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USEFUL WEBSITES FOR TAH: American Revolution/Colonial Life

Scavenger Hunts * Recently Added
  1. Peterson's Scavenger Hunt

    2. http://faculty.usiouxfalls.edu/arpeterson/scavenger_hunts.htm
  2. Education World

    3. http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/hunt.shtml
  3. Scavenger Hunts for Classroom

    4. http://www.kathimitchell.com/scavenge.html
  4. Revolutionary War Scavenger Hunt

    5. http://mrspskids.tripod.com/rwhunt.html


Searching Sites:
  1. Descriptions of Search Terms/Tips

    2. http://www.wku.edu/~andrew.mcmichael/searching.html
  2. Scavenger Hunt

    3. http://www.wku.edu/~andrew.mcmichael/thunt/
General History Sources:
  1. History Matters

    2. http://www.historymatters.gmu.edu/

  2. American Memory - Library of Congress

    3. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

  3. Digital History

    4. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

  4. Teaching American History

    5. http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/
Colonial Era Sources:
  1. Colonial Williamsburg

    2. http://history.org/

  2. Virtual Jamestown

    3. http://www.virtualjamestown.org/
Revolutionary Era:
  1. Early America

    2. http://www.earlyamerica.com/

  2. Liberty! - The American Revolution (website accompanying documentary)

    3. http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/index.html

  3. The American Revolution - A Documentary History

    4. http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/amerrev/amerrev.htm
Primary Sources: Cartoons/Illustrations
  1. Images of American Political History

    2. http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/index.htm

  2. American in Caricature 1765 - 1865

    3. http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/cartoons.html

  3. Harp Week (Harper's Monthly Cartoons 1850s - 1870s)

    4. http://www.harpweek.com/
Primary Sources: Documents
  1. Internet History Sourcebooks Project

    2. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/
Lesson Plans:
  1. National Archives

    2. http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/

  2. New York Times

    3. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/index.html

  3. Library of Congress

    4. http://www.loc.gov/teachers


For More Information Contact:
Jana Kirchner
TAH Grant Coordinator
1906 College Heights Blvd. #21031
Western Kentucky University - Bowling Green, KY 42101
Phone: 270-745-2451
Email: jana.kirchner@grrec.ky.gov