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Flag |
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History of American Flag
http://www.usa-flag-site.org/history.shtml |
A
site that has the history of the American flag and other
patriotic items. |
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History of the American Flag
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0875838.html |
A
short concise history of the American flag |
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USFlag.org
http://www.usflag.org/history.html |
Select the
Evolution of the flag for the history and also find out
about
Flag Day. Find out why the flag is nicknamed "Old
Glory." |
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General Information |
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America's Story From America's Library
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi |
This
site is sponsored by the Library of Congress. This site
has the history, biographies of famous Americans, or you can
explore the states. |
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Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for
Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/index.html |
There
is information about the United States Government, symbols like
the Great Seal, and activities. |
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CIA's Homepage For Kids K-5
https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/k-5th-grade/
index.html |
Learn
about the Central Intelligence Agency by going on a tour with
Ginger. Or play a game like "Break the Code" |
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FirstGov For Kids
http://www.kids.gov/ |
This
site provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of
the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by
subject. |
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PBS Kids Democracy Project
http://pbskids.org/democracy/ |
Sponsored by PBS this site has
information on becoming President, How the government affects
kids, and allows kids to step inside the voting booth
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www.whitehousekids.gov
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/ |
Provides educational information geared for
children about the President, the White House, and the
President's pets and animals, Spotty, Barney, India and Ofelia. |
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History |
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History Wired:
A Few of Our Favorite Things
http://historywired.si.edu/index.html |
This site is
an experimental program through which you can take a virtual
tour of selected objects from the vast collections of the
Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.
Here you'll have an opportunity to look at hundreds of museum
artifacts, most of which are not currently on exhibit.
Or go to the main
Smithsonian web site. |
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Our Story in History
http://americanhistory2.si.edu/ourstoryinhistory/
tryathome/index.cfm |
The National Museum of American
History sponsors this site which will bring history alive to
children. |
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US Historical Documents
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/ |
From the Magna Carta to the
Gettysburg address to George W. Bush's 2004 State of the Union
Address. This site lists important US historical documents
in chronological order. |
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Money |
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing -
Money Central Station
http://www.moneyfactory.com/kids/start.html |
Learn
all about United States paper money and have fun playing the
games. To get started, click on "Tickets" |
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The U.S. Mint's Site for Kids
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/ |
Play games while you learn how coins
are made in the United States. |
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Presidents |
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The Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth
Century
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/ |
The
Presidential Timeline provides a single point of access to an
ever-growing selection of digitized assets from the collections
of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives.
Among these assets youll find documents, photographs, audio
recordings, and video relating to the events of the presidents
lives. |
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Presidents of the United States
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/
presidents/index.html |
The presidents can be sorted in
alphabetical order or in chronological order. Biographies
are given for each President. |
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States |
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IPL Kidspace: Stately Knowledge
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
stateknow/skhome.html |
These
web pages will help you find out the basic facts of any state in
the United States. Find out the capital of each state, the
size, or rankings. |
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State Symbols, Flags Seals,
Geography, and People of
the United States of America
http://www.netstate.com/states/ |
Has
general information about each of the states. |
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Voting |
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Kids Voting USA
http://www.kidsvotingusa.org/ |
Kids Voting USA
is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan, organization that fosters
an informed, participating electorate by educating and actively
engaging young people and their families in voting and other
elements of effective civic engagement. |
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U.S. Presidential Election Maps
1860 - 2000
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/
elections/maps/ |
This
site provides maps of the electoral vote election results for
the years 1860 - 2000. |
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ZOOM Out the Vote
http://pbskids.org/zoom/fromyou/elections/index.html |
Learn
about the democratic process. Everyone's vote counts. |
