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Library: 4th Grade Links

Explorers
American Revolution
Immigration Project

Explorers

Henry Hudson
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/hudson.shtml http://www.allthingsarctic.com/exploration/hudson.htm http://www.hudsonriver.com/halfmoonpress/stories/hudson.htm

John Cabot
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/cabot.shtml
http://www.mariner.org/age/cabot.html

Vitus Bering
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexb.shtml
(for this site you need to scroll down to find info)
http://www.allthingsarctic.com/exploration/bering.htm
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/bering/pages/vbering.html

Jacques Cartier
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexc.shtml
(for this site you need to scroll down to find info)
http://www.mariner.org/age/cartier.html

Hernando DeSoto
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/desoto.shtml
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04753a.htm
http://www.floridahistory.com/inset1.html

Samuel DeChamplain
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexd.shtml
(for this site you need to scroll down to find info)
http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Champlain.htm

Meriwether Lewis
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/l/lewisandclark.shtml

William Clark
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/l/lewisandclark.shtml

René de la Salle
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexd.shtml
(for this site you need to scroll down to find info)

Henry the Navigator
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexh.shtml
(for this site you need to scroll down to find info)

Hernando Cortes
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexc.shtml
(for this site you need to scroll down to find info)

Ponce de Leon
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexd.shtml
(for this site you need to scroll down to find info)

James Cook
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/cook.shtml
http://www.south-pole.com/p0000071.htm

Leif Eriksson
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexe.shtml
(for this site you need to scroll down to find info)
http://www.iceland.org/leifur.html
http://viking.no/e/people/leif/e-leiv.htm *
(secondary site about Eric the Red – father of Leif)
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/e/ericthered.shtml

Amerigo Vespucci
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexv.shtml
(for this site you need to scroll down to find info)
http://www.virtualology.com/virtualmuseumofhistory/hallofexplorers/AMERIGOVESPUCCI.ORG/
http://www.studyworld.com/Amerigo_Vespucci.htm

Ferdinand Magellan
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexm.shtml
(for this site you need to scroll down to find info)
http://www.mariner.org/age/magellan.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09526b.htm

Giovanni da Verrazano
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexv.shtml
(for this site you need to scroll down to find info)
http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/verrazzano.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15364a.htm

Vasco da Gama
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexd.shtml

Christopher Columbus
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexc.shtml
(for this site you need to scroll down to find info)

Vasco de Balboa
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexd.shtml

American Revolution

John Adams
http://www.universalway.org/johnadams.html
http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=atb023b01&templatename=/article/article.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ja2.html

Samuel Adams
http://www.colonialhall.com/adamss/adamss.php
http://www.americanrevolution.com/SamuelAdams.htm

John Hancock
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/ipeople/jhcock.asp
http://www.colonialhall.com/hancock/hancock.php
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/hancock.htm

Benjamin Franklin
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/ipeople/bfrank.asp
http://www.colonialhall.com/franklin/franklin.php
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/history/franklin.html

Thomas Jefferson
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/ipeople/tjeff.asp
http://www.colonialhall.com/jefferson/jefferson.php

Molly Pitcher
http://sill-www.army.mil/pao/pamolly.htm
http://www.mhrc-va.com/mollypitcher.html
http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacumber/molly.htm

Alexander Hamilton
http://www.americanrevolution.com/AlexanderHamilton.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/duel/sfeature/hamiltonusconstituion.html
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ha/HamiltAlex.html

Nathanael Greene
http://www.americasstory.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/colonial/greene_1
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/ipeople/ngreene.asp

Henry Knox
http://theamericanrevolution.org/ipeople/hknox.asp
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/knox.html
http://www.generalknoxmuseum.org/hknox.html

Charles Lee
http://www.multied.com/Bio/RevoltBIOS/LeeCharles.html
http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/Our_Country_vol_2/generalc_bbe.html
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lee

George Washington
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/ipeople/gwash.asp
http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/gwash.html

General William Howe
http://www.si.umich.edu/spies/people.html#howe
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0824356.html
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ho/Howe-Wil.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/H/Howe-W1il.asp

Charles Cornwallis
http://www.si.umich.edu/spies/people.html#cornwallis
http://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/CORN.HTM
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0813613.html

Battle of Trenton
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battles/bat_tren.asp
http://zorak.monmouth.edu/~njhist/Trenton.html

Battle of Princeton
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battles/bat_prtn.asp
http://zorak.monmouth.edu/~njhist/Battle%20of%20Princeton.html

Battle of Monmouth
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battles/bat_monm.asp
http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njh/AmericanRevolution/battle_of_monmouth.htm
http://www.state.nj.us/travel/virtual/monmouth/history.html
http://zorak.monmouth.edu/~njhist/Battle%20of%20Monmouth%20Courthouse.html

Jockey Hollow (Morristown)
http://www.columbia.edu/~alj10/approaches/washingtons_headquarters

Mercer/Redbank
http://usrevolution.casebook.org/battles/battle_summary.html?id=3915fcf4cb8b46804ca6abe6c7d52155
http://www.kurtteej.com/history/HistoryDetail.asp?subsubcat=44
http://nps.gov/crossroads/chrono.htm#1777

Civilians

Farmer
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13coloniesfarm.htm

Blacksmith
http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradebla.cfm

Woodworkers
Cabinetmaker
http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradecab.cfm
Carpenter
http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradecar.cfm

Milliner
http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/trademln.cfm

Immigration Project

Great Wave
http://www.gliah.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHid=415
http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Immigration/index.html

Germans
http://www.genealogienetz.de/misc/emig/gta-revu3.html
http://www.ops.org/north/curriculum/socstudies/EthnicB2/past/German.htm

Irish
http://www.gliah.uh.edu/historyonline/irish_potato_famine.cfm
http://www.ops.org/north/curriculum/socstudies/EthnicB2/past/Irish.htm

Italians
http://www.gliah.uh.edu/historyonline/italian_immigration.cfm
http://www.frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?id=3984
(scroll down to find info about Italian immigrants)

http://www.gliah.uh.edu/historyonline/italian_immigration.cfm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08202a.htm

Polish
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12204c.htm

Russian
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/immig/polish.html
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAErussia.htm

Miscellaneous Sites
http://www.ellisisland.org
http://www.archives.gov
http://www.i-channel.com/education/ellis
http://www.historychannel.com