U.S. History Web Quest

PA Standards for History

• 8.1.3.A Understand chronological thinking and distinguish between past, present and future time.
• 8.3.2.B I dentify and describe primary documents, material artifacts and historic sites important in Pennsylvania history.
• 8.3.3.A Identify contributions of individuals and groups to United States history.
• 8.3.3.B Identify and describe primary documents, material artifacts and historic sites important in United States history.

Welcome to the Social Studies Webquest!

By completing this quest you will learn about the important events which helped shape United States History. You will find out about the documents which gave us our freedom, the great people who led our nation to independence, the items which symbolize our liberty, and the songs which allow us to show our pride for our country. In this webquest you are going to learn many interesting facts about our country as you work your way through the websites and read about happened over 200 years ago.

By the end of your quest, you should be able to answer the following questions:

  1. Which documents gave us our independence and allowed our leaders to govern us fairly?
  2. When were these documents written?
  3. Which people led our nation to independence?
  4. When did these people lead?
  5. What are the symbols of our nation?
  6. When did these items become symbols?
  7. What do we sing or recite in order to show pride in our country?
  8. When were these songs or poems written?

If you are ready to find out the answers to these questions, just click on the Task link below to get started!!

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