Social Studies
United States and its Neighbors: History and Geography
Components include:
Components include:
- Vocabulary study
- Note taking
- Simulated activities
- Projects
- Some tests for understanding
Thirteen Colonies
Explorers to the Americas
Primary and Secondary Sources
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Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes |
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Anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald; (Nov. 10) Focus on Great Lakes shipping - Lake Michigan wrecks; 20 minute newer video with map; Raising of the Bell; History Channel video;
Unit 1 - Location, Location, Location
Geography and Map Skills
Do you know the
How many land features can you list and recognize? Check these out:
>>Dictionary of Geography Terms
>>http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml
Add these to your North America map.
- 7 continents?
- 50 states?
- Oceans of the World?
How many land features can you list and recognize? Check these out:
>>Dictionary of Geography Terms
>>http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml
Add these to your North America map.
Latitude/Longitude - Easy video
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Latitude/Longitude - Longer video
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Explore historical maps
http://www.loc.gov/maps/collections/
Blank map templates: https://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/
http://www.worldatlas.com/
National Geographic Interactive Map Explorer
http://mapmaker.education.nationalgeographic.com/?ls=000000000000
Try this quiz on maps found in different story books:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/quiz/2014/jun/09/maps-books-fiction-quiz
Pirate map from Treasure Island by Robert L. Stevenson
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/stevenson/robert_louis/s848tr/preface.html#p028
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
http://www.loc.gov/maps/collections/
Blank map templates: https://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/
http://www.worldatlas.com/
National Geographic Interactive Map Explorer
http://mapmaker.education.nationalgeographic.com/?ls=000000000000
Try this quiz on maps found in different story books:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/quiz/2014/jun/09/maps-books-fiction-quiz
Pirate map from Treasure Island by Robert L. Stevenson
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/stevenson/robert_louis/s848tr/preface.html#p028
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
Native Americans - Wisconsin Act 31
Setting up a classroom museum display
http://kidcurators.com/
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/pdfs/hp/2014conference/Make-Professional-Labels.pdf
http://kidcurators.com/
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/pdfs/hp/2014conference/Make-Professional-Labels.pdf