The Washington Journey (7th grade)

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  Chapter 1: The Far Corner: Washington's Geography and Geology

  Cascade Eruptions During the Past 4000 Years

  vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Cascades/EruptiveHistory/cascades_eruptions_4000yrs.html

  Mt. St. Helens Twenty-Five Years Later

  www.tdn.com/helens/noFlash/mainpage.php?p=1116271347&w=L

  Puget Sound

  www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pugetsound/tour/geology.html

  National Geographic Columbia River

  www.nationalgeographic.com/features/00/earthpulse/columbia/index_flash.html

  Washington State Volcaonoes and Volcanics

  vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Washington/framework.html

  Mt. St. Helens VideoCam

  www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

  Mystery of the Megaflood

  www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/megaflood/lake.html

  Energy Matters

  library.thinkquest.org/20331/types

  Fossils of Washington

  www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/paleontology/wa_fossils.php

  Chapter 2: Early Encounters: Two Worlds Meet

  The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

  www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/plateau_arts/moorhouse/index.php

  The Coastal and Plateau Indians

  schools.mukilteo.wednet.edu/me/library/teach/4th/CPI/CP%20Indians.htm

  Milestones for Washington State

  www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=5366

  Famous Explorers Library

  history.howstuffworks.com/european-history/european-explorers.htm

  Discovering Lewis and Clark

  lewis-clark.org

  History of Washington State and the Pacific

  www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Course%20Index/Units.html

  Beyond the Map

  beyondthemap.ca/english

  Chapter 3: Settlement of the Northwest

  PBS

  www.pbs.org/weta/thewest

  Oregon Trail Jeopardy

  historicoregoncity.org

  Pioneer Spirit

  The Oregon Territory

  videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/6249-pioneer-spirit-the-oregon-territory-video.htm

  History of Logging in Oregon

  www.opb.org/programs/oregonstory/logging/timeline.html

  Mining History in Washington

  ecv5440.org/WAMining.html

  Along the Trails West

  www.over-land.com/diaries.html

  Bureau of Land Management

  www.blm.gov/or/oregontrail/files/TBKS_opt.pdf

  Chapter 4: Treaties to Statehood

  Yakama Indian Fact Sheet

  www.bigorrin.org/yakama_kids.htm

  Chief Joseph

  www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/chiefjoseph.htm

  The Dawes Act

  www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/eight/dawes.htm

  Washington State Constitution

  www.sos.wa.gov/HISTORY/constitution.aspx

  Chapter 5: A State of Growth

  Great Northern Railway Historical Society

  www.gnrhs.org

  The Northern Pacific Railway Museum

  www.nprymuseum.org

  Chinese Americans in the Columbia Basin

  www.vancouver.wsu.edu/crbeha/ca/ca.htm

  The Pacific Northwest

  shamrockmistdesign.com/pages/washington.html

  Seattle By and By

  seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/seattle_history/maps

  Klondike Gold Rush

  www.questconnect.org/ak_klondike.htm

  Chapter 6: An Era of Reform

  Everett Massacre Collection

  content.lib.washington.edu/pnwlaborweb

  90th Anniversary of the Everett Massacre

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=lowAcvcbNuE

  Seattle General Strike 1919

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=lowAcvcbNuE

  SAT II U.S. History

  Moving through the Progressive Era

  www.dummies.com/hot-to/content/sat-ii-ushistory-moving-through-the-progressive-t.html

  World War I in Washington State

  www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=5732

  The Western Front: A World War One Summary

  www.richthoften.com/ww1sum

  A Guide to the Roaring Twenties

  www.fragrancex.com/Frangrance-Information/a-guide-to-the-roaring-twenties.html

  EIA Energy Kids-Hydropower

  www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=hydropower_home-basics

  Chapter 7: The Great Depression and World War II

  The Great Depression in Washington State

  depts.washington.edu/depress

  Top 5 Causes of the Great Depression

  americanhistory.about.com/od/greatdepression/tp/greatdepression.htm

  Resources for the Great Depression and the New Deal

  www.wscss.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&Page_id=33

  Grand Coulee Dam

  users.owt.com/chubbard/gcdam

  World War II

  www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii

  The Decision to Drop the Bomb

  chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webquests/wwii

  Chapter 8: Washington Comes of Age

  The Impact of the Cold War on Washington

  www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Course%20Index/Lessons/24/24.html

  Communism in Washington State

  depts.washington.edu/labhist/cpproject/curwick.shtml

  Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights Project

  depts.washington.edu/labhist

  Women's Suffrage in Washington State

  www.washingtonwomenshistory.org/themes/suffrage/default.aspx

  Washington State Department of Ecology

  www.ecy.wa.gov/web_history_ecyhome.pdf

  Chapter 9: Modern Washington

  The Charters of Freedom

  www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters

  EconEdLink

  www.econedlink.org/lessons/popup.php?lesson_number=370&&flash_name=em370_TicTacTaxes.swf

  Governor's Office of Indian Affairs

  www.goia.wa.gov/Tribal-Information/Map.ht

  Washington State Constitution

  www.secstate.wa.gov/history/constitution.aspx

  Washington State Legislative Building

  www.secstate.wa.gov/history/LegBuilding

  Washington State Legislature

  www.leg.wa.gov/legislature

  State Government

  access.wa.gov/government/state.aspx

  Chapter 10: Our State Economy

  Bureau of Labor Statistics

  www.bls.gov

  Kids Bank

  www.kidsbank.com

  ThinkQuest

  library.thinkquest.org/3643

  ThinkQuest II

  library.thinkquest.org/3096

  Washington Apples

  www.bestapples.com/kids/index.shtml

  The Logging Industry Comes to Washington

  www.suite101.com/article.cfm/washington_state/31724

• Student Edition—Audio Reader Now Available
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  The Washington Journey is a 7th grade history textbook. The outline for this book is based on Washington's NEW Essential Academic Learning Requirements for social studies and teaches civics, history, geography, and economics. The student edition places the state's historical events in the larger context of our nation's history.

• Student Guide
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  The Washington Journey Student Guide includes worksheets and activities that align with Washington's NEW Essential Academic Learning Requirements. The Student Guide has activators that kick start lessons by giving students the opportunity to access prior knowledge and make predictions.

• Teacher Guide
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  The Washington Journey Teacher Guide accompanies the student edition and is labeled with Washington's NEW Essential Academic Learning Requirements in every chapter. The Teacher Guide provides teachers with PowerPoint slides to introduce chapter Key Ideas, reading strategies, blackline maps, graphic organizers, and is organized in a logical Prepare/Teach/Reflect format. Three assessment options are also provided for each chapter; multiple choice, constructed response, and reading response

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