99 Jumpstarts for Kids' Social Studies Reports

Research Help for Grades 3-8

Peggy Whitley, Susan Williams Goodwin

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Year: 2007
• eBook ISBN: 9780313094781
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Library & Information Science
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Building on the success and maintaining the 99 Jumpstarts format of the two previous books, 99 Jumpstarts for Kids' Social Studies Reports is divided into broad topical sections. Each topic is arranged in alphabetical order under its section. Topics are all new to this title and include the Ancient World, Historic World Events, State and Local History, US History, Government and Citizenship, Sociology, Culture and Economics. The book includes the following sections in each Jumpstart: A cited quote about the topic, Related Jumpstarts, New Words, You are There, Topics to Consider, Books, Internet, For the Teacher, and a relevant activity. Each Jumpstart provides a helpful pathfinder that enables students to efficiently access information and learn new information literacy skills as they research topics of personal interest or gather information for school reports. Grades 3-8.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction: How This Book Is Organized
• Search Engines Especially for Kids
• 10 Suggestions for Better Internet Searching
• Suggestions for Class Projects
• 1—9/11
• 2—13 Original Colonies (1607–1776)
• 3—Abigail Adams (1744–1818)
• 4—Aboard the Mayflower (1620)
• 5—All Roads Lead to Rome (753 BC–AD 1453)
• 6—The American Industrial Revolution
• 7—American Sweatshops: Yesterday and Today
• 8—America’s Melting Pot
• 9—Ancient Greece (800–323 BC)
• 10—Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad
• 11—Banking
• 12—Battle of New Orleans (1815)
• 13—Becoming a Citizen
• 14—Becoming a State
• 15—Benjamin Franklin, Statesman (1706–1790)
• 16—Border Patrol
• 17—Boston Tea Party (1773)
• 18—Brooklyn Bridge (1870–1883)
• 19—Buffalo Soldiers (1866–1955)
• 20—Business of Doing Good
• 21—Cattle Drives (1850–1880)
• 22—Changing Family (1950–2000)
• 23—Charles Lindbergh: Spirit of St. Louis (1927)
• 24—Child Labor
• 25—Civil War Spies
• 26—Cold War (1949–1989)
• 27—Colonial Williamsburg (1699)
• 28—Columbus Discovers America (1492)
• 29—Coming to America
• 30—Cultures and Cuisines
• 31—Custer’s Last Stand (1876)
• 32—Dealing with Disaster
• 33—Declaration of Independence (1776)
• 34—Donkeys and Elephants: A Two-Party System
• 35—Doughboys, Flying Aces, and Hello Girls (1914–1918)
• 36—Dust Bowl (1930)
• 37—Election of Abraham Lincoln (1861)
• 38—Fighting Prejudice
• 39—The First Amendment
• 40—Flower Children (1964–1972)
• 41—The Fountain of Youth (1513)
• 42—Go West, Young Man (1830–1890)
• 43—Going to Market: From Seed to Sale
• 44—Gold Rush (1850–1890)
• 45—Great Chicago Fire (1871)
• 46—The Great Depression (1929–1939)
• 47—History of Main Street
• 48—I Am the Pharaoh (3100 BC–AD 395)
• 49—I Want That! Needs vs. Wants
• 50—Indian Tribes in Your State
• 51—Jackie Robinson Breaks Baseball’s Color Barrier
• 52—John Muir (1838–1914)
• 53—Jury System
• 54—King Cotton (1790–1890)
• 55—Lewis & Clark Expedition (1803–1806)
• 56—Life Along the Nile to 332 BC
• 57—Life in the Middle Ages (1066–1485)
• 58—Lives and Times of My Grandparents
• 59—Making Maps
• 60—Making Money
• 61—Man on the Moon (1969–1972)
• 62—Marketing to Kids
• 63—Mayan Mathematicians (AD 150–1500)
• 64—Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings (600–1300)
• 65—The Mighty Mississippi
• 66—Missouri Compromise (1820)
• 67—Oklahoma Land Rush (1889)
• 68—Oldest Person in Town
• 69—Peer Pressure
• 70—Pilgrim Harvest (1621)
• 71—Place Names
• 72—Political Cartoons
• 73—Poverty in America
• 74—The President Has Been Shot!
• 75—Prohibition and Gangsters (1920)
• 76—Religions of the World
• 77—Reshaping the Land
• 78—Riding in the Back of the Bus (1960)
• 79—The Right to Vote
• 80—Rosie the Riveter (1940–1945)
• 81—Rough Riders (1898)
• 82—Route 66 (1926–1985)
• 83—Salem Witch Trials (1692)
• 84—Seward’s Folly (1866–1885)
• 85—Social Security (1936)
• 86—Stocks and Bonds
• 87—Supply and Demand
• 88—Taxes
• 89—Telling America’s Story with Photographs (1839–Present)
• 90—Trail of Tears (1838–1839)
• 91—Underground Railroad (1830–1865)
• 92—Wal-Mart Comes to Our Town
• 93—Where Cities Bloom
• 94—Who Runs Our Town?
• 95—Women at War
• 96—Women Get the Vote (1840–1920)
• 97—Women on the Home Front
• 98—Writing the Constitution
• 99—Yellow Fever Attacks Philadelphia (1793)
• Bibliography
• List of Illustrations
• Subject Directory
• Index