Seven Years War

Road to the Revolution (1745 – 1776)

Trouble on the Frontier - French and Indian War or Seven Years War

• Timeline and rundown - http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/revolution/section1.rhtml

• History.com - http://www.history.com/topics/french-and-indian-war

• Social Studies for Kids - http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/frenchandindianwar1.htm

• Brainpop - https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/frenchandindianwar/preview.weml

• George Washington - http://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/french-indian-war/?gclid=Cj0KEQiApbunBRDs0fba3dz484cBEiQAMsx-p3c2KhYEf_tUvDEZEtS_6j1E4y-skxRUvnvYOoSG7i0aAoGs8P8HAQ

• Interactive - http://www.ncdcr.gov/FrenchandIndianWarInteractive.aspx

• War Animated - http://www.revolutionarywaranimated.com/FrenchAnimation.html

• Mr. Nussbaum - http://mrnussbaum.com/fiwarint/

• Interactive Time Line - http://www.wqed.org/tv/specials/the-war-that-made-america/timeline.html

• Interactive Map - http://www.warforempire.org/visit/interactive_map.aspx

• The Fort at No. 4 - http://www.fortat4.org/

• Fort Necessity - https://vimeo.com/13131017

• The War that Made America PBS - http://www.pbs.org/thewarthatmadeamerica/timeline.html

• Hidden Pictures game - http://www.warforempire.org/learn/hidden_pictures.pdf

• Match the Facts - http://www.warforempire.org/learn/match_facts.pdf

Hurricanes, Weather, Weathering, and Erosion

A fifth grade teacher asked for resources for her students to help them write hurricane weather reports.  Since this was a culminating activity she also asked me to gather a few sites to help her with her next unit on Weathering and Erosion.  Here is what I found.
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Hurricanes and Weather

• Scholastic Weather Watch: Hurricanes
• Harcourt Hurricane Observations
• Web Weather for Kids
• Severe Weather: Hurricanes
• Mount Washington, NH Weather Webcam
• Weather Watch
• Weather Online
• Interactives: Weather
• Teching the CCCS

Weathering and Erosion

• Erosion activity - http://www.kineticcity.com/mindgames/warper/
• Weathering visualizations - http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/navigation/chapter12.cfm
• Rocks and soils game - http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/materials/rocks_soils/play/
• Sediments and metamorphic rock - http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/navigation/chapter06.cfm

Tangram Tales

Fifth grade self-contained teachers were looking for tangram activities for their classes.  I suggested creating a class tangram story like the one above.
Here are some additional tangram resources.

• Story on one page with tangram pictures - http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnet-lab/ps101/chornik/grandfather.htm
• Smart Exchange activities - http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=9bfd751c-ca5d-4733-9748-475963892d53
• Interactive Online Tangram - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_268_g_1_t_3.html
• Tangram Thinking Games - http://www.mathplayground.com/tangrams.html
• Tangram Game - http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/tanagram-game/
• ABCya Tangrams - http://www.abcya.com/tangrams.htm
• Tangram House - http://www.puzzlechoice.com/pc/Tangramx.html

Blowing up the Biography

Telling an Immigrant's Story

Research

• http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/us/immigration-statistics-fast-facts/
• http://www.migrationinformation.org/usfocus/display.cfm?ID=818#9
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_the_United_States
• http://www.infoplease.com/us/immigration/

Research demographic statistics on immigrants including how many people come from that country to the United States each year, where they tend to live when they come to this country, and what types of jobs they normally take.  

Present

World Cultures Day - http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/world-day-cultural-diversity-dialogue

• Ireland - http://www.irishculture.ie/
• Haiti - http://www.haitian-culture.com/
• Bangladesh - http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/culture/
• El Salvador - http://www.everyculture.com/Cr-Ga/El-Salvador.html
• India - http://www.culturalindia.net/
• Mexico - http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00633/
• Vietnam - http://www.vietnam-culture.com/
• Kosovo - http://www.beinkosovo.com/en/kosovo-culture
• China - http://www.cultural-china.com/ or http://library.thinkquest.org/20443/g_culture.html

Get Creative

• Bio Cube - http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/cube-30057.html
• BrainyBox - http://www.classtools.net/brainybox/
• Web Booklet - http://simplebooklet.com/index-edu.php
• Simple Booklet - http://simplebooklet.com/index-sb.php
• Stormboard - https://www.stormboard.com
• Glogster - http://edu.glogster.com/
• Padlet - http://padlet.com/
• Lino - http://en.linoit.com/
• Magnoto - http://www.magnoto.com/
• Spaaze - http://www.spaaze.com/home
• Prezi - http://prezi.com/prezi-for-education/
• Narrable - https://narrable.com
• Photo Story Apps - http://appcrawlr.com/android-apps/best-apps-photo-story
• Reel Prezo - http://www.reelapp.com/
• Zeega - http://zeega.com/
• Fakebook - http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page
• Trading Cards - http://bighugelabs.com/deck.php

Timelines:

• http://www.ourstory.com/
• http://www.myhistro.com/
• http://www.timetoast.com/
• http://timerime.com/
• http://timeline.knightlab.com/#about
• http://www.dipity.com/

Webpages

• http://www.webnode.com/, 
• http://www.wix.com/
• http://www.weebly.com/
• Google Sites

Immigration Debate

Eight graders complete a novel study on immigration.  Below are some questions they discuss and resources to supplement the conversation.

Introducing Immigration

• http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/
• Tenement Museum - http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/logcabin.html

Do you personally know an immigrant?

• http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/shows/show_teen_immigrants5.html

Why do immigrants come to the United States?

• http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/
• http://www.ellisisland.org/Immexp/index.asp

What are the current policies/laws regarding immigration?

• http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/immigration
• http://www.cfr.org/immigration/us-immigration-policy/p20030
• http://www.cis.org/

Should immigrants continue to come to the U.S.? Why or why not?

• http://www.tolerance.org/immigration-myths
• The Choices Program - http://www.choices.edu/resources/twtn_immigration.php
• http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/learning-about-u-s-immigration-with-the-new-york-times/

Immigration Debate

Read article, Sin Papales (Best Nonfiction text) as a class, pausing throughout to identify the difficulties associated with illegal immigration

http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Sin-papeles-6367315/

After reading the article, cite evidence in the article to support statements

Pros and Cons

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/pros-and-cons-comparison-t-chart-for-students-TC101887892.aspx

http://www.businessballs.com/problemsolving.htm

Persuasive Writing

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/writing/?topic=persuasive

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/convince-developing-persuasive-writing-56.html

http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listpersuasid.html

http://www.pbs.org/now/classroom/lessonplan-04.html

Coming to America

Eight grade Language Arts teachers teach a unit on immigration.  They have a list of novels that students may choose from on which the unit activities are based.  Below is that list of novels and links to help teach, introduce, or learn more about those novels.

Novels

Auch, Mary Jane. (2002). Ashes of Roses. Random House.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Ashes_of_Roses.html?id=_JszUdiZRIAC

http://www.auchbooks.com/ashes-of-roses/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeTuxPko6rU “Another Home” from Album Ashes & Roses

Budhos, Marina. (2006). Ask Me No Questions. Ginee Seo Books.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Ask_Me_No_Questions.html?id=j1MA6_7o4fwC

Buss, Fran Leeper. (1991). Journey of the Sparrows. Yearling.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Journey_of_the_Sparrows.html?id=QFnQin4cA2kC

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=journey--sparrows-test

http://quizlet.com/3070166/journey-of-the-sparrows-flash-cards/

Danticat, Edwidge. (2002). Behind the Mountains. Scholastic.

http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/h2_behindthemountains.pdf

http://books.google.com/books/about/Behind_the_Mountains.html?id=60yxawBzc64C

http://www.lindakreft.com/Americas/pdf/voices_behind.pdf

http://www.lindakreft.com/Americas/pdf/voices_behind.pdf

Fleischman, Paul. (1997). Seedfolks. HarperCollins.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Seedfolks.html?id=X44Vl8hGRpcC

http://www.shmoop.com/seedfolks/

http://quizlet.com/11105067/seedfolks-character-list-flash-cards/

https://www.teachervision.com/tv/printables/harpercollins/seedfolks_rg.pdf

http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=21754

Giff, Patricia Reilly. (2005) Maggie’s Door. Yearling.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Maggie_s_Door.html?id=KTkwYDNdGB0C

http://www.questgarden.com/02/45/2/050922122022/index.htm

http://www.socstrpr.org/files/Vol%203/Issue%202%20-%20Summer,%202008/Notable%20Books/3.2.12.pdf

Hidier, Tanuja Desai. (2003). Born Confused. Scholastic.

http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=9361&a=1

http://english.clas.asu.edu/wq-born-confused+

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/766319.Born_Confused

Jiménez, Francisco. (1997) The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child. Houghton

http://www.pcpa.org/circuitstudyguide.html

http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Circuit.html?id=znS_6z_lxUcC

http://www.learner.org/workshops/tml/workshop8/authors2b.html

Soto, Gary. (2005). Help Wanted. Harcourt.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Help_Wanted.html?id=OYQQGQF4_xIC

http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=652

http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=647&a=1

Testa, Maria. (2005). Something about America. Candlewick.

http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/0763634158.bdg.1.pdf

http://www.authorsupport.comoj.com/saa_sg_1.pdf

http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=255

Yep, Laurence. (1995). Thief of Hearts. HarperCollins.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Thief_of_Hearts.html?id=4tajQgAACAAJ

https://teachmulticulturallit.wikispaces.com/Thief+of+Hearts

http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=1178&a=1

Magnificently Magnetic

Our seventh grade science teachers are about to start teaching magnetism.  Here is what I came up with to help them.

Magnet Facts - http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/magnets.html

What is magnetism?

• Live Science - http://www.livescience.com/38059-magnetism.html
• Magnet Madness - http://home.interserv.com/~skyblade/magindex.htm
• Nat Geo: Magnetism - http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/magnetism/?ar_a=1
• Magnet Basics - http://www.coolmagnetman.com/magreview.htm

Inside a magnet

• Flashcards - http://quizlet.com/4513552/12-inside-a-magnet-flash-cards/
• Physics for Kids - http://www.physics4kids.com/files/elec_magnets.html

Magnetic Earth

• The Magnetic Earth - http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/educator/Earth79.html
• Earth’s Magnetic Field - http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/earth/magnetic.html
• How Compasses Work - http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/hiking/compass1.htm
• Is it true? - http://www.physics.org/facts/frog-magnetic-field.asp
• Doing Their Business - http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/01/03/dogs-sense-earths-magnetic-field/

Using Electricity and Magnetism

• What is electromagnetism? Activity - http://education.jlab.org/beamsactivity/6thgrade/magnetsandelectromagnets/index.html