Tuesday Tidbit: Trimester 3 Links!

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It’s that time again… we have some fun supplemental links to share with you today, all relating to our history studies for Trimester 3. There is SO much online about this era of history, but here is a nice list to choose from if you have E&E time to fill, or if your kids want to play around a bit more with these topics. As always, this is completely optional and for your enrichment, so use these resources if you want to but feel no pressure to do so. Enjoy!

• Games for learning the states and capitals

• Pioneer crafts for kids

• Pioneer recipes

• Make a paper canoe

• Log cabin craft

• A cute Gold Rush game

• Strike it Rich! game (Gold Rush)

• Who Wants to be a Cotton Millionaire? game

• Gin your own cotton by hand (a kit you can purchase, plus an instructional video you can watch online – this comes with several cotton bolls, so a few families could go in together on this one)

• Interactive journey – enter the Underground Railroad

• A good overview of the Civil War site for kids

• Civil War jigsaw puzzles

• Civil War word search

• Civil War coloring pages

• Virtual tour of Clara Barton’s home, and activities

• The Amazing Civil War movies of the 1860s

• iPad and iPhone apps for American History and the Civil War

• Virtual Gettysburg

• Copywork book of the Gettysburg Address

• Audio/Video slide show of the Gettysburg Address (scroll to bottom to find it)

• Abraham Lincoln learning games and activities

• Abraham Lincoln’s Crossroads – an educational game

• Primary source materials on Abraham Lincoln

• The Life of Abraham Lincoln – an illustrated timeline for young readers

• The Lincoln Memorial interactive site

• BrainPOP video about the Civil War

• YouTube video of Johnny Cash singing Civil War songs

• And check out some American Folk music cds from the library – a great way to hear songs from the time period. 

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? Share in the comments below!