Supporting Links are provided as a starting place for internet research when print materials aren’t available and for further exploration of a topic. Use of links is optional and up to the discretion of the course facilitator. These sites are not hosted by or affiliated with Creek Edge Press, so please let us know if you find broken links.
General Supporting Links for the American History Task Card Set:
American History Timeline
Literature
American Picture Book Biographies
Colonial Living Books
American Tall Talls
Video
America The Story of Us
PBS Films (Many Relevant Titles)
Fifty States and Capitols
Thirteen Middle Colonies
Task Card 1 – The First Americans, Native Americans
The First Americans
Task Card 2 – European Explorers and Conquest
Explorers for Kids
Exploration of North America
Task Card 3 – Early European Settlements
The Mayflower Compact
Task Card 4 – American Colonies
Map of the Thirteen Colonies
Colonial Map Activities
Colonial Homes
Colonial American House Styles
Task Card 5 – French and Spanish Colonies
Task Card – 6 New England
Task Card 7 – Colonial American Trade
Task Card 8 – Colonial American Life
Colonial Williamsburg
Task Card 9 – Slavery in America
Task Card 10 – The French and Indian War
Task Card 11- Colonial Rebellion, The American Revolution Begins
The Boston Massacre
Mt. Vernon Virtual Tour
Task Card 12 – American Revolution, The Declaration of Independence
The American Revolution
Task Card 13 – American Revolution, Battles and Generals
Task Card 14 – Articles of Confederation and the Continental Congress
Task Card 15 – The Constitution of the United States
Task Card 16 – The Federalist Years
Task Card 17 – The War of 1812
Task Card 18 – The Industrial Revolution in America
Task Card 19 – National Unity and Early Reformers
Task Card 20 – Westward Expansion, Lewis and Clark
The West
Westward Expansion The Settlers
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark
Task Card 21 – Indian Removal, Seminole Wars
Task Card 22 – The Gold Rush, The Pony Express
Task Card 23 – The Alamo, War with Mexico
Task Card 24 – Slavery in the South, Abolitionism
Southern Plantation
Task Card 25 – North and South: A Nation Divided
Task Card 26 – Civil War
Civil War
Task Card 27 – Civil War
Task Card 28 – Railways and the Wild West
Task Card 29 – Indian Wars and Homesteaders
Task Card 30 – Big Business, Industry, and Inventions
The Men Who Built America
Task Card 31 – Immigration
Statue of Liberty
Tenement Museum
Task Card 32 – Progressive Era and the Spanish American War
Task Card 33 – World War I
Task Card 34 – Boom to Bust, Jazz Age, The Great Depression
Task Card 35 – World War II
Task Card 36 – The Cold War
Task Card 37 – Civil Rights and the Space Race
Task Card 38 – Vietnam War
Task Card 39 – The End of the Cold War, Militants and Terrorists
Task Card 40 – The Digital Age, Terrorism, Medical Advances