Current Event Websites for Social Studies
Unit 1: Native Americans
Make a Wampum Belt: http://www.nativetech.org/beadwork/wampumgraph/index.html
Mission US: http://www.mission-us.org/pages/landing-mission-3
Information Mission: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/native_americans/index.asp
Hoops and Darts: Native American Game: http://www.usmint.gov/Kids/games/hoopDarts/
Explore a Native American Exhibit: http://mrnussbaum.com/flash/indians3.swf
Build a Tipee: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/settlement/kids/092/021013-tipi-e.swf
Build a Long House: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/settlement/kids/092/021013-long-e.swf
Unit 2: Expeditions in the Americas
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/christopher_columbus/
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/belle/images/clues-from-the-bones.html
http://www.softschools.com/timelines/hernan_cortes_timeline/106/
http://mrnussbaum.com/explorers/explorerintscav/
Unit 3: Two Cultures Meet
http://auth.digital.scholastic.com/login/fflix/login.php
Username: smridgway
password: smridgway
Unit 4: Early Colonial America