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Computer Lab

Canada

Civil War

Geology

Founding Fathers

Latin America

Transportation

Volcanoes

Westward Expansion

5th Grade Curriculum Links

• Native American Traditions and History
• History
• Culture of the Tribe
• Kansas State Historical Society
• Ohio History Channel
• About North Georgia
• Poem that Mrs. Johnson will love

• NY Times: Snapshot
• Article

• Ben Mikaelsen
• Gary Paulsen

• Analyzing Theme
• Style
• Authors on the Web
• Carol Hurst's Author Pages
• Children's Book Council
• Individual Author Sites
• Yahoo: Authors
• Artemis Fowl

Book Club

• Tips for Running a Book Club

• Just Read, Families!

• Kids Reads: Book Clubs

• Academy of Achievement
• Biography on A&E
• Biographies
• Meet Amazing Americans
• National Women's Hall of Fame
• Fact Monster: People

• America's Story
• Langston Hughes

• Introduction
• Animal Testing
• Animal Experiments
• Girl Athletes as Role Models
• Healthcare
• More healthcare info

     Lesson 1

• www.artistsonline.biz
• www.amazon.com
• www.harvard.edu
• www.nasa.gov
• www.nato.int
• www.cps.k12.il.us
• www.navy.mil
• www.mho.net
• www.nagc.org
• Snakes have wings.*
• Hunting rules.*
• Jamaica is the largest country in the world.*
• Pizza can talk.*
• Cookies will rule the world.*
• Books can fly.
• You can be like Peter Pan if you read books.
• Cats can be president.
• China is a continent.

 *These "facts" were created to show how anyone could post anything to the web.

        Lesson 2

•   http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
•   http://www.registar.com/whois.shtml

• Canada Info- the best place to start
• Culture Canada
• Canada Facts- scroll down to search by province
• Government of Manitoba
• Government of Nunavut
• Kid Zone geography: Provinces and Territories
• Mr. Dowling's Passport
• Prince Edward Island
• Trail Canada- Look in the light green content section on the left for links to your destination.
• Travel for Kids: Fun Things to Do
• World of Education- Click on the drop down arrow to find your country.
• World Newspapers

• Make a Civil War Drum
• Music of the Civil War
• Civil War Sites
• Civil War in Miniature (scroll down the page)
• Learn about Pre-Civil War Reform
• A House Divided
• Civil War Primary Documents and more...
• Pre-Civil War (1820-1860)

• The White House
• Congress
• The United States Constitution
• Documents from the Continental Congress
• List of Delegates (with biographical information)
• Another list of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
• Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution

• Collecting Rocks
• Get Ready to Rock
• Rocks for Kids
• Window to the Universe: Rock Cycle
• Plate Tectonics
• Break up of Gondwana
• Geology Animations
• Geology and Earth Science
• Minerals by Name
• The Nature of Diamonds

• Travelago
• Guantanamera
• Spanish-English Dictionary
• Atlapedia
• Latin American Network Information Center- LANIC is maintained by the University of Texas at Austin.****
• CIA: The World Factbook
• Cultural Profiles Project
• Current Events
• Dictionary.com
• Fact Monster: World
• Famous Latinas and Latinos
• Infoplease
• InterKnowledge: Geographia
• International Business Etiquette and Manners
• Latin American Newsletter
• Maps
• News Central: Online
• Oxfam's Cool Planet- click on "World" to see the countries that they are working in.
• Welcome to Puerto Rico!
• Shen's "Big Book" Resources- listed by country
• Travel for Kids: Fun Things to Do
• Universal Currency Converter- scroll to bottom in left box to choose "Click for every world currency."
• World Almanac for Kids
• World of Education- Click on the drop down arrow to find your country.
• Zona Latina: Newspapers

• 50 States
• Factmonster
• Newspapers
• Stately Knowledge
• USA- Mexican War

• American Cultural History- 19th Century
• America on the Move- Smithsonian National Museum of American History
• Anti-Trust Act
• Canal Museum -(c) Panama Canal photos
• Central Pacific Railroad (r)- Photo history
• Chinese Immigrants: and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad (r)
• Driving the Last Spike- (r)
• Granville Woods (r)
• History of the Transcontinental Railroad (r)
• National Railroad Museum (r)
    1.  Years of Growth: 1835-1860
     2.  Nation Building 1865-1900
     3.  The Golden Age 1900-1945
• Panama Canal (c)- photos
• The Postal Role in U.S. Development
• Pullman Strike (r)
• Railways in the 19th Century (r)
• Route 66 History: Pre 1926 (t)
• Transportation Revolution
• Turnpike, Businesses and Occupations (t)

• The Restless Planet (E)
• Investigating Earthquakes
• Earthquake Image Glossary
• Earthquakes for Kids
• What is Seismology?
• How Earthquakes Work
• The Earthquake Museum
• Earthquake Prediction
• Plate Tectonics: The Cause of Earthquakes
• Tangshan, China
• Global Volcanism Project- search by name
• Volcanoes of the World
• Volcano World
• Volcano Resources
• Arenal
• Etna
• Long Valley Observatory
• Katmai
• Mt Pelee Volcano

• Regions of the United States
• Kid Info: Pioneers & Westward Expansion
• Westward Expansion Sites- Thanks to Rochester Middle School!
• Westward Expansion
• Westward Expansion Webquest- scroll down to many biographical and cultural links.