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The Ice Age |
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Elephant Odyssey
This game is kind of like an old school video game. You are a mammoth,
and you must talk to all of the animals as you travel through time -
from before the Ice Age to today. You will learn about how the animals
and land changed through the Ice Age while having fun! |
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Arctic Artifacts
This interactive activity lets you examine various arctic artifacts so
that you can determine the use for each artifact. |
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Geography |
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Latitude and Longitude Game
Use latitude and longitude to help find Hannah! |
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States and Capitals Practice
In "Tutorial" mode, you can actually learn the names of states and their
capitals. If you click "Play" under the beginner mode for states or
capitals, you can practice identifying the states and capitals. After
you hit "Play," there is a box in the top left corner that will allow
you to select all states or just a particular region. |
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New England Tour and Game
Roll your mouse over each state, and then roll your
mouse over each of the little icons that pop up to learn about each
state. Click “Play the Game” button on the left after you have learned
all about all of the states. |
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Mid-Atlantic Tour and Game
Roll your mouse over each state, and then roll your
mouse over each of the little icons that pop up to learn about each
state. Click “Play the Game” button on the left after you have learned
all about all of the states. |
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Cardinal Directions |
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Computer Virus Hunt
Hacker has hidden a computer virus pod on
Pleasant Island, and it's up to you to find it in time! Use a tracking
device that will show you if you need to go north, east, south or west
to guide your space pod to the location of a hidden object. Good luck!
After you find one, it will say "play again."
If you decide to play again, it will hide the computer virus pod in a
new location. |
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Eye of Rom
In this game you have to recover the four pieces of the Eye of Rom.
Directions and a compass will help you get to the puzzle piece in each
of four mazes. The hard part? You have to go the opposite of
the directions given to get back out of each maze! Have fun and good
luck! |
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The Ice Age |
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Elephant Odyssey
This game is kind of like an old school video game. You are a mammoth,
and you must talk to all of the animals as you travel through time -
from before the Ice Age to today. You will learn about how the animals
and land changed through the Ice Age while having fun! |
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Arctic Artifacts
This interactive activity lets you examine various arctic artifacts so
that you can determine the use for each artifact. |
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Archaeology and Moundville |
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Archaeology Trackstar
Here are several websites and games that will help
you learn about archaeology. |
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Moundville Trackstar
This website has information about Moundville, AL.
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Early American Settlements: Jamestown |
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On the Trail of Captain John Smith: A Jamestown Adventure
It is a cartoon-style video of the story of Jamestown that follows the
story of John Smith. There are eight mini episodes, and there are
mini-games after six of the episodes. Students will learn something
through every episode and every game - SO cool. Each mini episode is
about 2-3 minutes long, and each mini game is about 1-2 minutes long…if
you only play each one once.
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America in 1607: Jamestown and the Powhatan
This website has so much "stuff" that there is no way that I could
explain everything it has to offer! You can explore Jamestown and the
Werowocomoco Powhatan village. You can use a magnifying glass to look at
an illustration, you can watch a "fly over" a computer rendering of what
Jamestown and Werowocomoco looked like in the early 1600s (looks real),
you can listen to interviews from historians, you can look at real
artifacts that have been found, and more.
Happy exploring! |
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The Jamestown Online Adventure
In this website, you have to make the same
important decisions that the first colonists had to make. You have to
decide where to land, how to interact with the natives, what to build,
and more. Don't worry, though, because you will have the charter, the
colonists, and the natives to advise you. Be careful, though. You do not
have to take their advice if you do not think it is best. At the end, it
will let you know how your colonists are doing based on your decisions
and what really happened in Jamestown so that you can see if you did a
better job than they did "back in the day." |
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Early American Settlements:
The Mayflower, Pilgrims, Wampanoag, & The First Thanksgiving |
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Tour the Mayflower
This is another activity from Scholastic’s “The First Thanksgiving”
activity. On this page, click different parts of the ship to learn about
them. |
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Fantastic Voyage
This one is not really so much a game as it is a fun questionnaire. You
have to pretend that you are in charge of the new colony. You have to
choose the ship and the crew you would take to the new colony, and you
have to make all the other decisions needed to guide the ship safely to
the new colony. At the end, you will learn if your ship made it, how
healthy everyone is, the morale of everyone, and if your colony is
likely to survive. For each decision that you must make, there is a
button that says, “Get More Info” that you can click to help you make
your decision. Good Luck! |
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The Mayflower's Journey
This is another activity from Scholastic’s “The First Thanksgiving”
activity. On this page, click the “Start” button to learn about the
Mayflower’s journey through video, pictures, and more. |
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Panoramic Views of Plymouth Colony
If you had traveled all the way across the
ocean to a land with no buildings, towns, or equipment, you would have
had to make your own home and to help make other buildings in town. The
colonists of Plymouth Colony had to do just that. What do you think the
buildings and town of Plymouth Colony looked like? With this website,
you can see for yourself! Take a look at the “real” recreations of
Plymouth Colony. Click and drag the video to explore different parts of
each scene. |
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Cottage Quest
This one is not really so much a game as it
is a fun questionnaire that goes with the “Panoramic Views of Plymouth
Colony” activity (above). Each question will describe a common item from
the 17th century, and you have to pick the name of that item from the
choices. Since you probably will not know what most of the items are,
you will have to search in the buildings of Plymouth Colony - which are
listed above each question. Most questions have a "Helpfull Hinte,"
which is how "helpful hint" used to be spelled, to give you clues of
where to look for each item. Good luck! |
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Plimoth Plantation Virtual Tours
See virtual tours of a the outside of
a Wampanoag Home, the inside of a wetu (Wampanoag Native American house)
Interior, and a 17th century English village. |
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You Are the Historian: Investigating the First Thanksgiving
What really happened at
the first Thanksgiving? In this interactive activity, you get to be a
history detective so that you can find out! You may be really surprised
about some of the things that did and did not happen at the first
Thanksgiving! |
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Scholastic's "The First Thanksgiving" Activity
This is the first of several activities on Scholastic’s “The First
Thanksgiving” activity. On this page, there are two links. One of the
links lets you watch interviews of the interpreters (actors) of Plimoth
Plantation and the other link lets you see a photo slideshow field trip
of Plimoth Plantation. |
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Compare and Contrast the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
This is another activity from Scholastic’s “The First Thanksgiving”
activity. On this page, click on housing, clothes, food, chores, school,
and games to learn the similarities and differences of the daily life of
the Pilgrims and Wampanoag through photos and captions. |
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Thanksgiving Slideshow
This is another activity from Scholastic’s “The First Thanksgiving”
activity. On this page, learn about the first thanksgiving through
photos and captions. |
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Dress Up a 17th Century Colonist
Dress the colonist girl up in
the clothes she would have worn in 1628. You have to put on the right
clothes in the right order. Good luck! |
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Colonial Life |
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Colonial Life Part 1 Trackstar
Watch video clips from Colonial Williamsburg to learn information about
the American Revolution, the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg, and
the historic building of the Charlton Coffeehouse which includes how
bricks, mortar, wall, plaster, etc. were made from scratch.There is even
a video on how chocolate was made from scratch in colonial times.
Questions to answer appear at the top of each page.
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Colonial Life Part 2 Trackstar
Watch video clips from Colonial Williamsburg to learn information about
slaves, children, fifers, and drummers of the 18th century and about how
a cannon was made in the 18th century. Quesions to answer appear at the
top of each page.
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18th Century Paper Doll
Game
Learn how girls put together their outfits in the 18th century
by playing this paper doll game! |
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Brickmaker Build-Up
T! - The videos that go well with this
one are The Apprentice Tour under Kids and the Charlton Coffeehouse
Bricks and Mortar under Coffeehouse
http://www.history.org/media/videoplayer/ |
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Blacksmith Shop: Tool Trouble
T! - The videos that go well with this
one are The Arsenal of the Revolution: The Anderson Armoury under
Misc (sort of) and the Charlton Coffeehouse Iron Works under Coffeehouse
http://www.history.org/media/videoplayer/ |
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Heads Up for the
Colonists
You are working in a hat shop, and there are
a lot of customers! Your job is to match a hat to each customer’s needs. |
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Cooper-ation
Try to guess what tool a cooper would use to
complete each part of his job. It can be super tricky! |
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George Washington |
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Washington's Treasures Treasure Hunt
This is an awesome scavenger hunt game. You have to
walk around Mt. Vernon and have to talk to different characters at Mt.
Vernon to find the special items that find the mystery objects (actual
artifacts) of George Washington's adventurous, exciting life. You can go
in almost every building (and even when you cannot enter a building, the
game still tells you what the building is and for what it was used.) |
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Harpsichord Hero
George Washington's niece gives you a chance to play
her harpsichord so that she and her uncle can dance at the party. Some
of the songs are really hard to play! |
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Mount Vernon Mansion Virtual Tour
Tour George Washington's house online!
The website says this on it's welcome page, "George Washington's entire
adulthood is reflected in these rooms. By looking carefully at the
furnishings and decorative features, you can find clues to Washington's
character, tastes, and accomplishments, as well as his aspirations for a
fledgling United States." |
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Mount Vernon Farm Picture Tour
See and learn about all of George
Washington’s Mount Vernon Farm! See its different parts, shops,
buildings, gardens, and more! Click on the different points to learn
what each part is, and click "View Details" to learn more about each
one. |
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Mount Vernon Archaeology Memory Game
This is a matching game (like Memory). You have to
match the artifacts found at Mt. Vernon. You are also supposed to be
able to learn about each artifact after the matches are found, but that
feature is not working just yet... |
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George Washington's Timeline
This website has a sliding timeline of George
Washington's life. Each part of his life includes a brief description
and either a picture, painting, or artifact. |
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Revolutionary War |
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Mission-US: For Crown or Colony?
In this game, you are Nathaniel, an apprentice in a
printshop in Boston. You must do whatever your master says, but since
things have gotten tense in Boston, you are rarely working in the
printshop. You get to run around Boston with errands for causes for the
Sons of Liberty. You meet famous people from the Revolution, talk to
them, and even witness some key events (like the Boston Massacre!). This
is a really fun activity. :). |
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Bombarding Yorktown Game
In this game, you are in charge of the cannons in the
last battle of the Revolutionary War, Yorktown. You have to adjust the
angle and tilt of the cannons to destroy the British line and British
ships so that the Americans can easily defeat them! There are three
levels, and yes, Mrs. Smalley beat all three of them :). |
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Animated Revolutionary War Maps
This website has map animations for the French and
Indian War through the Battle of Yorktown of the Revolutionary War. |
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The Patriot Spy
This one is a little difficult, too,
but you get to be a SPY for Paul Revere! |
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George Washington's Secret Code
This one is a bit difficult, but I thought it was fun! Use the real
secret code that Washington used during the war to decode some of the
things he wrote as a child. |
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Interview Benjamin Franklin
Choose from several different questions to ask
Benjamin Franklin, and then watch his answers! |
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Zoom in on the Declaration of Independence
Look at the actual Declaration of Independence document online, and zoom
in on any part you would like to see a better! |
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Early America & Government |
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Zoom in on the Bill of Rights
Look at the actual Bill of Rights document online, and zoom in on any
part you would like to see a better! |
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Branches of Government Game
After you hit that first white arrow, look
over the different jobs of each branch before you hit play. Then play
the game to see how much you've learned! |
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Checks and Balances Game
After you hit that first white arrow, look
over the different jobs of each branch before you hit play. Then play
the game to see how much you've learned! |
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War of 1812 |
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War of 1812 Trackstar
This one has two game activities. In
one you get to put forts in harbors to keep out your enemies. The other
one you get to pretend to be one of the powder monkey boys on an 1812
warship. |
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Explore Old Ironsides - The USS Constitution of 1812
Explore what it was like on the USS Constitution
back in 1812 in this amazing interactive activity. Explore each room,
deck, and sail, and see what the crew members have to say. Oh, and find
Guerriere, the dog, eleven times for a bonus! |
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Meet the Crew of the USS Constitution of 1812
Take a look at all of the different kinds of jobs
that were necessary for the USS Constitution to run in 1812 and
how many of each job were necessary. You will get to look and listen to
the journal writings of several different crew members so that you will
know what their jobs were like back then. Which job would you have liked
the most? The least?b |
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Sail to Victory USS Constitution Game
In this amazing game, you become a member of the
USS Constitution in 1812! You start out as the lowest rank, "Boy,"
and you have to do the tasks that the boys would have done back then in
order to be promoted to better tasks. You will "holystone," hit rats,
get gun powder, and other stuff as a boy. You'll even see what it is
like to interact with the crew and the officers. Every decision you make
affects your wages, popularity, and promotions. When you are promoted,
you get to load cannons, fight in battle, steer the ship, and more! |
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The Star Spangled Banner (The Actual One from the Song)
In this activity, you can see what is left of the
Star Spangled Banner that flew over Ft. McHenry during one of the
battles of the War of 1812 that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the
famous song, The Star Spangled Banner. You will be able to
click on different parts of the flag to learn fun facts about the flag,
who had it, how they have tried to preserve it, and why so much of it is
missing as you click on "hot spots" on the flag's picture!
Side Note: Another activity, "Collect
the Stars to Complete the Flag," begins on this page. If you find the
answers that help you collect all fourteen stars, you get a certificate!
The answers can be in the story or in the captions of the pictures of
artifacts on the left side. Good luck! |
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Slavery and the Underground Railroad |
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The Underground Railroad
Explore a slave's life on the plantation and escape
through the underground railroad through pictures, audio, and real life
accounts in this interactive activity!
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Civil War |
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Lost in Time Civil War Adventure
This website is actually about the Civil War in
Missouri (come on, Alabama, get with the program and make something as
cool as this!), but since it is so totally interactive, I had to add it
to this list! In this game, you go back in time to civil war times...and
get stuck there. You have to find all of the Civil War ciphers to get
back home, and you have to help your fellow Confederates along the way.
There are even games within the game. Have fun, and learn something! |
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Who Am I? Civil War People Mysteries
Use artifacts and clues to determine the identity of
several people who lived and participated in the Civil War. You also get
to learn about all those artifacts and what in the world they were used
for! |
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Be a Civil War Soldier!
This game activity even makes an
enlistment slip for you to print out when you "join" the army. You can
choose Confederate or Union. |
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Virtual Tour of Ford's Theatre
See and learn about all the famous
parts of the famous theatre where Lincoln was assassinated. |
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The Great Depression |
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Great Depression Slideshow
This link is not an activity. It is a slideshow of actual pictures that
explain the events of the Great Depression. It is quick to watch, and
has real photos from that time.
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World War II |
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Remembering Pearl Harbor Attack Map Interactive Activity
This is a fantastic interactive activity that takes you
on a journey through the timeline of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Make
sure your volume is on, because there are actual accounts from people
who were there, videos from that day, and so much more! Click on the
orange "Begin" button in the bottom right corner to start!
CAUTION: Some of the stories told in
the "Casualties Mount, Filling Hospitals" (the 10:30 story on the
timeline) are a bit graphic/gross. They do not show anything; they just
tell about what happened. |
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U.S. Rationing during WWII
This is another fantastic interactive
activity! This activity comes from the Smithsonian Institute. It shows
lots of photos and resource including posters, ration books, and more.
They even a propaganda video that used to play before movies at the
movie theater! I especially like the “Did You Know?” links. Happy
exploring! |
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Tuskegee Airmen Flight Leader Simulation
When this page opens, scroll down to
the bottom, and click the "Tuskegee Airmen Flight Leader Picture to
start this simulation game. You are in charge of the planes for this
mission. Learn about all of their gear and their mission route. Then, as
the simulation plays, every so often you will be required to make a
decision. Your decision determines what the planes do next. Play a bunch
of times to see how different decisions affect the planes. Remember, the
real Tuskeegee Airmen (Redtails) never lost a bomber.
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American Home Front
This interactive activity lets students
click on diferent items in the living room and kitchen of a home front
WWII family home. The item links open to show primary sources including
photos, posters, and more. Some play audio files such as Roosevelt's
inauguration speech and public service announcements. Each primary
source link also includes a brief description and an explanation of its
significance to the war effort in WWII! |
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Civil Rights Movement |
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Got Ramps? Architectual Barriers
The Civil Rights movement was a movement for rights for handicapped
persons, too. Play this game to see how different life was for people in
wheelchairs in 1955 vs. 2005. Play several times and make several
different choices to see how each choice affects the person. |
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History Through Pictures |
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Photo Explore
This one is really fun! It's kind of
like a really old picture scavenger hunt. |
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American Places and Symbols |
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Statue of Liberty Virtual Tour
Tour the famous Statue of Liberty,
Ellis Island, and the Museum. Hear testimonies of visitors and rangers,
watch videos, and explore. Have fun! |
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Interactive Tour of Ellis Island
Tour all of the parts of Ellis Island that immigrants
had to pass through to be allowed into the United States of America!
Watch real videos that are about a hundred years old, listen to the
stories of people who really immigrated to America and went through this
famous island, see lots and lots of photos, and more! |
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Space History |
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Apollo 11 Smithsonian IdeaLab
This
IdeaLab is an interactive lab that has pictures, facts, and audio/video
from 1969 as well as interviews conducted years later of Michael
Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and more.
Tips:
(1)
In the bottom right, there is a bar that looks like one long picture,
but it is actually six pictures next to each other. Each picture opens a
section of the activity.
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For each activity, click the colored box with the title in it for
audio/video (I almost missed this!), and THEN click "Learn More."
(3)
Pay attention to the pictures in the "Explore Here" section of each
activity. If there is a play button underneath, it will have audio/video
- and a lot of it is from 1969.
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DO go to the "Try This" section because there are pictures, fun facts,
and/or video in that section. One of them is a video of Buzz Aldrin
making a sandwich in space. |
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