Political Systems 4th/5th: General Sites

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Students will demonstrate an understanding of the historical development and current status of principles, institutions, and processes of political systems in Maryland and the United States.
 

For clarifications of this outcome and indicator, go to:
http://mdk12.org/practices/support_success/mspap/learneroutcomes/social_studies/4-5/clarifications1.html

An integral part of learning about the political system is to recognize and know the buildings of our government. This lesson plan is intended to be utilized when taking a tour of the White House, an important part of our government.
http://encarta.msn.com/alexandria/templates/lessonFull.asp?page=412
 

Example lesson plans and unit using the Maryland indicators and outcomes for political systems can be found at:
http://mdk12.org/practices/support_success/mspap/exemplars/social_studies/index4-5.html
 

A general site for lesson plans on voting. The plans include activities that can be adapted for any grade level.
http://www.vote-smart.org/education/
 

This is a site of the Library of Congress. To track the progress of a specific bill or piece of legislation use this site.
http://thomas.loc.gov/
 

A Library of Congress Memory Collection of information entitled, A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation, this section includes journals, notes and documents from the first century of Congress.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
 

The Library of Congress, Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library, is a complete source of information about Abraham Lincoln
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alhome.html
 

The Library of Congress can supply pictures of all Presidents and First Ladies through this site
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/preshome.html
 

The Library of Congress pictures and information on Women's Suffrage
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html

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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html
 

A homepage from the White House on First Ladies
http://www2.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/firstladies/html/firstladies.html
 

This is a link to sources on information, including sound files on the Presidents
http://metalab.unc.edu/lia/president/
 

A link to Civic Education and a compilation of information for studying the formation of our government, the program is called, We the People…. You will need to study the information about the site and the materials to determine if the program is suitable for you and your class.
http://www.civiced.org/wethepeople.html
 

A hypertext document from Revolution to Modern Times that supplies much of the basic information and content about our history and the development of government
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/
 

A comprehensive site for history and links to important political and historical documents
http://vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/history.html#us
 

A comprehensive site for children to find out about government. A graphics intensive page that does take time to load
http://www.win.org/library/matls/govdocs/kids.htm
 

The Smithsonian Institution's list of sites for political history
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/political.htm
 

A listing of several links for teaching about government
http://riceinfo.rice.edu/armadillo/Rice/Resources/social.html
 

A link to Mt. Vernon, the home of our first President George Washington, includes lesson plans and information for teachers
http://www.mountvernon.org/education/
 

Bibliographic information concerning topics covered in 4^th grade
http://www.eduplace.com/teacher/bib/bib4.html
 

Bibliographic information concerning topics covered in 5^th grade
http://www.eduplace.com/teacher/bib/bib5.html

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