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GA History Project - Industrial Revolution
Annotations by Al Jacobs
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Track #164877
Format: Resource list
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Resource sites to explore the inventions, contributions and lives of inventors and philosophers of the Industrial Revolution for US history students.
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GA History Project - Major Nations of Asia
Annotations by Al Jacobs
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Track #138245
Format: Resource list
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This Track is designed to assist 7th grade social studies students to access information on China, Japan, Thailand, India, Vietnam and Korea.
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Middle Eastern Countries
Annotations by Al Jacobs
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Track #83445
Format: Resource list
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A resource site for students to study Middle Eastern countries.
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GA History Project - CSS Hunley Resource Site
Annotations by Al Jacobs
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Track #12612
Format: Resource list
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This is a site of current information on the Confederate warship CSS Hunley, the first successful submarine. CSS Hunley was located in 1996 lying on the sea floor off Sullivan's Island SC and current plansd are to raise and preserve her.
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GA History Project - US Becomes A World Power
Annotations by Al Jacobs
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Track #9408
Format: Worksheet
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This track traces the U.S. development into a world power. It includes acquisition of Hawaii, the Spanish-American War, colonization of the Philippines, development of trade in China, construction of the Panama Canal and other territories. Included is information on T. Roosevelt. You will be given a worksheet to complete with directions for each website we visit.<br><br> KEYWORDS: U.S. history, expansionism
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GA History Project - Primer on the Korean War
Annotations by Al Jacobs
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Track #9848
Format: Resource list
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This track is intended to be used by my 8th grade students to learn the basics of the "Forgotten War" - Korea -1950 to 1953.
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GA History Project - The Great Depression 1929-1941.
Annotations by Al Jacobs
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Track #10522
Format: Resource list
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This track is designed to give the learner more information on the Great Depression.<br><br> KEYWORDS: U.S. history, thirties, Great Depression, New Deal
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GA History Project - Cold War
Annotations by Al Jacobs
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Track #11362
Format: Resource list
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This track gives high school students background information on the very lengthy and confusing Cold War. <br><br> KEYWORDS: U.S. history, american history, forties and fifties, cold war, Russia, communism, democracy
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GA History Project - Civil War/ Reconstruction
Annotations by Al Jacobs
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Track #10902
Format: Resource list
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This is an overview of the end of the Civil War and the start of the turbulent Reconstruction period. <br><br> KEYWORDS: U.S. history, African American history, civil war, reconstruction
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GA History Project - World War I
Annotations by Al Jacobs
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Track #10773
Format: Resource list
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Examine the long-and short-term causes of World War I, the imapct of the entry of the US into the war, the domestic impact of the war, and the long-term geographical effects of the war.
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GA History Project - Introduction to the Age of Jackson.
Annotations by Al Jacobs
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Track #9506
Format: Resource list
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This is a short lesson for 8th graders to introduce them to the Trackstar system by integrating a history lesson on Andrew Jackson's administration. <br><br> KEYWORDS: U.S. history, american history, U.S. presidents, Jackson
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GA History Project - Getting to Know Mark Twain
Annotations by Al Jacobs
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Track #9775
Format: Resource list
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Before reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, you should spend some time exploring the life and humor of the author. This will provide you with an understanding of who Mark Twain really was and enhance your enjoyment of the book.
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GA History Project - Causes of the Civil War.
Annotations by Al Jacobs
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Track #9680
Format: Resource list
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In this unit we are examining two great controversies--one over slavery and the other pitting sectionalism against nationalism--which shaped the political debate of the mid-19th century. Arguments about slavery from some of the greatest orators in American history are examined, as well as primary source documents related to the Civil War.
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GA History Project - The Vietnam Conflict
Annotations by Al Jacobs
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Track #9875
Format: Resource list
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This is a resource site to help you with your understanding of the Vietnam War. I'm the author - Al Jacobs - a Vietnam vet, now a high school US history teacher. Site #7 in this track is a website about my experiences and still under construction. If you need more information Email me at taljacobs@netscape.net
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A Longitude and Latitude Resource Site
Annotations by Al Jacobs
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Track #121131
Format: Extended learning
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This is a social studies lesson designed to assist grades 7-12 in finding resource material about latitude and longitude - how it works, practical applications and how it was discovered.
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