Performance Task Resources
Social Studies Grade 5: The Big Book

Teacher Resources  [top]

More resources on traveling to a country in Pack Your Bags

Mexico:     

 Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries
http://www.humanities-interactive.org/splendors/
Information on the history and culture of Mexico is gained by looking at the artifacts of the Olmecs, Maya, Toltecs and more.

Canada:    [top]

Canadian Museum of Civilization
http://www.civilization.ca/indexe.asp
Virtual museum site map of Canada’s past.

Canada’s First Nations
http://www.ucalgary.ca/HIST/tutor/firstnations/
An extensive tutorial covering the history of Canada's first nations from the arrival of the first people to the present.

National Archives of Canada
http://www.archives.ca/08/08_e.html
Explore Canada’s Memory of places, people, war and more.

Latin America:     [top]

Latin American NetWork Information Center

Latin America
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/resources/inres/area/latamer.html 
Internet Resources form the Library of Congress Learning Page

Interactive Map of the Maya World

Holidays:     [top]

Holidays Around the World
http://www2.worldbook.com/students/feature_index.asp
Scroll down to World History and Culture and click on Holidays Around the World.

The Worldwide Holiday & Festival site
http://www.holidayfestival.com/

Money:    [top]

Translation Site:  [top]

AltaVista-World Translate
http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Time Line Maker    [top]

Time Line Maker
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/
This generator can be used to make time lines of up to 6 horizontal time line events or 9 vertical time line events of your choice. (See Teachers Tools for more of these types of sites).

Currency Calculators    [top]
Need to know if 5,000 Lira will bankrupt you?  Check one of these sites and find out that 5,000 Lira is only about $2.72!!

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