PA: Our People, Places, and Past
Thinking Activities and Web Resources for Lessons

site managed by Dr. Randall A. Pellow
and Mrs. Mandy Maxwell
former 4th grade teacher at Sacred Heart School in Lewistown
and currently a Title I teacher with Mifflin County School District

Social Studies in General

http://directory.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/History

PA sites

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/statesbw/pennsylvania.shtml
http://www.pennsylvania.com/
http://www.experiencepa.com/

PA maps

http://www.randmcnally.com/
http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/PAmaps.html
http://www.hersheypa.com/plan_your_trip/index.html

 (Lesson 2)

1. Additional information can be found on the Internet at The Fish and Game Commission's website is http://www.fishandgame.com
2. The state park's website is:http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/
    

(Lesson 6)

1. Use websites on the Internet to locate "research material" for reports.  For example, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) maintains a website.   It is:  http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us
    

(Lesson 8)

1. Assign cooperative learning groups (or individual projects) in making a graphic representation (i.e. - collage) on regions or places of Pennsylvania to be visited. Pictures from brochures, magazines, advertisements. etc. could be used. Students could draw pictures and/or use words to describe the places.  One can "visit" travel regions of Pennsylvania at the following websites:

• http://www.state.pa.us
• http://www.4kids.org/coolspots/

(Lesson 9)

1. Use websites on the Internet to locate "research material" for reports.  For example, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) maintains a website.   It is: http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us

Groundhog Day
http://www.groundhog.org/
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/TM?WS_groundhog_predict.shtml
 

(Lessons 11 and 12)

Lenni Lenape (Delawares)
http://www.web-savvy.com/river/Schuylkill/lenape.html

Mohawk Holiday Mobile (Iroquois)
http://www.geocities.com/projectview/#story

(Lesson 14)

1. If the Internet is available, have children take a virtual field trip to Pennsbury Manor, William Penn's home in Pennsylvania. There are also other virtual field trips available at this Partners for Distance Learning (PDL) site.   http://www.partnersdl.org/content/category/10/86/
    

Amish (Lesson 16)

http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/Wa$
http://www.800padutch.com/atafaq.shtml
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/printables/PSSAmishCommunities23.htm

(Lesson 17)

1. This WWW address will put you in touch with a "trail of history" map around our state.  Have children, along with your help, check it out at:
   http://www.state.pa.us/Pa_Exec/Historical_Museum/BHSM/trailofhistory.htm
    

  (Lesson 19)

1. You can take your children on a "virtual" field trip to visit the Liberty Bell, the Betsy Ross House, the area where Ben Franklin lived, and other places on the Internet at:

• http://www.ushistory.org

• http://www.nps.gov/vafo

  Revolution
  http://directory.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/History

  (Lesson 20)

1. This WWW address will link you to some science activities that Ben Franklin tried.  It  is:    http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html 

(Lesson 22)

Titusville  (Drake's Oil Well)
http://www.drakewell.org

  (Lesson 23)

1. An Internet field trip to Gettysburg can be obtained at:
   http://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm
   http://www.nps.gov/learn/gozone.htm
   http://www.gettysburg.com/
   http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/
   http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/gaphot.html
   http://www.gb1863.com/
   http://www.state.me.us/quinn/Gettysburg/
   

  (Lesson 25)

1. Take a field trip on the Internet.  You can visit the place where Milton Hershey made chocolate so popular.  You can visit Hershey's Kidztown for fun and games at:

• http://www.hersheys.com/kidztown/index.html
• http://www.hershey.pa.com/
• http://www.hersheypa.com/attractions/hersheypark/map.html
• http://www.hersheymuseum.org/
• http://museumstuff.com/
• http://www.hersheyarchives.com/
• http://www.hersheypartnership.com/

1. Johnstown Information

• Internet sources are: http://www.nps.gov/jofl   for the Johnstown Flood National Memorial

  (Lesson 26)

1. Find out more about the Pennsylvania Turnpike at its website:http://www.paturnpike.com

1. Check out these websites

• http://www.infoplease.com/states.html
• http://www.maps.com/reference/thematic/usthematic/tus_15.html

1. Check out these websites on railroads and one on coal industry.

• http://www.rrmuseumpa.org/
• http://www.forthunter.org/
• http://www.readingrailroad.org/industries/rdg_coal.html
  

revised 6/02/05

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