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More links for Native Americans:
Education World's 12 lessons on Native Americans to extend this unit. There are Internet Scavenger Hunts on this site on other topics.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson209.shtml
Minnesota State Museum Map of early Native American Cultures that the children can click on to learn more about all the tribes and where their territories were.
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/northamerica/culture/
More links for Explorers: These sites all contain additional information about explorers.
A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/passages/
Elementary Themes--European Explorers
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/explorer.htm
Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/
More links for the United States:
Kids' World Government & Politics has links that connect to official sites for the branches of the govenrment, many government departments, the political parties, the Peace Corp, the CIA and the FBI sites for kids.
http://www.northvalley.net/kids/government.shtml
Learn how to fold the US Flag correctly at this site.
http://train.missouri.org/~emgeer/flagfold.html
http://www.archives.gov takes you to the website of the National Archives where there are copies of many documents.
PBS Teachers' Source has lesson plans and activities for a wide range of age levels and topics including Native American Studies, US History, & Civics. I especially liked some of the lessons from the "Technology and Civilization" section. http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/soc_stud.htm
The National Atlas has hundreds of printable maps including satellite maps, topographical maps, maps of our territorial acquisitions, presidential election maps, and articles about climate, mapping, agriculture, government, etc. There are also some interesting articles.
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles.html
If you are looking for free downloadable software Kaboose Kids Domain has a list of freeware and shareware programs for Mac's and PC's. http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/mac/index.html is the address for Mac programs. Check out the toolbars for PC downloads and clip art, too!
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