Grade 8 History Websites

Colonial Era

Salem Witch Trials http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem/

Salem Witch Trials http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/

Pilgrim Life http://www.plimoth.org/index.html

Colonial Williamsburg http://www.history.org/

Early America http://www.earlyamerica.com/

Revolutionary War Era

Liberty! http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/

Military uniforms, battles http://www.srcalifornia.com/LeadPg3.htm

Paul Revere House http://www.paulreverehouse.org/

Codes, ciphers http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/warindep/frames.html

Codes, ciphers http://www.si.umich.edu/SPIES/index-methods.html

Battle of Bunker Hill http://www.masshist.org/bh/

Valley Forge http://www.nps.gov/vafo/home.htm

“Old Ironsides” http://www.ussconstitution.navy.mil/

Civil War Era

Civil War Medicine http://www.powerweb.net/bbock/war/

Civil War Women http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwdocs.html

Black Soldiers in Civil War http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/data.htm

Battles and more http://www.civilwarhome.com/

Women soldiers http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/spring_1993_women_in_the_civil_war_1.html

Battlefield Medicine http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/medicine/cwsurgeon/

The Hunley http://www.hunley.org/

Underground Railroad

Journey http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j1.html

History Channel http://www.historychannel.com/blackhistory/?page=exhibits2

Secret routes http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/undergroundrailroadexperience/noflash.html