War of 1812
for Kids

graphic from Smithsonian

The War of 1812 website
    http://www.militaryheritage.com/1812.htm

War of 1812 Web Site from Military Heritage- army life, battles, equipment, uniforms
   http://www.militaryheritage.com/1812art.htm

Timelines of the War of 1812
     http://www.thewarof1812.com/Warof1812Almanac/timelineofthewarof1812.htm
   http://www.america-at-war.net/1812.htm
     http://www.warof1812.ca/1812events.htm
 
The War of 1812 from 42explore
    http://www.42explore.com/1812war.htm

Key Events and Causes of the War of 1812 listed in chart form
    http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/chart.1812.html
  Outline - http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/lec.1812.html

Battles of the War of 1812
   http://www.galafilm.com/1812/e/chronology/

War of 1812 - includes battles as well as lots more info about the times
    http://members.tripod.com/~war1812/index.html

War of 1812 from Social Studies for Kids
    http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/uslistwarof1812.htm

Information Please encyclopedia article
    http://www.infoplease.com/ce5/CE054922.html

The Road to Washington
    http://www.tc-solutions.com/croom/1812.html

History Central War of 1812 pages
   http://www.multied.com/1812/

War of 1812 from the Netherlands
    http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch4_p12.htm

Ironsides USS Constitution
   http://www.schoonerman.com/iron.htm

The Roles Women Played in War of 1812
    http://members.tripod.com/umbrigade/articles/women.html

The Star Spangled Banner: http://americanhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/pdf/ssb_lyrics.pdf
    Information from the Smithsonian Institute
       http://americanhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/a-moment-of-triumph.aspx
         http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/

    Fort McHenry - throughout US history
        http://web.archive.org/web/20070704104634/www.bcpl.net/~etowner/patriot.html

    The Real Story - Read the myths and the realities and compare the stories
        http://www.tc-solutions.com/croom/ssb.html

Lesson Plans:

    Turning Point in History: The War of 1812
        - The Second War of Independence? web quest and activities for students
         http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/second_war_independence/

     Re-Living History: The War of 1812
       http://library.thinkquest.org/22916/

       War of 1812 Webquests
           http://www.lkdsb.net/TEAS/Webquests/1812Webquest/war_of_1812.htm   
           http://www.aacps.org/aacps/boe/instr/curr/comed/es/webquest/1812/indexjh.html
           http://www.iron.k12.ut.us/schools/cms/Teachers/Kirmeyer/1812quest/1812.htm
       Scholastic Webquest for War of 1812
          http://teacher.scholastic.com/webquest/ushist/war1812.htm     

       Baltimore and the War of 1812 Lesson Plans - http://www.pride2.org/NewPrideSite/MD/Lesson10/Lesson10_1.html
                 Teacher Guide By Barbara Ertle - http://www.pride2.org/NewPrideSite/MD/Lesson10/Lesson10_Guide.html
                Guides and worksheets - http://www.pride2.org/NewPrideSite/MD/MD_Faculty_Guides.html

       ProTeacher Lesson Plans - http://www.proteacher.com/090100.shtml

The War of 1812 in the News -
      http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_History/USH0032.html

Edsitement Lesson Plan for War of 1812 -
   http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=573

People in the War of 1812 - Lesson 1
  http://www.seawaytrail.com/images/PDFs/lessonplan1.PDF
Battles of the War of 1812 - Lesson 2
  http://www.seawaytrail.com/images/PDFs/lessonplan2.PDF
Ships During the War of 1812 - Lesson 3
  http://www.seawaytrail.com/images/PDFs/lessonplan3.PDF
More: http://www.seawaytrail.com/lessonplans.html

More Lesson Plans for the War of 1812 - http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edhist.htm#warof1812

Star Spangled Banner Project - http://americanhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/pdf/SSB_History_Overview.pdf
The War of 1812 lessons - http://americanhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/the-war-of-1812.aspx

Crossword Puzzle for the War of 1812
http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/xwd.1812.html

    Weapons used in the War of 1812
        http://members.tripod.com/~war1812/weapons.html

    Jean Lafitte, the pirate, played a role in the War of 1812
        http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/cops_others/lafitte/1.html
 
      Pirates Page from Mrs. Mitchell
       http://www.kathimitchell.com/pirates.html

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