New Bedford Public Schools

History/Social Science Department

 

Online Lessons Created or Used by Our Teachers


U.S. History 1

"19th Century Reform Movement Web Sites" - Bill Monty

"Pre-Columbian America" - Bob Taylor

"The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade" - Bob Taylor

"Primary Sources"- Bob Taylor

"Whaling" - Bob Taylor

"The USA Quarter Project" - Jamie Sylvia

"Boston Massacre Trial"- used by Jamie Sylvia

"Lewis and Clark National Geographic Scavenger Hunt" (MS Word) - Todd Bates

"The Civil War: An Interactive Journal" - Jim Calnan

"The Presidency of Andrew Jackson"  - Jim Calnan

"The Amazing Adventures of Lewis and Clark" (Part 1) - Jim Calnan

"The Amazing Adventures of Lewis and Clark" (Part 2) - Jim Calnan

"Live From Constitution Hall" - Jim Calnan

"Important Civil War Battles" - Brian Scott

A Variety of Web Lessons for U.S. History 1 covering topics from early settlement to the Civil War - used by Nathan Everett 

"Industrial Revolution" - Paula Chretien

 "Cases and Controversies" - Deborah Perry

"Cases and Controversies" (the Alien & Sedition Acts, Louisiana Purchase and Indian removal) - Deborah Perry

"Secession Era Editorial Project" used by Bill Monty

U.S. History 2

African-American Heroes Multi-Media Assignment - Marcus Waters

Decades Project 1950s -1990s - Jamie Sylvia

1920s Project -  Al DaGraca

"Industrialization" - Nathan Everett

"Labor History" - Nathan Everett

"Reconstruction" - Nathan Everett

"World War One" - Nathan Everett

"Fire in the City" - John Montigny

"American Involvement in World War One" - Bob Taylor

"America Between the World Wars" - Bob Taylor

"Theodore Roosevelt: Imperialist or Progressive?" - James Calnan

“Women’s Contributions to America” - Todd Bates

"Women's History Month Commission" - Todd Bates

"FDR and the Supreme Court" - Maria Sanguinetti

World History

"The Mongols In World History" - Jerry Huston

"Bubonic Plague"- Jerry Huston

"Field Trip With the Explorers" - Bob Taylor

"The Bubonic Plague" - Bob Taylor

"Genghis Kahn" - Bob Taylor

"Industrial Revolution" - Bob Taylor

"Mass Entertainment at the Turn of the Century" - Bob Taylor

"A Look at Byzantium" - Bob Taylor

"A Look at Islam" - Bob Taylor

"The Absolute Monarchs" - Bob Taylor

"Introduction to the Reformation" - Bob Taylor

"The Guillotine" - Bob Taylor

"The Scientific Revolution" - Bob Taylor

"Primary Sources" - Bob Taylor

"Napoleon" - Bob Taylor

"Italian Renaissance" - Bob Taylor

"Wives of Henry VIII" - Bob Taylor

"The Samurai" - Bob Taylor

"Biographies of the Enlightenment" - John Montigny
"Biographies of the Enlightenment (conclusion)"

"The French Revolution and the Reign of Terror" - John Montigny

"The Germanic Kingdoms and Charlemagne" - Sue Barao

"The Byzantine Empire" - Sue Barao

"Renaissance Artists" - Sue Barao

"Gothic Architecture" - Sue Barao

"Globe Theatre Project" - Sue Barao

"European Explorers Journey East and to the Americas" - Sue Barao

"Introduction to the French Revolution" - Sue Barao

"European Feudalism" - Todd Bates

"Webquest: Rome and Its Legacy" - James Calnan

"Webquest: A Tour of Constantinople" - James Calnan

"Renaissance Art Project" - James Calnan

"Discovering the World With the Explorers" - James Calnan

"China and Human Rights" - Nathan Everett

"Iraq War Analysis" - Nathan Everett

"Age of Imperialism" - Nathan Everett

"World War One" - Nathan Everett

 

Government/Law/Economics

"The Federal Budget Process" - Jim Calnan

"Government Waste" - John Calnan

"This Honorable Court" - Jim Calnan (& Larry Edmundson)

"Computer Crimes" - James Calnan

"The Death Penalty" - Cruel and Unusual? - James Calnan

"Voting in Massachusetts" - Deborah Perry

 

Note: This page is continuously under development; comments and suggestions should be addressed to:   j1calnan@newbedford.k12.ma.us

   Last updated 05/29/2008