Online links for Social studies
Social Studies Links:
Geography Unit
Grade 8 Review
Early Middle Ages
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/middle1/context.html
http://historymedren.about.com/od/earlymiddleages/
Information on Early, High, and Late Middle Ages
http://historymedren.about.com/od/gettingstarted/a/definingb.htm
http://historymedren.about.com/od/eventseras/u/Events_and_Eras.htm
High Middle Ages
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/middle-ages-the-high-middle-ages.html
http://historymedren.about.com/od/highmiddleages/
Late Middle Ages
http://historymedren.about.com/od/latemiddleages/
Age of Exploration
http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Age_of_Exploration
http://www.ducksters.com/history/renaissance/age_of_exploration_and_discovery.php
English Civil War
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/
http://www.history.com/topics/british-history/english-civil-wars
Political Map of Canada
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/national/can_political_e/referencemap_image_view
Mapping Site:
http://show.mappingworlds.com/
The Canadian Social Studies Super Site:http://www.ualberta.ca/~jkirman/#FIRST%20NATIONS/NATIVE%20CANADIANS
Contor Lines of Kelowna and West Kelowna - Interactive site
http://www.yellowmaps.com/topo/_kelowna_bc/index2.htm
Great Site for Geography:
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/2d.html
First People's of Canada - Great Website for information
http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/index.html
New France Links Below:
Beginnings of New France - Role of Voyageurs and Courerues de bois
http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_furtrade/fp_furtrade2.html
Daily Life in New France
http://canadachannel.ca/HCO/index.php/6._Daily_Life_in_New_France
New France and Colonization and timeline:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Canada#New_France_and_colonization_1534.E2.80.931763
History of New France and some pictures:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/new-france
New France creation and important people:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_France
Fur Trade and first contact with First Nations:
http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_furtrade/fp_furtrade1.html
Treaties and Alliances of First Peoples and Europeans
http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_treaties/fp_treaties_earlyalliances.html
Canada in the making: New France
http://www.canadiana.ca/citm/themes/constitution/constitution3_e.html
Timeline of Champlain:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/champlainanniversary/timeline.html
Virtual Museum of New France
http://www.civilization.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/introduction/
Collection of links to New France resources:
http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/social_sciences/sec_history/resources/cycle2/newfrance/
7 Year War in New France
http://www.histori.ca/peace/page.do?pageID=335
Complete History of New France - Very good
http://www.pearsoned.ca/school/ontariopearson7and8/histgeo/media/His7_Unit1.pdf
Quebec Act 1774
http://www.canadiana.ca/citm/themes/constitution/constitution7_e.html
7 Years War
http://www.histori.ca/peace/page.do?pageID=335
Fur Trade and its role in Canada's development and explorationhttp://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/fur-trade
HBC
http://www.hbcheritage.ca/content/timeline
American Revolution
Timeline:
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm
http://www.harlingen.isd.tenet.edu/coakhist/amrev.html#PRE
Important People
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/default.aspx
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/people.htm
http://legacy.mckinneyisd.net/Campuses/school_websites/glenoaks/Library/Resources/important_people_in_the_american.htm
http://www.shmoop.com/american-revolution/benjamin-franklin.html
Battles of the American Revolution
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battles.aspx
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/amrevolution/revolutionary_war_battles.htm
http://www.britishbattles.com
(look for wars in 1700 and then look for American Revolution)
Boston Tea Party
http://totallyhistory.com/the-boston-tea-party/
Boston Massacre
http://www.thenagain.info/webchron/usa/BostonMassacre.html
http://www.bostonmassacre.net/
Sons of Liberty
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sons.htm
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/sonsoflibertydef.htm
http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/sons-of-liberty
Intolerable Acts
http://www.historywiz.com/intolerable.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/inacts.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intolerable_Acts
Causes and Results of the American Revolution:
Great (results) website: http://teachnet.eu/tobrien/about/revolutions/the-american-revolution/results-of-the-american-revolution/
http://users.tellurian.net/vanorden/n.am.rev.causes.results.09.10.htm
http://www.nps.gov/revwar/about_the_revolution/consequences_war.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/warsinnorthamerica/a/britainARWconseq.htm
Great significance of the Declaration of Independence: http://www.independencedayfun.com/230/
Principles of the Declaration of Independence (good points !!)
http://www.renewamerica.com/readings/principles.htm
http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/the-declaration-of-independence
http://www.bostontourguide.org/declaration-of-independence-a-declaration-of-principles/
Global Impact of the Declaration of Independence (please read)
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/road-revolution/essays/declaration-independence-global-perspective
Treaty of Paris 1783
http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=478&view=quick-facts
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/treatyofparis1783def.htm
Aricles of Confederation
http://www.barefootsworld.net/aoc1777.html
Images of Independance and American Revolution
http://www.google.ca/images?q=images%20of%20independance%20and%20american%20revolution&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&rlz=1I7ADFA_enCA454&gs_l=serp.12...21453.41031.0.42860.52.36.5.2.2.3.657.5328.2-9j3j3j1.16.0...0.0.c1nmKSG2rwE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=image_result_group
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/amrev/amrev.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/
http://clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/spies/index-main2.html
https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Revolution
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/search/?keyword=american%20revolution
https://www.nfb.ca/film/canada_american_revolution/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/myths-of-the-american-revolution-10941835/
https://www.khanacademy.org/
French Revolution:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/219315/French-Revolution
http://faculty.ucc.edu/egh-damerow/french_revolution.htm
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0370-french-revolution.php
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/french-revolution-effects-revolution.html
English Civil War:
http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture7c.html
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/english_civil-war.htm
Industrial Revolution:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/20979973
http://industrialrevolution.sea.ca/causes.html
http://webs.bcp.org/sites/vcleary/ModernWorldHistoryTextbook/IndustrialRevolution/IREffects.html
Eastern European Revolution 1989
http://www.uvm.edu/~hst19/Online_Reading/Lecture_12.htm
Great History Site:
http://www.gosocialstudiesgo.com/
First Nations:
Iroquois
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/iroquois/
http://www.canadahistoryproject.ca/1500/1500-05-iroquois.html Great Site
Huron
http://www.canadahistoryproject.ca/1500/1500-06-huron.html Great Site
Inuit
http://www.canadahistoryproject.ca/1500/1500-12-inuit.html Great Site
Algonquian
http://www.anishinabenation.ca/eng/alg_history_en.htm
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/algonquin/
http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_wh5.html Great Site
Native Peoples - Introduction - first contact
http://www.canadahistoryproject.ca/1500/index.html#movie
Okanagan Explosion
How did the Early Europeans impact the Okanagan Valley?
Settlement Factors
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/urban_environments/settlement_characteristics_rev2.shtml
Physical Characteristics of the Okanagan Valley
http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/frontier/homestead/okan.htm
Kelowna History:
http://www.kelownabc.com/kelowna/
Cattle Ranching:
http://www3.telus.net/fkmp/history.htm
Tom Ellis:
http://knowbc.com/ebc/Books/Encyclopedia-of-BC/E/Ellis-Thomas
Gold Rush and William Peon
http://bcgoldrushpress.com/2013/03/coxs-gold-rush-in-the-monashee-mountains
Joe Rich
http://joerichnews.com/mining/
William Peon (Pion)
http://ubc.bcmetis.ca/hbc_bio_profile.php?id=MjYzOQ
Father Pierre Richard
http://www.omiworld.org/dictionary.asp?v=5&vol=2&let=R&ID=1908
Geography Unit
Grade 8 Review
Early Middle Ages
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/middle1/context.html
http://historymedren.about.com/od/earlymiddleages/
Information on Early, High, and Late Middle Ages
http://historymedren.about.com/od/gettingstarted/a/definingb.htm
http://historymedren.about.com/od/eventseras/u/Events_and_Eras.htm
High Middle Ages
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/middle-ages-the-high-middle-ages.html
http://historymedren.about.com/od/highmiddleages/
Late Middle Ages
http://historymedren.about.com/od/latemiddleages/
Age of Exploration
http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Age_of_Exploration
http://www.ducksters.com/history/renaissance/age_of_exploration_and_discovery.php
English Civil War
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/
http://www.history.com/topics/british-history/english-civil-wars
Political Map of Canada
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/national/can_political_e/referencemap_image_view
Mapping Site:
http://show.mappingworlds.com/
The Canadian Social Studies Super Site:http://www.ualberta.ca/~jkirman/#FIRST%20NATIONS/NATIVE%20CANADIANS
Contor Lines of Kelowna and West Kelowna - Interactive site
http://www.yellowmaps.com/topo/_kelowna_bc/index2.htm
Great Site for Geography:
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/2d.html
First People's of Canada - Great Website for information
http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/index.html
New France Links Below:
Beginnings of New France - Role of Voyageurs and Courerues de bois
http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_furtrade/fp_furtrade2.html
Daily Life in New France
http://canadachannel.ca/HCO/index.php/6._Daily_Life_in_New_France
New France and Colonization and timeline:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Canada#New_France_and_colonization_1534.E2.80.931763
History of New France and some pictures:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/new-france
New France creation and important people:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_France
Fur Trade and first contact with First Nations:
http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_furtrade/fp_furtrade1.html
Treaties and Alliances of First Peoples and Europeans
http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_treaties/fp_treaties_earlyalliances.html
Canada in the making: New France
http://www.canadiana.ca/citm/themes/constitution/constitution3_e.html
Timeline of Champlain:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/champlainanniversary/timeline.html
Virtual Museum of New France
http://www.civilization.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/introduction/
Collection of links to New France resources:
http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/social_sciences/sec_history/resources/cycle2/newfrance/
7 Year War in New France
http://www.histori.ca/peace/page.do?pageID=335
Complete History of New France - Very good
http://www.pearsoned.ca/school/ontariopearson7and8/histgeo/media/His7_Unit1.pdf
Quebec Act 1774
http://www.canadiana.ca/citm/themes/constitution/constitution7_e.html
7 Years War
http://www.histori.ca/peace/page.do?pageID=335
Fur Trade and its role in Canada's development and explorationhttp://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/fur-trade
HBC
http://www.hbcheritage.ca/content/timeline
American Revolution
Timeline:
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm
http://www.harlingen.isd.tenet.edu/coakhist/amrev.html#PRE
Important People
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/default.aspx
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/people.htm
http://legacy.mckinneyisd.net/Campuses/school_websites/glenoaks/Library/Resources/important_people_in_the_american.htm
http://www.shmoop.com/american-revolution/benjamin-franklin.html
Battles of the American Revolution
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battles.aspx
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/amrevolution/revolutionary_war_battles.htm
http://www.britishbattles.com
(look for wars in 1700 and then look for American Revolution)
Boston Tea Party
http://totallyhistory.com/the-boston-tea-party/
Boston Massacre
http://www.thenagain.info/webchron/usa/BostonMassacre.html
http://www.bostonmassacre.net/
Sons of Liberty
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sons.htm
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/sonsoflibertydef.htm
http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/sons-of-liberty
Intolerable Acts
http://www.historywiz.com/intolerable.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/inacts.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intolerable_Acts
Causes and Results of the American Revolution:
Great (results) website: http://teachnet.eu/tobrien/about/revolutions/the-american-revolution/results-of-the-american-revolution/
http://users.tellurian.net/vanorden/n.am.rev.causes.results.09.10.htm
http://www.nps.gov/revwar/about_the_revolution/consequences_war.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/warsinnorthamerica/a/britainARWconseq.htm
Great significance of the Declaration of Independence: http://www.independencedayfun.com/230/
Principles of the Declaration of Independence (good points !!)
http://www.renewamerica.com/readings/principles.htm
http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/the-declaration-of-independence
http://www.bostontourguide.org/declaration-of-independence-a-declaration-of-principles/
Global Impact of the Declaration of Independence (please read)
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/road-revolution/essays/declaration-independence-global-perspective
Treaty of Paris 1783
http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=478&view=quick-facts
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/treatyofparis1783def.htm
Aricles of Confederation
http://www.barefootsworld.net/aoc1777.html
Images of Independance and American Revolution
http://www.google.ca/images?q=images%20of%20independance%20and%20american%20revolution&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&rlz=1I7ADFA_enCA454&gs_l=serp.12...21453.41031.0.42860.52.36.5.2.2.3.657.5328.2-9j3j3j1.16.0...0.0.c1nmKSG2rwE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=image_result_group
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/amrev/amrev.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/
http://clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/spies/index-main2.html
https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Revolution
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/search/?keyword=american%20revolution
https://www.nfb.ca/film/canada_american_revolution/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/myths-of-the-american-revolution-10941835/
https://www.khanacademy.org/
French Revolution:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/219315/French-Revolution
http://faculty.ucc.edu/egh-damerow/french_revolution.htm
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0370-french-revolution.php
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/french-revolution-effects-revolution.html
English Civil War:
http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture7c.html
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/english_civil-war.htm
Industrial Revolution:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/20979973
http://industrialrevolution.sea.ca/causes.html
http://webs.bcp.org/sites/vcleary/ModernWorldHistoryTextbook/IndustrialRevolution/IREffects.html
Eastern European Revolution 1989
http://www.uvm.edu/~hst19/Online_Reading/Lecture_12.htm
Great History Site:
http://www.gosocialstudiesgo.com/
First Nations:
Iroquois
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/iroquois/
http://www.canadahistoryproject.ca/1500/1500-05-iroquois.html Great Site
Huron
http://www.canadahistoryproject.ca/1500/1500-06-huron.html Great Site
Inuit
http://www.canadahistoryproject.ca/1500/1500-12-inuit.html Great Site
Algonquian
http://www.anishinabenation.ca/eng/alg_history_en.htm
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/algonquin/
http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_wh5.html Great Site
Native Peoples - Introduction - first contact
http://www.canadahistoryproject.ca/1500/index.html#movie
Okanagan Explosion
How did the Early Europeans impact the Okanagan Valley?
Settlement Factors
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/urban_environments/settlement_characteristics_rev2.shtml
Physical Characteristics of the Okanagan Valley
http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/frontier/homestead/okan.htm
Kelowna History:
http://www.kelownabc.com/kelowna/
Cattle Ranching:
http://www3.telus.net/fkmp/history.htm
Tom Ellis:
http://knowbc.com/ebc/Books/Encyclopedia-of-BC/E/Ellis-Thomas
Gold Rush and William Peon
http://bcgoldrushpress.com/2013/03/coxs-gold-rush-in-the-monashee-mountains
Joe Rich
http://joerichnews.com/mining/
William Peon (Pion)
http://ubc.bcmetis.ca/hbc_bio_profile.php?id=MjYzOQ
Father Pierre Richard
http://www.omiworld.org/dictionary.asp?v=5&vol=2&let=R&ID=1908