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3-5 Social
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Look at Latin America!:
| Fifth grade social studies stresses geographic, economic and social/cultural understandings related to the United States, Canada and nations in Latin America today. This project allows students to take a closer look at a Latin American country and display knowledge of that country by adding pictures and text to a Powerpoint template. Use of a template simplifies the project so it can be completed in just a few class periods. Start with the graphic organizer to help students focus their research. Each student designs 2 Powerpoint slides. All slides can then be merged together to form a comprehensive Latin America slideshow. |
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Liz Hedman (5th/Okte) and Gail Pietrafesa (Lead Teacher for Instructional Technology) | |||
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Costa Rica Sample (.jpg) | LatinAm Graphic Organizer (.pdf) | Slideshow-8 countries (PwrPt - 2.7 MB) | |
New York State Concept Web:
| A Kidspiration concept map helps students organize and display their knowledge of New York State. A web link to Enchanted Learning provides students with facts about major landforms, bordering states, population, economy and much more. |
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| Credits: | Chalene Nelson (Arongen/4th) | ||
| Links: | New York State Web Template (Kidspiration)* | NYS Web Graphic(.jpg) | |
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State Research - Precipitation and
Temperature Graphs:
| During state research projects, fifth graders collect precipitation and temperature data for a designated city in their assigned state. In this activity, students use Microsoft Excel to graph this data. Also works well as a multidisciplinary math activity. |
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Maggie Jones (5th/Orenda) and Gail Pietrafesa (Lead Teacher for Instructional Technology) | ||||
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Graphing Directions (.pdf) | Precipitation Graph (.jpg) | Temperature Graph (.jpg) | ||
State Brochures:
| Fifth graders can create professional looking brochures when studying the geography, symbols, attractions and products of U.S. states. In this case, a template created in Microsoft Publisher helped students produce informative and attractive brochures. |
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Brenda Fensterer, Jan Doolittle and Melanie DiBari (Karigon/5th); Maggie Jones (Orenda/5th) | ||
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Brochure Template (Publisher)* | "How to Create a Brochure in Publisher" Help Sheet(.pdf) | |
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Create an Island -- Map Skills:
| Third grade students are provided an island template and a set of directions. They must use their reading and direction following skills, knowledge of map keys, a compass rose and islands to complete the island map using KidPix. |
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Amy Grabkowski (Okte/Computer Lab Aide) | ||||
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Island Template (.jpg) | Completed Island | Island Directions (Word)* | Island Template (KidPix)** | |
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* Must have Word to access ** Will not open directly from web. Must have KidPix. 1) download/SAVE template; 2) open KidPix; 3) navigate to saved template. |
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Map Skills:
| Kid Pix contains outline maps of each state in the U.S. as well as many foreign countries. Students can customize the maps by adding text for important cities, stamps for products or landmarks, and color for geographic features. |
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Pam Rorick, Mary Grace Pickett (Orenda), Wendy Wollner (Arongen) and Meg Springli (Chango) | |||||
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Egypt Map | Mexico Map | India Map | New York Maps | ||
India WebQuest:
| Take a virtual journey to India to learn about the daily life of Indian children. Read about Indian food, folktales, holidays and even listen to traditional Indian musical instruments. |
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Chalene Nelson (Arongen/3rd) | |||
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India WebQuest | Other Shen WebQuests | WebQuest Examples @ webquest.org | |
Immigration WebQuest:
| How would it feel to leave your homeland with few belongings and sail to America to start a new life? Step into the shoes of an immigrant and learn what such a journey might be like. |
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Rita Fischer and Marcy Philo (Karigon/4th) | |||
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Immigration WebQuest | Other Shen WebQuests | WebQuest Examples @ webquest.org | |
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Revolutionary War Heroes WebQuest:
| Learn about the many courageous men and women who helped America gain independence from Great Britain. After researching famous patriots, students create museum exhibits to honor these brave heroes. |
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Credits: |
Rita Fischer and Marcy Philo (Karigon/4th) | |||
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Revolutionary War WebQuest | Other Shen WebQuests | WebQuest Examples @ webquest.org | |
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Shenendehowa's web publishing guidelines by Gail Pietrafesa.
