/jb_colonial_smith_1.html
Squanto
http://mayflowerhistory.com/tisquantum
Sybil Ludington
http://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/sibyl-ludington/
Alexander Hamilton
http://tweentribune.com/article/tween56/broadway-show-sends-more-visitors-hamilton-sites/
Mercy Otis Warren
http://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/mercy-otis-warren/
http://www.masshist.org/bh/mercybio.html
George Washington
http://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/biography/
Benjamin Franklin
http://www.biography.com/people/benjamin-franklin-9301234#synopsis
James Monroe
http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/james-monroe
Benedict Arnold
http://www.usnews.com/news/national/articles/2008/06/27/benedict-arnold-a-traitor-but-once-a-patriot
Andrew Jackson
http://millercenter.org/president/jackson
James K. Polk
http://millercenter.org/president/polk
Harriet Beecher Stowe
https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/hbs/
Lucretia Mott
http://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/lucretia-mott
Grimke Sisters
https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/youngandbrave/asgrimke.html
Horace Mann
http://www.biography.com/people/horace-mann-9397522
Abraham Lincoln
http://millercenter.org/president/lincoln
Lincoln/Douglas Debate
http://www.history.com/topics/lincoln-douglas-debates
Jefferson Davis
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/jefferson-davis
Ulysses S. Grant
http://millercenter.org/president/grant
Stonewall Jackson
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/stonewall-jackson
William T. Sherman
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/william-t-sherman
Clara Barton
http://www.redcross.org/about-us/history/clara-barton
John Wilkes Booth
http://www.biography.com/people/john-wilkes-booth-9219681
Harriet Tubman:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/harriet-tubman-grace-20-dollar-bill-180958852/
Geography
Erie Canal
http://www.canals.ny.gov/history/history.html
Louisiana Purchase
http://www.history.com/topics/louisiana-purchase
Oregon Trail
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-thousand-pioneers-head-west-on-the-oregon-trail
Mississippi River
http://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/275868
Cultures
National Anthem/Flag
http://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/default.aspx
Era of good feelings
http://millercenter.org/president/biography/monroe-life-in-brief
Immigrant groups
http://www.history.com/topics/u-s-immigration-before-1965
Irish - potato famine
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/
Germany - political turmoil
http://www.emigration.link/push-pull-factors-german-migration.htm
Chinese
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/chinese-immigration
Technology/Inventions
Transcontinental railroad
http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/transcontinental-railroad
Cotton Gin
http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney
Steamboat
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/nation/jb_nation_fitch_1.html
Interchangeable parts
http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/interchangeable-parts
Steel Plow
http://www.lib.niu.edu/2001/iht810102.html
Textile Mills
http://www.ushistory.org/us/25d.asp
Bessemer Steel Process
http://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/275092#202951.toc
Telegraph
http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/telegraph
Industrial Revolution
http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution
Events
Boston Tea Party:
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party
Salem Witch Trials:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/?no-ist
Trail of Tears:
http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/trail-of-tears
Slavery’s Trail of Tears:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/slavery-trail-of-tears-180956968/
Lewis and Clark Expedition:
http://www.history.com/topics/lewis-and-clark
Manifest Destiny
http://www.history.com/topics/manifest-destiny
Great Awakening/Second Great Awakening
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/grawaken.htm
http://www.ushistory.org/us/22c.asp
Abolition Movement
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/abolitionist-movement
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam005.html
Bleeding Kansas
http://www.history.com/topics/bleeding-kansas
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/beforethewar/g/bleedingkansas.htm
Underground Railroad
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2944.html
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/underground-railroad
Raid on Harpers Ferry
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2940.html
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-browns-raid-on-harpers-ferry
Emancipation Proclamation
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipation-proclamation
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1549.html
Gettysburg Address:
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/gettysburg-address
People
Sons/Daughters of Liberty
http://www.history.com/shows/sons-of-liberty/about
Founding Fathers:
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution
John Smith:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/john-smith.html
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/colonial/jb_colonial_smith_1.html
Squanto
http://mayflowerhistory.com/tisquantum
Sybil Ludington
http://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/sibyl-ludington/
Alexander Hamilton
http://tweentribune.com/article/tween56/broadway-show-sends-more-visitors-hamilton-sites/
Mercy Otis Warren
http://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/mercy-otis-warren/
http://www.masshist.org/bh/mercybio.html
George Washington
http://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/biography/
Benjamin Franklin
http://www.biography.com/people/benjamin-franklin-9301234#synopsis
James Monroe
http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/james-monroe
Benedict Arnold
http://www.usnews.com/news/national/articles/2008/06/27/benedict-arnold-a-traitor-but-once-a-patriot
Andrew Jackson
http://millercenter.org/president/jackson
James K. Polk
http://millercenter.org/president/polk
Harriet Beecher Stowe
https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/hbs/
Lucretia Mott
http://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/lucretia-mott
Grimke Sisters
https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/youngandbrave/asgrimke.html
Horace Mann
http://www.biography.com/people/horace-mann-9397522
Abraham Lincoln
http://millercenter.org/president/lincoln
Lincoln/Douglas Debate
http://www.history.com/topics/lincoln-douglas-debates
Jefferson Davis
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/jefferson-davis
Ulysses S. Grant
http://millercenter.org/president/grant
Stonewall Jackson
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/stonewall-jackson
William T. Sherman
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/william-t-sherman
Clara Barton
http://www.redcross.org/about-us/history/clara-barton
John Wilkes Booth
http://www.biography.com/people/john-wilkes-booth-9219681
Harriet Tubman:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/harriet-tubman-grace-20-dollar-bill-180958852/
Government
Controversial Presidential Elections:
http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/7-most-contentious-u-s-presidential-elections
Marbury v. Madison
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/democracy/landmark_marbury.html
McCollough v. Maryland
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/antebellum/landmark_mcculloch.html
Gibbons v. Ogden
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/antebellum/landmark_gibbons.html
Indian Removal Act
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html
Worcester v. Georgia
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/antebellum/landmark_cherokee.html
Nullification Crisis
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/the-early-republic/age-of-jackson/a/the-nullification-crisis
Federalists v. Antifederalists
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/creating-new-government/resources/differences-between-federalists-and-antifederalists
Adams-Onis Treaty
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1801-1829/florida
Reform Movements
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/politics-reform/resources/reform-movements-progressive-era
Dred Scott Decision
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dred-scott-decision
Election of 1860
http://millercenter.org/president/biography/lincoln-campaigns-and-elections
Corrupt Bargain (Andrew Jackson)
http://millercenter.org/president/biography/jqadams-campaigns-and-elections
Electoral College
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/about.html