Showing posts with label Social Studies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Studies. Show all posts

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Holiday Fun

Mrs. Stout, Computer Center Specialist at Maywood School, has a variety of interesting webpages that might be useful with 5th to 7th grade students such as: Halloween Scavenger Hunt, Thanksgiving History Scavenger Hunt, Google Earth Hunt, and Christmas Tree Scavenger Hunt.

She also has a good links page for 8th grade students working on researching Careers.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Cool Kids' Websites for 5th Grade Students

Mrs. Lucero, 5th Grade teacher at Woodson School, as assembled a number of useful links for 5th grade students and their parents. Topics include math, language arts, science, social studies, geography, states, animals, U.S. revolutionary war, Native Americans, fun sites, search engines, and "The Day I Was Born."


stereometry.jpg Math stationery32.jpg Language Arts
Science Social Studies
Geography States
Animals Revolutionary War
Native Americans

Fun Sites
Search Engines

The Day I Was Born

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Ancient Civilizations - Online Resources

One our popular webpages for 6th grade students is Social Studies for 6th Grade Students: Ancient Civilizations. It covers Egypt, Rome, India, China, Greece and other ancient civilizations; as well as paleolithic hunting and gathering cultures.

It is a useful pathfinder for helping students studying online materials about Ancient Civilizations in a computer lab.

Ancient Civilizations, Discovering Our Past
Glencoe California Series. New York, McGraw Hill, Glencoe, 2006. By by Jackson J. Spielvogel, Ph.D.., and the National Geographic Society. Index, glossary, standards, 606 pages. This is the textbook that our sixth grade students are using in 2010-2011.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

History and Social Science - Grades K-8

The San Bernardino County Department of Education, from 2000-2008, developed the SCORE History/Social Sciences Resources for students and teachers.

This project was part of the Schools of California Online Resources for Education (SCORE).

The website is still a useful collection of annotated links to over 500 online resources.

SCORE History/Social Sciences Resources

The URL for this website is: http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/