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| My Social Studies Links on del.ic.ious My favorite social studies links on del.ic.ious |
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| PBS Kids Democracy Project Be president for a day, see how your government works, step inside the voting booth, learn about past presidents. |
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| Ben's guide to U.S. Government for kids Symbols of U.S. government,historical documents, games and activities. |
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| Online Dictionary Online Dictionary that we will use to look up items the pioneers used to load their wagons for our Pioneeer Unit. |
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| A Colonial Family and Community Be a history detective. Go back in time and investigate the daily lives of the Daggetts, a colonial family from northeastern Connecticut. |
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| The Oregon Trail Website Includes information about the trail, historic sites, fantastic facts, and trail diaries. |
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| Mrs. Peddle's Pioneer Links All of my pioneer unit resources from my del.icio.us account. |
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| Time for Kids |
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| Scholastic News |
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| Family History Links My family history links on del.ic.ious |
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| Country Flags for our Family History Project Print and color the flags of your ancestors. |
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| New York Times News Summaries for Kids |
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| National Geographic Kids-Top Stories |
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| Thinkquest Pioneer Project This website was created as a student project and is an excellent overview of the Oregon Trail/Pioneer experience. |
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| Science News Daily |
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| CNN for Kids |
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| CBBC NewsRound |
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