Website links & topics - Social Studies

Quarter 1:

  • 7 Continents, Latitude and Longitude, Basic Map Features (Population Density, Climate, Thematic, Road),

  • Basic government and economics

  • Greece Unit - Gods and Goddesses, governmental styles, trojan war, Ancient Greek Olympics, Life in Athens vs Sparta, Persian War, Peloponnesian Wars, Alexander the Great (this will carry over into quarter 2)


Quarter 2:

  • Greece Unit- finish

  • Rome Unit - Mapping out Ancient Rome, Geography of Rome, Timeline of Rome, Cultures of Rome, Government, Consuls/Senate/Assembly/Praetors, Laws, Punic Wars, Problems in the Republic, Julius Caesar, Economy, Rise of Christianity.

  • Byzantine Unit - Rome 2.0 / split of the roman empire / fall of the east and rise of the west / Constantinople / etc.


Quarter 3:


  • Middle Ages -Charlemagne, Feudalism, Crusades, popes vs. kings, life in the Middle ages, black death, etc.

  • Renaissance - Italian and Northern European Renaissance: art, culture, wealth, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Literature, Gutenberg, and much more

  • Age of Exploration - Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, English, French explorers; scientific revolution, etc.



Quarter 4:

  • Maya, Inca, Aztec Unit - going through each of these early civilizations. Geography, government, rise, decline, etc.


  • Geography - North and South America, Caribbean


http://www.themiddleages.net/people_middle_ages.html


Latitude & Longitude practice

1.http://www.abcya.com/latitude_and_longitude_practice.htm

2. https://mrnussbaum.com/international-pizza-delivery-online-game

3. https://mrnussbaum.com/coordinates-online-game

4. https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3252

Seven Wonders of the World Web Quest

European Map Game

Roman Newspaper Webquest

http://sch.ci.lexington.ma.us/~jpetner/

http://ancienthistory.pppst.com/rome.html

Mayan decline links

http://www.jaguar-sun.com/ideas.html

http://www.learner.org/interactives/collapse/mayans.html

Aztec/Mayan Webquest

http://www.lowermaclib.org/content/view/32/32/

South America Map Game

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_America_Geography.htm

Central America and Caribbean Map Game

http://www.owl-and-mouse.com/mappuzzle/central-america-puzzle.html

https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3015?c=3AU5F

https://lizardpoint.com/geography/centamer-carib-quiz.php

Medieval Times Webquest

http://www.ndaviess.k12.in.us/elemshare/Teachers/jweathers/Medieval.htm

Canadian Map Game

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Canadian_Geography.htm

Online Social Studies textbook link

http://my.hrw.com/

Longitude and Latitude practice

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/latitude-longitude-map-game.php

CIA Factbook

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Usborne Links

https://www.usborne.com/quicklinks/eng/?loc=uk

Baseball history

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearmenu.shtml

September 11th

http://www.classbrain.com/artfree/publish/cat_index_17.shtml

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/09/pictures/110908-about-911-september-9-11-twin-world-trade-center-towers-indelible/

To volunteer for Kids Against Hunger 2014:

http://www.kah-greenwood.org/how-to-help/join-a-packing-event

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tpPdTzFGh0

Extra Time?

https://www.duolingo.com/

https://geoguessr.com/

https://parcc.pearson.com/practice-tests/