Social+Studies


 * //Here is a fantastically fun site on memorizing the states and capitals:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

Currently: Map Essentials Geography Studies//**  Currently Here 
 * Communities from Above
 * Globes and Maps
 * Directions
 * Living in Many Places
 * One Country
 * Looking at Hemispheres
 * Mapping Landforms
 * Geography and Communities
 * Mountains of the Wold
 * Measuring Distances
 * Reading a Community Map
 * Getting Around Washington, D.C.
 * Visiting Brasilia
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Using Inset Maps
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Agricultural Product Maps
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The 13 Colonies: Then and Now
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Tracing Routes West
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Protecting Wildlife
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Mapping a Story
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Map Review
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Glossary
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Atlas

//Coming Soon://

Role Models //(Sacagawea, Sammy Sosa, Tiger Woods, Abigail Adams, Frederick Douglass, Clara Barton, Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, Archbishop Patrick Flores, Jamie Escalante, Sally Ride, Cal Ripken Jr.)//

Students in my high reading group have chosen a famous person and will be presenting via PowerPoint to the class. This will kick off our study of famous people - presentations are expected to be the second week of April.

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January 20th, 2009 was a school day filled with Inauguration Activities. The children learned about the activities surrounding the inauguration, including historic facts, as well as watching the ceremony on television including Vice President Biden and President Obama taking the Oath of Office, and President Obama's speech. They are also in the process of making a booklet marking this historic event.

The White House website now features our new President Barack Obama and his Cabinet. We used this website in class along with many other inauguration activities from edhelper.com (I have a subscription to this site). This site has lots of neat facts about the White House.

www.whitehouse.org

President's Oath:

**"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">

Check out this scholastic website on knowing your geography from coast to coast...

http://pbskids.org/buster/games/coasttocoast/ctcgame.html

Check out this website for a fun matching the states game...

http://pbskids.org/buster/games/connectthestates/ctsgame.html

Over 600 maps available at:

http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html

Current Area of Study:

1. Historic Places/Symbols: White House, Mount Rushmore, Statue of Liberty, Liberty Bell, American Flag, etc. 2. Constitution 3. Branches of Government 4. Documents of U.S. Government <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Declaration, Constitution, Bill of Rights
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Preamble
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Resource: We the Kids, What Makes a Community (Nat’l Geographic)

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Constitution Day Activities (Officially celebrated 9.17) http://www.constitutioncenter.org/BillOfRightsGame/

Constitution for Kids! + links to see pictures of the real constitution http://www.usconstitution.net/constkidsK.html

<span style="color: rgb(46, 41, 194); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**Two great election websites:**
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/election2008.htm

[|www.timeforkids.com/TFK/election08/]