Narrative Essay Picture Book
This is the cover of your Explorer Picture Book.
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Explorationhttp://www.ducksters.com/
This website has a kid-friendly search option that is helpful in all SS areas. You can type in a specific explorer's name, and a brief excerpt of information will be presented. http://mrnussbaum.com/united-states-history-for-kids/
The above website is great for kids and covers all of our Social Studies topics. Be sure to thank Mr. Nussbaum if you ever see him on the street! |
When you open up your picture book, you will see a Title Page. Use the same title from the cover. The author is YOU, and you can make up a fun (appropriate publishing company). The city will be Foxborough for all.
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Early Settlements
Roanoke:
Jamestown: |
13 Colonies Project
Pictures for Office Mix Presentation (Preloaded)
Research Safely!
The following Learning Links will help you search safe, teacher approved sites for your project. Please note that there is no perfect tool to filter out some unnecessary information, but these sites will be more useful and more protected than a general Google or Bing search.
Kiddle
At this site, you can search for answers to specific questions and it will bring you to mostly educational sites. This is also a GREAT search engine to use when looking for images. Try to be specific and at times, creative, with the images you are searching for. If you don't find what you're looking for at first, try a different way of saying it.
KidRex
At this site, you can also search for answers to specific questions and it will bring you to mostly educational sites. This is also a GREAT search engine to use when looking for images.
Informative Websites to check out to get more information:
Colony Fact Cards
This PDF gives you 13 factual cards about each of the individual colonies in an easy to understand format. Please note that I pulled these from a fellow 5th grade teacher's site (Mr. Bowen from Peters Elementary in Broken Arrow, OR), but the original sources are noted on the last page of the PDF.
Mr. Zoller's Podcasts
Check out the video/podcast that goes along with your region. Mr. Zoller, a 7th grade teacher in Ohio created a video series for his social studies classes. Each of the regional podcasts is a little over 10 minutes long, but contains a wealth of information. The best part is you can watch and re-watch these videos as often as you need to. You can even pause the videos as you are working and taking notes!
Mejia's 13 Colonies Adventure
This Symbaloo page will help you navigate to quite a few helpful sites. Please note a couple links are no longer active on this site. If that happens, just move on to another link until you find what you need.
Some nice project examples from other 5th grade students:
New England Colonies: https://mix.office.com/watch/1w5b4uc2bn6z8
Middle Colonies: https://mix.office.com/watch/f3uzu75jymvm
Southern Colonies: https://mix.office.com/watch/oxe3950lzhqk
Tutorial Video for using Office Mix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaoEftR1D1w
Link to Submit Colonial Project Presentation:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=r9BoHcQnak2zPjDenukokJU5oWXdjw1Bo8crnU_5PKBUNENJQUlOSTZLMkIzWjM5TlpER1JBTTNMWC4u
What do I do when I finish???? Here's a cool online game you can play. It's relevant to what we're learning, and it's fun. You need to create an account, but you do NOT need to give any real information about yourself. Make up a fake username.
http://www.mission-us.org/
New England Colonies: https://mix.office.com/watch/1w5b4uc2bn6z8
Middle Colonies: https://mix.office.com/watch/f3uzu75jymvm
Southern Colonies: https://mix.office.com/watch/oxe3950lzhqk
Tutorial Video for using Office Mix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaoEftR1D1w
Link to Submit Colonial Project Presentation:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=r9BoHcQnak2zPjDenukokJU5oWXdjw1Bo8crnU_5PKBUNENJQUlOSTZLMkIzWjM5TlpER1JBTTNMWC4u
What do I do when I finish???? Here's a cool online game you can play. It's relevant to what we're learning, and it's fun. You need to create an account, but you do NOT need to give any real information about yourself. Make up a fake username.
http://www.mission-us.org/