HISTORY K-2

Thanksgiving


Tennessee Social Studies Standards
Students will exhibit a knowledge of history identifying and describing major events, people, and trends.

      1) History's Happening
                  http://www.saber.net/~paloser/
                This site is a resource tool for teachers containing all types of information on different
                sections of history. This site also contains links to other history sites that would be helpful
                to teachers. This site has won many awards for being known as a "cool site".
 

           2)PBS Teacher Source
                  http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/social_studies/elementary_us_native.shtm
                  This site contains over 2,000 different types of lesson plans for teachers.PBS is also
                   a television network that airs educational shows for both students and teachers.
                   On this site, teachers are able to find many helpful educational resources.
 

          3)WWW Virtual Library - American Indians
                  http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/
                   This site would be labeled as content resources. The purpose for this site is to give
                   the general public information on Native Americans. This site is not only for teachers
                   and students. It is for anyone interested in learning more about Native Americans and
                   their culture. This site is run personally by Karen Strom and is updated on a regular
                   basis.

          4)Thanksgiving Resources
                  http://www.bham.wednet.edu/thanks.htm
                  I would also consider this site to be labeled under content resources.This site is
                  developed by Bellingham Schools in Bellingham, Washington. This site gives many
                  helpful links to other sites for both students and teachers on Thanksgiving.

            5)Caleb Johnson's Mayflower Web Pages
                   http://users.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.htm
                   This site was made by Caleb Johnson.While the Mayflower Pages were specifically
                   designed for geneaologists and academic historians, these pages can also definitely
                   be utilized by teachers and students during Thanksgiving. This site gives all sorts of
                   valuable information on Thanksgiving and the Mayflower.
 

            6)Wampanoag History
                    http://www.tolatsga.org/wampa.html
                    This website was developed by Lee Sultzman. The purpose of this website is to help
                    educate people about Indians. This site deals specifically with the Wampanoag tribe.
                    This was the tribe of Indians that helped the pilgrims learn how to survive when they
                    first landed.

            7) The History Net
                    http://www.thehistorynet.com/
                    This site is a search tool and Resource tool pertaining to history for both teachers and
                    students. This site is known as the internet's largest most content-rich site. At this site, you
                   can easily find any event on person in history and information about them.
 

            8)    Canku Ota
                 http://www.turtletrack.org/Links/CO_MainLinks.htm
                    This site has activities, lesson plans, and other helpful information on Native Americans.
                    This site can be helpful to both students and teachers.This website has won a Cultural
                    Excellence Award, a Bronze Star Award, and has been approved as a family friendly and
                    safe for children website.
 

            9) The First Thanksgiving
                      http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/first.html-ssi
                      This site would be considered to be both a reference tool and a place where
                      teachers can find lesson plans. It has a lot of fun activites for teachers to use when
                      teaching about Thanksgiving. This site has also won an award from the Britannica
                      Guide.

            10)All About Thanksgiving
                       http://www.geocities.com/~perkinshome/thanksgiving.html
                       This site would be considered a reference for both teacher and students. The web
                       site has a lot of great graphics and it is very cute. This sites information would be
                       very useful to any teacher or student that is studying Thanksgiving. This site has
                       also won many awards.
 

       Created By : Alicia Sills on May 7, 2001
       Graphics from www.arttoday.com

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