Social+Studies!

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 What would it have been like to travel with your family by wagon across the plains in the 1800's?    Check out the websites below to learn more about those brave pioneers!

**The Oregon Trail** [|**http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html**] [|**http://www.gorp.com/gorp/activity/byway/or_orego.htm**] [|**http://endoftheoregontrail.org**] [|**http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/5531/index.htm**] **Across the Plains in 1864** [|http://www.AmericanWest.com] **SchoolHouseRock** **has many fun songs, find the one about how the pioneers wanted more "Elbow Room"! in the section on America.** [|**http://genxtvland.simplenet.com/SchoolHouseRock/**] **See exhibits from a musuem.** [|**http://www.nps.gov/jeff/mus-tour.htm**] **Here you can find information on trails such as the Oregon Trail and on Westward Expansion.** [|**http://www.sun.kent.wednet.edu/curriculum/soc/studies/grade8/west.html**] **This page tells about villians of the old west and other good links.** [|**http://www.rr.gmcs.k12.nm.us/domagala.west.htm**]
 * The Oregon Trail was the most famous trail ever; here are four webpages where you can go to learn more about that trail.**
 * This is the story of Anna Dell Clinkinbeard's great-great-grandfather's family who crossed the plains in a covered wagon in 1864.**
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 * American West**
 * Although this is a commercial site it is a good refrence page with much information about the old west.**

We have learned about the culture of Africa. Each group studied one country in Africa and learned some information about how children in that country live. Can you find the African country that you studied?

** Social Studies is the study of who we are and where we've been! Below are some sites that will get you going!!! **

http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/games/game1/game1.html
 * This fun game will test your knowledge of transportation throughout time!**

http://myhero.com/myhero/go/directory/directory.asp?dir=freedom
 * This site lists some great people in history!**

**Is outer space truly the final frontier?** http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/home/index.html

Here is a good geograpny site to test your knowledge! []