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