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 Welcome 
to
Mrs. Crites' 
Missouri Then and Now 
Links & Activities
East Carter Elementary 
 24 S. Herren 
    Ellsinore, MO 63937
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3
Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6
Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9
Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12
Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15
Chapter 16  Chapter 17 Chapter 18

Faculty SMSU resources
 Fourth Grade Level Expectations for Social Studies
 Take a Missouri Quiz

Chapter 1
The First Missourians
Chapter 2
 A Rich Land
Missouri's first people were the Native Americans.
Video:The Ancient Ones

 Woodland Indians
 Osage Indians
Paleo Indians
The Mississippian
Wooly Mammoth

Arrowheads
 Hopewell Culture Virtual Museum
 

Activities
Europeans Make Their Way To Missouri Time Line
Battleship Quia - Ch. 1
Chapter 1 - Jeopardy
Vocabulary Powerpoint 
Jeopardy Powerpoint


 

 

 Missouri's landscape includes rivers, caves, mountains, and plains.
Video: THE LAY OF THE LAND VIDEO

Lessons and Links
 Marshall Schools - Regions
 Regions Unit by Mcvey
 Mrs. Peimann Regions of Missouri
Regions of Missouri
Geography of Missouri
KidsConnect-Missouri
Show-me-Missouri
Glaciers Shape Our Land
 Successlink - What's inside a Missouri region?

NORTHERN PLAINS 
THE PONY EXPRESS REGION
EXPLORE  ST.LOUIS
Capturing Missouri's Regions

OZARK HIGHLANDS
FORESTRY  HISTORY
Capturing Missouri's Regions

THE WESTERN PLAINS
The Missouri Geographic Alliance Osage Prairie

THE SOUTHEAST LOWLANDS
What's the Dirt on Southeast Missouri?

MAPS
An Interactive Map
Missouri Maps
Me On the Map
Outline Map of Missouri
 Major Cities of Missouri
 Landform Atlas of Missouri

Activites
 DESE - Lay of the Land
Jeopardy
CHAPTER 2 QUIA-MO THEN AND  NOW
VOCABULARY
Assignment: After visiting each region via the internet, make a Missouri Regions Scrapbook. 

Chapter 3 
Europe Discovers America and Missouri
Chapter 4
 Life in French Missouri 
Video A Meeting of Cultures
 

Europe Discovers America And Missouri
 Fort Orleans
who were St.Louis's founding fathers. 
St. Louis History:  The Early Years Gallery 1764-1850
St. Louis Walk of Fame:  Pierre Laclede
Musuem of Westward Expansion:  Laclede and Choteau
Explorers
 Enchanted Learning - Explorers of NA

 Missouri Heritage Resources

Activities
 Mrs. Lowe's Constructed Response Items
Chapters 3 & 4 Jeopardy
QUIA CHALLENGE
VIDEO-A MEETING OF CULTURES
Europeans Make Their Way To Missouri Timeline

My Life in Missouri French Village Webbit

FRENCH SETTLERS 
 SMSU Links - and activities
 Fact Monster - French Exploration and Settlement

Activities
 Fur Traders - 
JEOPARDY
Life In French Missouri Vocabulary
The French In Missouri Games

Chapter 5
Missouri Becomes Part of the US
Chapter 6 
Life on the Frontier
 Video - A State is Born
Gateway West
BrainPOP: American Revolution
Quia Activities
Missouri Becomes A Part Of The U.S.
MO Becomes A Part Of The U.S. Hangman
Chapter 5 Jeopardy
 Chapter 5 - Review - Battleship
Lewis and Clark Challenge Quiz

LOIUSIANA PURCHASE
Louisiana Purchase Studies
Louisiana Purchase Map
LEWIS & CLARK
Lewis & Clark
 Lewis & Clark adventure
Following the journey of
  Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Lewis & Clark-Timed
Reading Quiz

  Lewis and Clark Assignment by Mrs. Crites

MiSSOURI COMPROMISE
 What would you do?
 Fact Monster
 Take a virtual tour back to 1820

Missouri Heritage Video
Coming Through
 
 

Life On The Frontier Quia
 My Oregon Trail Page
Compare Pioneer life with today
A Pioneer's Journey to the Frontier
Follow along on a 4th grade field trip to a pioneer school
At Home on the Fringes of the Prairie
A tribute to Pioneer Life
How did they survive?
Recollections of Pioneer Life
Life for Pioneer Children
Boonville, MO History
Boonville, MO - Hannah Cole Info
Pioneer Life Web Center
Chapter 6 Questions you came up with!

Chapter 7
Early Travel
Chapter 8 
Missouri and The West
Missouri Heritage Video
Portrait of a River Town
 
 

TAKE A TRAIN RIDE
Museum of Transportation
Keelboats
Railroad Map of US
The Train Era
 Take a River Boat Ride on The Big Muddy
Activites
Early Travel Quia
 

Missouri And The West
 Watch Video Coming Through: Missourians Explore Trails West

Mountain Men & Fur Traders
Pony Express
The Pony Express
Pony Express Quiz
Pony Express Museum
Pony Express History
The Pony Express:  A Study In Contrast 
Pony Express Information 
Pony Express History 
Pony Express National Historic Trail
THE PONY EXPRESS PROJECT
PONY EXPRESS WEBQUEST
Activites
VOCAB QUIA
QUIA

Chapter 9 
A Growing State
Chapter 10 
A Divided Country
Missouri Heritage Video
Coming to Missouri
Coming Through

Immigration: Ellis Island
Tour Ellis Island
PBS - Ellis Island
German Immigrants
Irish Immigrants
Andrew Jackson Info.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Henry Shaw

Activites
QUIA
HANGMAN
 

Missouri Heritage Video
What Do We Stand For?
BrainPOP: Civil War
BrainPOP: Causes of the Civil War
 

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE
VIRTUAL TOUR OF A SLAVE CABIN
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TOUR
Activites
A Growing State & Divided Country Hangman
 
 

 

Chapter 11
The Civil War Comes to Missouri
Chapter 12
Reconstruction in Missouri
Missouri Heritage Video
Divided and Torn

Civil War Webquest
Slavery In Missouri
Civil War - Jump Back in Time
The Civil War For Kids
 A Day in the life of a Slave
Black Missourians in the Civil War
Chapter 11 Links and Activities
 Video - Civil War at Wilson's Creek
Civil War Timeline
Civl War Scavenger Hunt
Activites
The Civil War Comes To Missouri Quia 
CIVIL WAR QUIZ
QUIA

Missouri Heritage Video
Growth of Cities

Abraham Lincoln
Reconstruction In Missouri Quia
Chapter 12 Links and Activities
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Chapter 13
Changing Times in Missouri
Chapter 14
Some Good Times and Bad Times
Missouri Heritage Video
Come to the Fair
 

Changing Times In Missouri Word Games
Changing Times In Missouri Jumbled Words
Chapter 13 Links and Activities
1904 World's Fair
Early Automobiles
Early Telephones
History of Bicycles
 
 
 

 

Missouri Heritage Video
Old Routes, New Trails
BrainPop: Great Depression Life

Major Events In Missouri Timeline: 1670-1930
Chapter 14 Links
Great Depression
The Boom, The Crash
World War I
 World Almanac for Kids
 Cybersleuth-Kids

Charles Lindberg - listen to the radio broadcast & watch clips!
Scavenger Hunt
The Lindberg Experience by PBS
Charles Lindberg Report
Spirit of St. Louis Milestones
Airplane Invention Museum
Charles Lindberg Theme Page
Charles Lindberg Coloring Pages
Lindberg Links by Surfnet Kids
 Activites
Some Good Times And Bad Times Hangman


CHAPTER 15
Missourians Join Struggles in Faraway Places and At Home
Chapter 16
Government in Missouri
Missouri Heritage Video
The View from Independence
We Shall Overcome
BrainPop: World War II
BrainPop: Civil rights
Democratic Values Cartoons
Solve a Bill of Rights Mystery
Government in Missouri Links

K2M - Tour of Missouri

CHAPTER 17
Missouri at the start of the 21st Century.
CHAPTER 18
Fine Arts In Missouri
Missouri Heritage Video
Missouri's Resources
Missouri Heritage Video
Changing Places

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