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Welcome to American History: Beginnings through Reconstruction by Shelly Tindle	5/8/2005 8:18 PM
I am pleased and excited to be your American History teacher this year. We are going to be learning about our nation’s history from its beginnings through the period following the Civil War, called Reconstruction. I really love teaching history and am...

Tutorials by Shelly Tindle	9/4/2008 3:43 PM
Mornings: Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Afternoons: Tuesday - Thursday *with prior notice*

Grading Policy by Shelly Tindle	8/20/2005 10:42 PM
Daily grades -- 40% of six-weeks average Quizes count as a double daily grade Test and project grades -- 60% of six-weeks average Late work policy: 25 points off the first day late, 50 points off the second and third day late, no credit given...

Extra Credit! by Shelly Tindle	8/20/2005 10:58 PM
If you watch a television program or movie on a historical subject, or visit a museum or a historical site, you will receive extra credit if you write a 1 to 2 page report on your experience. The historical event does not have to be in the time period...

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Class Website Scavenger Hunt

United States Map

13 Colonies Map

Industrial Revolution Internet Scavenger Hunt


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Video Presentations - Broadband ONLY! (DSL / Cable)

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911-photo-essay

Civil War Intro


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	Overview of American History from University of Houston
	Clip from West Wing on Slavery Reparations


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Games and Puzzles

	Jamestown Game
	Daily Life in the Colonies Game
	Digital History Game Links
	Puzzlemaker
	Brain Boosters
	Pledge of Allegiance Game
	Texas Pledge of Allegiance Game
	The Pick Twelve Game
	Declaration Clarification Game
	Preamble Scramble Game
	Federalists Anti-Federalists Game
	Branches of the Federal Government Game
	Save the Bill of Rights!
	Road to the Capital


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This Day in History

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General Resources

	Geography and Climate of the 50 States
	Classzone Interactive Activities
	Animated Map: U.S. Expansion 1790 - 1853
	Industrial Revolution
	Tier 2 Industrial Revolution Link
	Scientific American Links
	Google
	Surname Place Of Origin
	FreeRice.com
	Download Adobe Reader
	Click here to email Ms. Tindle
	Online TAKS Practice Test
	U.S. History Atlas - Username: Student - Password: maps
	Twin Creeks Middle School Library Catalog
	Britannica Online - Username: tcreeksms - Password: Ktwelve
	Gale Biography Resource Center/Opposing Viewpoints - Password: ella
	Dictionary.com
	Online textbook: Creating America: Beginnings through Reconstruction


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	Industrial Revolution Project
	Civil War Counterfactual Project
	David Walker
	William Lloyd Garrison
	Grimke sisters
	Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
	John Quincy Adams
	Sojourner Truth
	Elizabeth Cady Stanton
	Susan B Anthony
	Harriet Tubman
	Maria Mitchell
	Lucretia Mott
	Harriet Beecher Stow
	Horace Mann
	Dorothea Dix
	Thomas Gallaudet
	Henry David Thoreau
	Margaret Fuller
	Neal Dow
	Elizabeth Blackwell
	John Russwurn
	Mary Jane Patterson
	Elijah Lovejoy
	Clara Barton
	Benjamin Banneker
	Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett)
	Frederick Douglass
	Don't Vote?


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American History Resources

	America’s Story
	Digital History from U of H
	Eyewitness to History
	History Channel
	History Channel Speech Archives
	Kid Info
	National Archives
	National Geographic
	Smithsonian Institution
	This Day in History
	U.S. Library of Congress
	Sign the Declaration of Independence
	Listen to the Liberty Bell
	Virtual Underground Railroad


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Colonial Cultural Life

	The Middle Passage
	Social Studies for Kids: 13 Original Colonies
	Information on the 13 Original Colonies
	13 Colonies Chart
	Colonial Williamsburg
	Jamestown Fort
	Exploring Jamestown
	Pilgrims
	Pilgrims at Plimoth Plantation
	Puritans
	Video: Pilgrims and Puritans
	Salem Witch Trials Interactive Activity
	Salem Witch Trials


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United States Government

	The White House
	U.S. House of Representatives
	U.S. Senate
	The Supreme Court


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Clipart and Animated Gifs

	DiscoverySchool
	Ace Clipart
	Clipart Connection
	Animation Factory
	Gif Animations


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