| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Themes of Geography | Geography World |
| 2 Thinking Geographically | Xpeditions |
| Skill Lesson 12: The Parts of a Map | Clifton's Corner |
| Up Close: Eye in the Sky | Gemini V |
| 3 The American Land | Color Landform Maps of the United States |
| Connections Sciences: How the Rocky Mountains Were Formed | National Atlas of the United States |
| 4 Climates of the Americas | U.S. Interactive Climate Pages |
| Dictionary of Geographic Terms | Geography Glossary |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Exploring American Rivers | Rivers, Lands and Explorers |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Uncovering the American Past | Virtual Archaeology |
| The People of North America | Archaeology Digs |
| 3D Hohokam Pithouse | |
| Hohokam: Prehistoric Desert People | |
| Anasazi Archaeology | |
| Up Close: Horses Come to the Plains | Blackfoot: History of the Horse and the Chase |
| Connections Civics: How the Iroquois Governed Themselves | Constitution of the Iroquois Nation |
| 3 Early Civilizations of the Americas | Maya Adventure |
| Aztecs | |
| Tupac Amaru: The Life, Times and Execution of the last Inca | |
| The Anasazi Culture | |
| Vikings in America | |
| 4 After 1492 | Colonial America 1492-1763 |
| Skill Lesson 2: Reading a Line Graph | Colonial Quest |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Visiting the Incas | Investigating the Inca Empire |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Europeans Look Overseas | Conquest Channel |
| Connections World: The Columbian Exchange | The Columbian Exchange |
| 2 Spain's Empire in the Americas | Spanish Exploration and Conquest of Native America |
| Up Close: Adventures in the Spanish Borderlands | The Land of El Dorado: The Spanish Borderlands |
| 3 Staking Claims in North America | Half Moon and Henry Hudson |
| 4 The First English Colonies | Life in the English Colonies |
| Skill Lesson 3: Understanding Causes and Effects | The Mayflower Compact |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Trading in New France | The Fur Trade in New France |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 The New England Colonies | The Lost Colony of Roanoke |
| Up Close: The Trial of Anne Hutchinson | Anne Hutchinson |
| 2 The Middle Colonies | The Middle Colonies |
| 3 The Southern Colonies | The Southern Colonies |
| Juneteenth Pictorial: The Middle Passage | |
| 4 Ruling the Colonies | The Navigation Acts |
| Skill Lesson 4: Using a Time Line | Timeline 1800 |
| 5 The Colonies in 1750 | Georgia's Colonial Heroines |
| Connections Sciences: Ben Franklin: Practical Inventor | Benjamin Franklin: An Enlightened American |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Living in the English Colonies | Comparing the Colonies |
| The Double Life of Pocahontas | Four Faces of Pocahontas |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Rivalry in North America | Clifton's Corner |
| Skill Lesson 5: Using a Primary Source | Map Exercise |
| 2 The French and Indian War | The French/Indian War |
| 3 A Storm Over Taxes | Proclamation of 1763 |
| Connections Arts: Paul Revere and the Boston Massacre | Paul Revere and The Boston Massacre |
| 4 To Arms! | Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, and Coercive Acts |
| Up Close: The Boston Tea Party | Tea Party |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Protesting British Policies | Timeline: 1760-1769 |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Early Battles | Green Mountain Boys |
| 2 Independence Declared | Common Sense by Thomas Paine |
| 3 Desperate Days | America's Revolutionary War |
| Connections Geography: Through the Wilderness to Saratoga | The Battle of Saratoga |
| 4 Other Battlefronts | African Americans in the Revolutionary War |
| Up Close: A Young Girl's War | Women of the Thirteen Colonies |
| 5 The World Turned Upside Down | Paris Peace Treaty of 1783 |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Fighting With the Continental Army | Important Battles of the American Revolution |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 A Confederation of States | Making a New Nation |
| Connections Economics: Barter on the Western Frontier | The Wild, Wild West |
| 2 A Grand Convention | The Philadelphia Convention 1787 |
| Up Close: The Priceless Notebook | James Madison: His Legacy |
| 3 A More Perfect Union | The Federal System |
| 4 Ratifying the Constitution | Index to the Constitution and Bill of Rights Documents |
| Skill Lesson 7: Finding Main Ideas | Complete activity page 209 of textbook. |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Covering the Constitutional Convention | |
| Johnny Tremain | Johnny Tremain Teaching Guide |
| 1 The Goals of the Constitution | The Constitution: The REAL Contract With America |
| 2 Five Principles of the Constitution | U.S. Federalism |
| 3 A Living Constitution | Separation of Powers |
| 4 The National Government at Work | Table of Articles and Amendments |
| Civics Skill Lesson: Reading a Flowchart | U.S. Congress on the Internet |
| 5 Citizenship at Work | Due Process Rule |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Participating in Democracy | Kids Voting USA |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Organizing the New Government | Treasures from Mount Vernon |
| Connections Civics: First Lady of the Land | Martha Dandridge Washington |
| Up Close: The Whiskey Rebellion | The Whiskey Rebellion American History Treasure Chest |
| 2 War Clouds | Anakapia: "Our Protector" of the Treatry of Greenville |
| 3 Rise of Political Parties | History Guy: The History of American Political Parties |
| Skill Lesson 8: Distinguishing Fact From Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Alexander Hamilton |
| 4 John Adams as President | John Adams: Critical Review |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Election of 1800 | Election of 1800 |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Republicans in Power | Thomas Jefferson Online Resources |
| 2 The Louisiana Purchase | National Archives Exhibit: The Louisiana Purchase |
| Connections Economics: Mandan Traders | The Mandans |
| Skill Lesson 9: Following Routes on a Map | Exploring the West from Monticello |
| 3 Protecting American Neutrality | Embargo Act of 1807 |
| 4 The Road to War | James Madison |
| Up Close: Two Shawnee Brothers Seek Unity | Tecumseh |
| 5 The War of 1812 | Multimedia War of 1812 |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Exploring with Lewis and Clark | PBS Online: Lewis and Clark |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 The Industrial Revolution | The Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Industrial Revolution |
| 2 From Workshops to Factories | Virtual Museum: History of Technology in Everyday Life |
| Skill Lesson 10: Using a Concept Map | The Graphic Organizer |
| 3 Americans on the Move | The Frontier: The American West |
| Connections Arts: Along the Erie Canal | Erie Canal |
| 4 Building National Unity | From the Era of Good Feeling to the Era of Manifest Destiny |
| 5 Neighboring Nations Gain Independence | Mexican Independence |
| Up Close: Showdown in Spanish Florida | The Seminoles |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Investigating the Industrial Revolution | Rober Fulton-Engineer & Artist |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Champion of the People | Henry Clay: An Online Tribute |
| Connections Civics: No Democracy for African Americans | Museum of Slavery in America |
| 2 Jackson in the White House | John Quincy Adams |
| 3 A Strong President | A Brief Biography of Andrew Jackson |
| 4 Jackson's Successors | Time Travel to 1837 |
| Up Close: The Log Cabin Campaign | The American Whig Party |
| Skill Lesson 11: Reading a Circle Graph | Clarisworks spreadsheet activities. |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Painting a Portrait of Andrew Jackson | Andrew Jackson |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Oregon Fever | The Oregon Trail: The Trail West |
| Skill Lesson 12: Using a Diary as a Primary Source | |
| 2 A Country Called Texas | Texas Treasures |
| Up Close: Remember the Alamo! | Alamo: The Shrine of Texas Liberty |
| 3 Manifest Destiny | Manifest Destiny and Expansionism |
| 4 The Mexican War | The U.S.-Mexican War (Bilingual) |
| 5 Surge to the Pacific | Mormon History-Pioneer Period |
| Connections World: A Mountain of Gold | The Museum of San Francisco |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Traveling Along the Oregon Trail | PBS: In Search of the Oregon Trail |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 The Growth of Industry in the North | The Industrial Revolution |
| 2 Life in the Industrial North | Industrial Revolution |
| Skill Lesson 13: Synthesizing Information | Child Labor and Tenement Lifestyles in the 1800's |
| 3 Cotton Becomes King | Cotton Culture |
| 4 Life in the Cotton Kingdom | Documenting the American South |
| Connections Geography: A Musical Debt to West Africa | Origins of Spirituals |
| Up Close: Flight for Freedom | Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Living in the Cotton Kingdom | American Slavery |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Liberty for All | Abolitionist |
| Skill Lesson 14: Using the Card Catalog | |
| 2 Women are Created Equal | History of the Women's Suffrage Movement |
| Connections Sciences: Fashion and Women's Health | |
| 3 Reform Sweeps the Country | The Temperance Movement |
| Up Close: Dorothea Dix: Helping the Helpless | Dorthea Dix |
| 4 New Voices, New Visions | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Traveling on the Underground Railroad | National Geographic's Underground Railroad |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Slavery or Freedom in the West | Wilmot Proviso |
| Connections Geography: The Missouri Compromis-Why 36°30'? | The Missouri Compromise |
| 2 Saving the Union | Fugitive Slave Act |
| 3 Bloodshed in Kansas | Bleeding Kansas |
| 4 Republicans Challenge Slavery | Impact of Dred Scott |
| Up Close: The Lincoln-Douglas Campaign Trail | Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library |
| 5 The South Breaks Away | Secession of States |
| Skill Lesson 15: Reading an Election Map | Election of 1860 |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Debating Slavery in the Western Territories | Slavery in Western Territories |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Preparing for War | The American Civil War Homepage |
| Skill Lesson 16: Reading a Table | |
| 2 The Struggle Begins | The Civil War Homepage |
| 3 Freedom | African American Journey: From Slavery to Freedom |
| 4 Hardships of War | The Role of Blacks During the Civil War |
| Connections World: Nurses in the Civil War | Civil War Medicine |
| 5 Victory at Appomattox | The Appommattox Courthouse |
| Up Close: Lee at Gettysburg | Battle at Gettysburg |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Fighting With the Blue and the Gray | Maps of Civil War Battlefields by State |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 First Steps Toward Reunion | Reconstruction |
| Up Close: Charlotte Forten and African American Education | Charlotte Forten |
| 2 Congress Takes Charge | Reconstruction and the Wild West |
| Connections Civics: Letter to a Former Owner | |
| 3 The Reconstruction South | Southern History and Reconstruction |
| Skill Lesson 17: Finding Information in the Library | |
| 4 End of an Era | "Jim Crow" Laws |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Looking Back at Reconstruction |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 The Mining Frontier | Virginia City and the Comstock Lode |
| 2 The Plains Indians | Luxton Museum of the Plains Indians |
| 3 Broken Promises | A Study and Timeline of the Lakota Nation |
| Up Close: The Ghost Dance | Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee |
| Connections Arts: Chief Joseph's Eloquent Plea | Chief Joseph and the Nez Pierce Links |
| 4 Ranching and Farming | Historic Information About Cowboys and the West |
| Skill Lesson 18: A Painting as a Primary Source | |
| 5 Revolt of the Farmers | National Grange |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Farming on the Plains | Farming on the Great Plains |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Railroad: Key to Industrial Growth | Central Pacific Railroad: Photographic History |
| 2 Big Business | Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor |
| Connections Economics: Prices Then and Now | Use Clarisworks spreadsheet for the chart page 542. |
| 3 An Age of Invention | History of Invention, Thomas Edison's Invention Web |
| 4 Workers and Unions | The History Place: Child Labor in America 1908-1912 |
| Skill Lesson 19: Evaluating Information | Use Clarisworks to complete the activity on page 554. |
| Up Close: Tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory | Photos of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Investigating Business and Industry | Browse to find information, use Clarisworks to complete page 559. |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 A Land of Promise | Ellis Island-Immigration 1900-1920 |
| Skill Lesson 20: Using a Special Purpose Map | New York City Demographic Maps |
| Up Close: A Chinese Family and the Golden Mountain | History of Chinese Immigrants |
| The Changing Face of Cities | Lower East Side Tenement Museum |
| Connections Arts: Vaudeville: Entertaining Americans | American Variety Stage: Vaudeville & Popular Entertainment 1870-1920 |
| 4 A New American Culture | Mining Co.: Mark Twain Links |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Living in the City | 19th & 20th Century Architecture |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Early Reforms | Sherman Antitrust Act |
| 2 The Progressive Movement | Progressive Reform Movement |
| Connections Civics: "Golden Rule" Jones: Crusading Mayor of Toledo, Ohio | The Writings of Samuel "Golden Rule" Jones |
| 3 Presidents Back Progressive Goals | U.S. History Interactive - McKinley, Roosevelt, Wilson |
| 4 Women in the Progressive Era | Yahoo Links: Women's Suffrage |
| Up Close: Protest at the White House | |
| Skill Lesson 21: Reading a Political Cartoon | William McKinley in Political Cartoons |
| 5 Minorities Seek Equality and Justice | Up From Slavery: An Autobio by Booker T. Washington |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Supporting the Suffragists | 75 Suffragists |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Americans Look Abroad | Seward's Folly |
| 2 Across the Pacific | Age of Imperialism |
| Connections Geography: The Typhoon That Changed History | American & Western Samoa |
| 3 War With Spain | Spanish American War |
| Skill Lesson 22: Using Note Cards | |
| 4 The Big Stick in Latin America | Mexico Connect - Pancho Villa |
| Up Close: Defeating a Tiny Enemy | Discovery Channel: The Unkindest Cut, The Panama Canal |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Investigating Overseas Expansion | Anti-Imperialism in the United States: 1898-1935 |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Europe Explodes Into War | Lusitania |
| 2 The Road to War | World War I |
| Connections Civics: A Vote Against War | Jeannette Rankin |
| 3 "Over There" | World War I Document Archive |
| Up Close: Harlem Hell Fighters in Action | World War I Links |
| 4 Wilson and the Peace | Fourteen Points |
| Skill Lesson 23: Recognizing Propaganda | British Propaganda 1914-1915 |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Fighting World War I on the Home Front | History of Ballooning |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Republicans in the White House | Calvin Coolidge |
| 2 Business Fever | History of the Automotive Industry |
| 3 New Ways of Life | Temperance and Prohibition |
| Skill Lesson 24: Using the Computerized Card Catalog | |
| 4 The Roaring Twenties | Flapper Station: Introduction to the Roaring Twenties |
| Connections Arts: Aaron Douglas: Creating a Bridge Between Peoples | Aaron Douglas 1, 2, 3, |
| 5 Signs of Trouble | Sacco and Vanzetti |
| Up Close: Solo in Chicago | Latino/Chicano Immigrants |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Roaring Into the Jazz Age | Photographs From the Jazz Age |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 The Bubble Bursts | October 24, 1924 The Stock Market Crash |
| Skill Lesson 25: Exploring Local History | |
| 2 FDR and the New Deal | Franklin Roosevelt Links |
| 3 Reaction to the New Deal | Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal |
| 4 Surviving the Depression | America from the Great Depression to World War II |
| Connections Sciences: The Dust Bowl | The American Experience: Surviving the Dustbowl |
| Up Close: "We Don't Serve Mexicans Here" | Cesar E. Chavez and His Legacy |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Understanding the New Deal | Washington As it Was |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 War Clouds Gather | Adolph Hitler's Links |
| Skill Lesson 26: Writing a Research Paper | Research Paper Assignment |
| 2 The Axis Powers Advance | Adolf Hitler's Life |
| 3 The Home Front | The Institute on World War II and the Human Experience |
| Connections Economics: Rosie the Riveter | Women Factory Workers |
| Up Close: Memories of a Bitter Time | WRA Exhibit-Life in the Arizona War Camps |
| 4 Winning the War | World War II and the U.S. Homefront |
| 5 Peace at Last | A-Bomb WWW Museum |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Fighting a Global War |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 The Nation Faces a Cold War | Cold War Links |
| 2 The Cold War Tuns Hot | Kids and Korea |
| Connections World: Reading, 'Riting, 'Rithmetic-and Science | Sputnik |
| 3 The Changing Face of the Nation | Harry S. Truman Libary and Museum |
| Skill Lesson 27: Using Public Opinion Polls | Use Clarisworks and complete activity page 787. |
| 4 Roots of the Civil Rights Movement | National Civil Rights Museum |
| Up Close: The Voices of Montgomery | Rosa Parks |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Revisiting the Cold War |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Years of Crisis and Change | The JFK Assassination, Links, JFK Network, Photo History |
| Connections World: A Peace Army | Peace Corp, Gallery, Crossroads, Kids World |
| 2 Cold War Clashes | Bay of Pigs Invasion, History of Berlin Wall, |
| A Distant War Divides the Nation | The Wall, The War, Resources, Photo Album, Pictorial |
| Up Close: The Uncertain Enemy | Vietnam War, History, Research Links, |
| Skill Lesson 28 Using a Song as Historical Evidence | Use Clarisworks to complete activity on page 812. |
| 4 Struggle for Civil Rights | Photo Tour, National Museum, Timeline |
| 5 The Spirit of Reform Spreads | Cesar Chavez Links, AIM, More AIM, NOW |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Focusing on Civil Rights |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 The Conservative Revolution | Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Young Bill |
| 2 An End to the Cold War | Cold War Policies 1945-1991, The Berlin Wall Comes Down |
| Connections Civics: "How Can We Avoid War?" | Bosnia: Uncertain Path to Peace |
| 3 The Search for a More Democratic World | Apartheid, Death of a Chinese, Human Rights Watch |
| Skill Lesson 29 Analyzing Newspaper Editorials | |
| 4 Crisis and Hope in the Middle East | Middle East Links, Maps of Middle East, More Middle East Links |
| Up Close: A Meeting at Camp David | Camp David Accords |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Thinking About a Changing World |
| Textbook Topics | Related Internet Sites |
| 1 Advances in Science and Technology | Computer Museum, Internet History, HIV, Origins of AIDS |
| Up Close: Tracking a Computer Spy | Virtual World of Intelligence |
| 2 Culture and Technology | TechnoCulture |
| 3 The United States in a World Economy | NAFTA |
| 4 Concern for the Environment | PlanetKeepers, Earth in Balance, Green Guide |
| Skill Lesson 30 Forecasting | Garbage |
| 5 A Diverse Society | Multiculturalism |
| Connections Arts: "On the Pulse of Morning" | Maya Angelou |
| Interdisciplinary Activity: Looking Toward the Future |