The Kentucky Adventure (4th grade)

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  Chapter 1: Starting the Adventure

  Lesson Plans to Teach History from the Library of Congress

  memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/index.html

  Online atlases, almanacs, dictionaries, and encyclopedias

  www.factmonster.com

  Finding a variety of timelines

  library.thinkquest.org/3696/index2.htm

  Kentucky State Symbols:

  memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

  Chapter 2: Geography is the Stage

  Kentucky Tourism

  www.virtualtourist.com/vt/50e/z/

  Kentucky Museums

  www.history.ky.gov/Museums/Kentucky_History_Center.htm

  Kentucky Trip Guide

  www.tripspot.com/state/ky.htm

  Tour of Kentucky Webquest

  tli.jefferson.k12.ky.us

  Printable Maps

  www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/

  Printable State Maps

  www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/statesbw/kentucky/shtml

  U.S. States Information

  www.kidzone.ws/geography/usa/

  Chapter 3: Natural Kentucky

  Kentucky for Kids

  www.kentucky/gov/Portal/Category/fac_kids

  Kentucky Geology

  www.uky.edu/KGS

  Kentucky Webquest

  www.hardin/k12.ky.us/Upton/KyWQVTour.html

  Map of Kentucky Geology

  geology.com/states/kentucky/shtml

  Chapter 4: The Early People

  Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission

  www.state.ky.us/agencies/khc/Native%20American_heritage.htm

  Paleo Indians

  www.desertusa.com/ind1/du_peo_paleo.html

  Native American Activities

  www.nps.gov/efmo/parks/fourth.htm

  Sequoyah Birthplace Museum

  www.sequoyahmuseum.org/

  John Cabot

  www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cabot.html

  Chapter 5: Explorers and Settlers

  Daniel Boone

  www.earlyamerica.com/lives/boone/

  Kentucky Folk Art Center

  www.morehead-st.edu/kfac/

  Kentucky Historical Society (Long Hunters)

  www.kentucky.gov

  Chapter 6: Fighting for Freedom: The American Revolution

  1492: An Ongoing Voyage

  www.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/america.html

  American Revolution

  library.thinkquest.org/11683/High.html

  Kentucky Historical Society

  history.ky.gov/index.htm

  Chapter 7: Statehood—At Last

  Kentucky Railway Museum

  www.kyrail.org/

  Kentucky Statehood

  www.50states.com/kentucky.htm

  Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill

  www.shakervillageky.org/

  Chapter 8: Antebellum Kentucky: A State Divided

  Abolitionists (Library of Congress)

  www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam006.html

  Canal Locks

  terrax.org

  The U.S.-Mexican War

  www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/

  War of 1812

  www.militaryheritage.com/1812.htm

  Chapter 9: The Civil War and Reconstruction

  Civil War Envelopes

  www.chs.org/family/envelope.htm

  Civil War Photographs

  memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html

  Civil War Slang

  www.millville.org/Workshops_f

  Civil War Timeline

  www.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html

  Emancipation Proclamation

  www.archives.gov/exhibits/

  Chapter 10: Kentucky in the New Century

  Coal

  www.coaleducation.org/coalhistory/default.htm

  Great Depression Photos (Library of Congress)

  lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html

  New Deal

  newdeal.feri.org

  Woman's Suffrage

  encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761577595

  World War I

  www.worldwar1.com

  Chapter 11: Modern Kentucky

  Pearl Harbor

  plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/

  World War II Letters

  www.private-art.com

  Hubble Space Telescope

  oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo

  Kids Can Make a Difference

  members.aol.com/kidz4peace/index.htm

  Martin Luther King's Speeches

  www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/Ihaveadream.htm

  NASA

  http://www.nasa.gov

  Chapter 12: Governing Kentucky

  Bill of Rights

  www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience

  Branches of Government

  bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/branches.html

  Congress for Kids

  congressforkids.net/Independence_declaration_1.htm

  Declaration of Independence

  www.archives.gov

  Library of Congress

  www.loc.gov

  Voting

  www.kidsvotingusa.org

  Webquest on Government

  pbskids.org/democracy/mygovt/index.html

  Chapter 13: Making a Living in Kentucky

  Economics for Kids

  www.fleetkids.com

  Kids Consumer Corner

  tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3643

  U.S. Treasury

  www.ustreas.gov

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  The Kentucky Adventure is a 4th grade Kentucky history textbook. The outline for this book is based on the Kentucky State Social Studies Standards and offers a comprehensive course of study in Kentucky's geography, history, economics, culture, and government. The book places the state's historical events in the context of our nation's history.

  

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