Celebrate Freedom Week - HB 1776
Online Resources
- HB 1776 Text
- Declaration of Independence
- The U.S. Constitution
- The Bill of Rights
- SAISD Interactive Constitution
- The National Archives
- The Library of Congress
- Woman's Suffrage Movement
- The American Revolution
- History Central
- Founding Fathers
- Liberty!-PBS Online
- Adventure Tales - Causes of the Revolution Poster
- History of the French and Indian War
- French and Indian War in Colonial Newspapers
- Pontiac's Rebellion
- Proclamation of 1763 - Original Text
- The Proclamation of 1763 - Information
- Sugar Act - 1764
- Sugar Act - 1764
- Stamp Act - 1765
- Stamp Act Congress
- The Sons of Liberty
- The Quartering Act - 1765
- The Declatory Act - 1766
- Boston Massacre - 1770
- The Townshend Acts
- Tea Act
- The BostonTea Party
- The Intolerable Acts
- The Boston Port Act
- Bunker Hill
- Bunker Hill Monument
- Saratoga
- Valley Forge
- Yorktown
- The Abolitionist Movement
- Frederick Douglass
- William Lloyd Garrison
- Underground Railroad
- Harriet Tubman
- Levi Coffin
- Harriet Ann Jacobs
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Immigration
SAISD Resources
- Elementary Lessons
and Handouts
- Introduction (PDF)
- 13th Amendment (PDF)
- America to Me (PDF)
- Abolitionist Movement (PDF)
- Constitution Project (PDF)
- Amendments (PDF)
- Articles of the Constitution (PDF)
- Writing a Classroom Constitution (PDF)
- Articles of the Classroom Constitution (PDF)
- Constitution Puzzle (PDF)
- Articles of Confederation (PDF)
- Bald Eagle (PDF)
- Ratification Ballot (PDF)
- Classroom Bill of Rights (PDF)
- Citizenship Safari Intro (PDF)
- Citizenship Safari (PDF)
- I Do Declare (PDF)
- Secondary Lessons and Handouts (PDF)
Lesson Ideas
- The Constitution Center for Educators
- The Constitution Center for Kids
- Law Related Ed
- Shh! We're Writing the Constitution
- Ben's Guide to Government (K-2)
- Ben's Guide to Government (3-5)
- Ben's Guide to Government (6-8)
- Ben's Guide to Government (9-12)
- Ben's Guide to Government (Parents and Teachers)
- Teaching the Amendments
- Understanding Primary Sources - The Bill of Rights
- eLessons - Bill of Rights Institute
- Discovery Channel - Lesson Plan on the American Revolution
- Scholastic Immigration Ideas
- Ellis Island - Passenger Records Search
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