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 http://www.pbs.org/ 1 PBS
 http://historychannel.com/ 2 THE HISTORY CHANNEL
 http://dsc.discovery.com/ 3 THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL
 http://tlc.discovery.com/ 4 THE LEARNING CHANNEL
 http://www.imdb.com/ 5 INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE (good for background)
https://www.nps.gov/lowe/index.htm 6 THE LOWELL MILLS
 http://www.mysticseaport.com/ 7 THE MYSTIC SEAPORT
http://www.slatermuseum.org/ 8 SLATER MUSEUM IN NORWICH CT (great sculptures)
 http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html 9 CIA - WORLD FACT BOOK (info. on every country)
 http://www.threadcity.org/ 10 WINDHAM MILLS
 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/ 11 GEOGRAPHY BEE CHALLENGE (NATIONAL GEO.)
 http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html 12 PORTALS TO THE WORLD 
(Lib.of Congress -  info on every country)
 http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/cornell.html 13 Cornell Notes being used in higher education!
 http://www.bucks.edu/~specpop/Cornl-ex.htm 14 Example of Cornell notes with a summary section.
 http://www.millmuseum.org/ 15 WINDHAM MILLS MUSEUM
http://floridamemory.com/onlineclassroom/spanish-american-war/ 16 SPANISH AMERICAN WAR - Pics: Tampa FL
 http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/events/jrd/index.jsp 17 JACKIE ROBINSON DAY MLB
 http://www.usdreams.com/Carnegie14.html 18 ANDREW CARNEGIE - philanthropist
 http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/industry/carnegie/phil_1 19 ANDREW CARNEGIE - philanthropist
 http://givingpledge.org/ 20 THE GIVING PLEDGE
 http://www.Sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm 21 PRACTICE YOUR STATE & CAPITALS W/ VIDEO GAMES!!!
 http://www.addictinggames.com/50states.html 22 A GOOD STATES GAME
 http://www.addictinggames.com/50statecapitals.html 23 A GOOD CAPITALS GAME
 http://yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/us-puzzle 24 CHALLENGING STATES GAMES
 http://www.census.gov/schools/facts/ 25 STATE FACTS FOR STUDENTS interesting trivia
 http://www.eastconn.org/tah/ 26 TEACHING AMERICAN HIST.PROJECT-EASTCONN
 http://www.vote-smart.org/election_current.php 27 GOOD STATS ON THE CANDIDATES
 http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/ 28 MEDIA IN POLITICS - COMMERCIALS & MORE
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15949569 29 THE BBC'S TAKE ON THE ELECTION
 http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us^cv.html 30 CIIVIL WAR FLAGS
 http://www.awesomestories.com/history/civil-war/lincolns-assassination 31 LINCOLN ASSASSINATION
 http://www.fordstheatre.org/sites/default/files/virtualTour/index.html 32 more LINCOLN ASSASSINATION
 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/season/16/minneapolis-mn/appraisals/1865-lincoln-mourning-parade-banner--201103A22  Lincoln Funeral Banner
 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html 33 INTERACTIVE IMMIGRATION MAP BY COUNTRY
 http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/map.htm  34 - (A) UNDERGROUND R.R. MAP ACTIVITY
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/ 34 - (B) UNDERGROUND R.R. WEB QUEST ACTIVITY
http://www.history.com/civil-war-150#/home 35 CIVIL WAR 150 HISTORY CH.-GOOD STATISTICS
 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Civil-War-History.html 36 SMITHSONIAN CIVIL WAR 150 ARTICLES
 http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/webcast.htm 37 IMMIGRATION INFO.
 http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/first-battle-of-bull-run 38 Bull Run clip
 http://www.purposegames.com/
39 CREATE YOUR OWN STUDY GUIDES!
http://www.usatoday.com/interactives/news/politics/candidate-match-game/
40 GAME - INVESTIGATING THE CANDIDATES
 http://campaign2012.c-span.org/ 41 MORE ON ELECTION INFO.
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/into/index.html 42 LEWIS & CLARK INTERACTIVE JOURNEY
 http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/cd_index_flash.html? 43 LEWIS & CLARK interactive map
 http://home.nps.gov/fomc/castyourvote/index.cfm 44 WAR OF 1812 PERSPECTIVES
 http://glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/socialstudies/in_motion_10/tav/TAV_268.swf 45 Interactive Map on Texan Independence
 http://ed.ted.com/on/mOo38uD5 46 Crash Course - Westward Expansion
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1XGkUxU3ZY  47 What we can do: child labor
https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-rights-history-project/articles-and-essays/murder-of-emmett-till/
48 Emmett Till
 http://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/sharecropping/ 49 Sharecropping
 http://www.activehistory.co.uk/WW1_CAUSES/ENGLISH/frameset.htm 50 WWI Causes Simulation
http://youtu.be/1GBWDQ5cF_U 51 1914-1919 Shell Shock (WWI overview video)
http://youtu.be/uh6tEOHVVig 52 Sinking of the Lusitania (Terror at Sea)
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/games/overtop/index_e.shtml 53 Over the Top - simulation
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Little-Known-Dark-Side-of-Thomas-Jefferson-169780996.html#ixzz2LZaqF4NN 54 Jefferson & slavery at Monticello
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/trenchwarfare.shtml 55 Trench Warfare - simulation
 http://youtu.be/wbggEGUaE28 56 OVER THERE
 http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/presidential-elections/videos/the-electoral-college 57 Electoral College video explanation
http://youtu.be/yYEfLm5dLMQ
58 Bill of Rights Introduction
 http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/thats-your-right
59 Bill of Rights Game
 https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/president?mcubz=1 60 2016 Election Info.
 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/learning/teaching-with-electoral-college-101.html 61 NYT Electoral College
 https://archive.org/details/msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990 62 Oregon Trail
 https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/artwork/dolley-madison-comes-to-the-rescue/  63 Dolley Madison
 https://www.geoguessr.com/vgp/3213  US Capitals
 https://www.geoguessr.com/vgp/3141  US States