“Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States” by Howard Chandler Christy
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Today we offer you more online activities for fun enrichment, relating to our Trimester 2 studies. Again, these are totally optional, but they may come in handy on one of our E&E days, or to use as a reward for completing other school work. This is only a sampling of what's out there, but we hope there’s something on this list that you and your kids will enjoy:
We’ll start off with a classic video. School House Rock – The Preamble:
– Pirates of the Preamble game
– Constitutionfacts.com : Word finds, crossword puzzles, treasure hunts, and other activities about the Constitution for kids K-12 (and adults too!)
– Bill of Rights matching game
– Liberty’s Kids info about John Adams (as well as other links to founding fathers and various important people in American history)
– A Day in the life of Thomas Jefferson
– Explore Monticello, Jefferson’s home
– Go west across America with Lewis and Clark
– Lewis and Clark interactive trail map
– Lewis and Clark coloring pages
– Tons of Native American links, by region
– Watch the PBS documentary on the War of 1812 (available to watch online, rated TV-PG, about 2 hours long)
– The story of The Star Spangled Banner (and the War of 1812) with activities, including an interactive flag
– Lyrics to The Star Spangled Banner
– “A Sailor’s Life for Me” animated game about sailors at the the time of the War of 1812
– Caddie Woodlawn printable paper doll and clothes
– Pioneer games, toys, and songs (and what life was like on the trail)
– More pioneer games here and here
– Photos of early US Postage stamps
– Top 10 Industrial Revolution Inventions
– PBS Kids Inventor's Workshop
– Online games and puzzles about inventors
– More inventor games and activities
If any of the above links do not work, please email [email protected] and let us know!
Have you found any other quality educational sites that relate to our history or literature this trimester?
