Grade 3 Text and Multimedia Sets

Janine D’Angelo

Valerie Engelmann

Debbie Haynes

Jennifer Edwards

*** SOCIAL STUDIES ***

Ø Video

1. Janine D’Angelo

Schoolhouse Rock! America Rocks, (VHS)

Grades: 3-6

Content Standards:

· History-Social Science 3.4.6 – Describe the lives of American heroes who took risks to secure our freedoms (e.g. Anne Hutchinson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Jr.)

· History-Social Science 3.4 – Students understand the role of rules and laws in our daily lives and the basic structure of the U.S. government.

Summary: Color, animated, closed-captioned, Disney Studios, 1997. Lots of catchy songs and cartoons to help students learn about America and the American government.

Locator: Can be purchased through Amazon.com; copy also available Room 23, Kingswood Elementary School

2. Janine D’Angelo

Benjamin Franklin – PBS Home Video (VHS)

ASIN B00007KE64

Grades: 3-6

Content Standards:

Summary: Documentary tracing the epic of Benjamin Franklin’s life. Actors bring Franklin’s actual words/writings to life.

Locator: Distributed by PBS Home Video, also available at Amazon.com

3. Deborah Haynes

Reading Rainbow Video: Based on the book: Watch the Stars Come Out. Levinson, Riki. New York: Dutton Publishing. 1985.

• Estimated Reading Level for Book: Kindergarten - fourth grade

Estimated Grade Level for Video: Kindergarten through sixth

• Content Standard: History and Social Science:

3.4.2: Discuss the importance of public virtue and the role of citizens, including how to participate in a classroom, in the community, and in civic life.

3.4.3: Know the histories of important local and national landmarks, symbols, and essential documents that create a sense of community among citizens and exemplify cherished ideals (e.g., the U.S. flag, the bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty, the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Capitol).

• Purpose and Value: This story is a fictional account of a great-great grandmother’s emigration to America. Telling her great-grandchildren about her arrival at Ellis Island helps them connect with the importance of this national historical landmark. Levar Burton narrates this story in his charismatic style, leaving the listener ready to learn more about the subject.

• Locator Guide: The video is available at Fair Oaks Public Library and the book is available at CSU, Sacramento library. Also available at Amazon.com.

4. Jennifer Edwards

Type: Video Cassette or book

Title: The Lorax

Author: Dr. Seuss

Publisher or Source: CBS Video, Random House Book and Cassette Edition

Estimated Viewing/Reading Level: Kindergarten – 4^th grade

Annotation describing purpose/value: Story describes and forewarns of ecological disasters. Excellent cassette or book to accompany a social studies unit about landforms, conservation and preservation, and endangered and extinct animals.

Content Standards: Third Grade Social Studies, Continuity and Change 3.1 Students describe the physical and human geography and use maps, tables, graphs, photographs, and charts to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context. 3.3 Students draw from historical and community resources to organize the sequence of local historical events and describe how each period of settlement left its mark on the land.

Locator Info: Located at the South Natomas Library.

Ø Picture Books

1. Janine D’Angelo

This House is Made of Mud, by Ken Buchanan, illus. by Libba Tracy; Rising Moon/Northland Publishing, 1991/1994

ISBN 0-87358-518-6

Grades: K-6

Content Standards:

· History – Social Science 3.2 – Students describe the American Indian nations in their local region long ago and in the recent past

Summary: This is a picture book about a house and its surroundings, with the message being that there is more to a house than the mud – it is the living things in and around it that are family. All the English text is translated into Spanish on the same page.

Locator: can be obtained at Amazon.com

2. Janine D’Angelo

The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein. HarperCollins Publishers, 1964 ISBN 0-06-025665-6

Grades: K-6

Content Standards:

· History – Social Science 3.4.2 – Discuss the importance of public virtue and the role of citizens, including how to participate in a classroom, in the community, and in civic life.

· History – Social Science 3.1 – Students describe the physical and human geography and use maps, tables, graphs, photographs, and charts to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context.

Summary: This is the story of a tree and its relationship with a boy throughout his life – all the tree gave to the boy up until he was an old man.

Locator: The book can now be purchased with an Activity Guide when purchased through Amazon.com. Included is a Social Studies activity: “Wants and Needs” where children list types of communities and what they might need and want. There are additional math and science activities in the Activity Guide as well.

3. Janine D’Angelo

Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman (Step into Reading – A Step 3 Book), Monica Kulling, illus. Gershom Griffith;

Random Library Publishers, 2000

ISBN 037590154X

Grades: 2-3

Content Standards:

Summary: An easy-to-read account of Harriet Tubman’s life from her childhood in slavery to her life with the Underground Railroad to being a spy in the Civil War.

Locator: Available through Amazon.com.

4. Janine D’Angelo

A Year in the City, by Kathy Henderson, illus. by Paul Howard

Grades: 3

Content Standards:

· History – Social Science 3.4.2 – Discuss the importance of public virtue and the role of citizens, including how to participate in a classroom, in the community, and in civic life.

· History – Social Science 3.3 – Students draw from ... community resources to organize the sequence of local historical events...

Summary: Great picture book of the year and how it looks in a city; architecture and land forms in a community; what people do in a city; difference between rural, urban and suburban communities, month by month – great book to use with Communities unit

Locator: Available through Houghton-Mifflin; copy also available in Room 23, Kingswood Elementary School

5. Janine D’Angelo

Smart About the 50 States, by Jon Buller & Susan Schade

Scholastic, Inc., New York, 2003

Grades: 3-5

Content Standards:

· History-Social Science 3.4 – Students understand the role of rules and laws in our daily lives and the basic structure of the U.S. government

· History – Social Science 3.4.2 – Discuss the importance of public virtue and the role of citizens, including how to participate in a classroom, in the community, and in civic life.

Summary: Great picture book presented in class report form, with interesting information about all 50 states, information about all the presidents, and how our country grew.

Locator: Available through Scholastic Books

6. Janine D’Angelo

Red, White, Blue, and Uncle Who? The Stories Behind Some of America’s Patriotic Symbols, by Teresa Bateman, illus. By John O’Brien

Scholastic, Inc.

ISBN 0-439-44612-0

Grades: 3-6

Content Standards:

· History – Social Science 3.4.3 – Know the histories of important local and national landmarks, symbols, and essential documents that create a sense of community among citizens and exemplify cherished ideals (e.g., the U.S. flag, the bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty, the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Capitol)

Summary: This 63 page book has about 2-3 pages of information on several of America’s symbols from The Flag to Mount Rushmore to “The Star-Spangled Banner” to the Pledge of Allegiance to the monuments and memorials in Washington, DC There are interesting facts to read about and cute pictures to look at. If purchased through Scholastic Books, they sell it in a packet with a cute and colorful “America the Beautiful” map, Activity Guide and 50 information cards about waterways in the U.S.

Locator: Best if purchased through Scholastic Books

7. Janine D’Angelo

Thank You, Sarah – The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving, by Laurie Halse Anderson, Illus. By Matt Faulkner

ISBN 0-439-56979-8

Scholastic Books, 2002

Grades: 1-5

Content Standards:

Summary: The illustrations in this book are very well done! It is the story of Sarah Hale and how she worked for decades, wrote to presidents, to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. In the back of the book is “A Feast of Facts,” teaching everything from football and parade traditions to “thanksgiving-type” celebrations in other parts of the word and in history.

Locator: Scholastic books; also available through www.scholastic.com

8. Valerie Engelmann

¨Stars and Stripes: The story of the American Flag by Sarah Thomson

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Mexico 2003

Grade: K-4

Content Standard:

·Social Studies K.2 -Students recognize national and state symbols and icons such as the national and state flags, the bald eagle, and the Statue of Liberty.

Summary: This book shows how the American flag transformed from it’s early stages to what it looks like today. Also has a page that talks about each flag individually.

Located: Children’s Book of the Month Club

Deborah Haynes

Martin, Bill Jr., and Michael Sampson. I Pledge Allegiance. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2002.

• Estimated reading level: Kindergarten through Third Grade

• Content Standard: History and Social Science:

3.4.2: Discuss the importance of public virtue and the role of citizens, including how to participate in a classroom, in the community, and in civic life.

3.4.3: Know the histories of important local and national landmarks, symbols and essential documents that create a sense of community among citizens and exemplify cherished ideals (e.g., the U.S. flag, the bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty, the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Capitol).

• Purpose and Value: This book explains the difficult-to-understand words and phrases of the Pledge of Allegiance by providing synonyms and simple definitions for words such as “allegiance,” “republic,” and “indivisible.” For elementary school children who may recite the Pledge of Allegiance without giving thought to the meaning of the words, this book is a valuable teaching tool that creates understanding of the promise the speaker makes when reciting the Pledge.

• Locator Guide, book available at: CSU, Sacramento Library,

Borders Books, Roseville, and Amazon.com.

Deborah Haynes

Hinrichs, Kit, et al. Long May She Wave: A Graphic History of the American Flag. Ten Speed Press. Berkeley, California: 2001.

• Estimated Reading Level: Grades five through eight.

• Content Standard: History and Social Science:

• Purpose and Value: This beautifully illustrated book chronicles the history and folklore of the American Flag as well as flag etiquette and the meaning of the flag’s colors. Good choice for an intermediate grade research project.

• Locator Guide: This book is available at several public libraries: Sacramento Central Library, and Bell Coolidge Community Library. Also available at Amazon.com.

11. Jennifer Edwards

Type: Picture Book

Title: Fly Away Home

Illustrator: Ronald Himler

Author: Eve Bunting

Publisher or Source: Clarion Books.

Estimated Reading Level: K – 5^th Grades

Annotation describing purpose/value: A homeless boy and his father try to survive in an airport. Each day they move around the airport and try to keep from being discovered. The boy and his father have all but given up hope of finding a home. They come across a trapped bird that has lost his way, and eventually help the animal find a home. I would use this book to teach about social issues such as homelessness and community responsibility.

Content Standards: Third Grade Social Studies, Continuity and Change: 3.4 Students understand the role of rules and laws in our daily lives and the basic structure of the U.S. government.

Locator Info: I own this book. It is very popular and can be found at any book store.

12. Jennifer Edwards

Type: Picture Book

Title: Big Bad Bruce

Author: Bill Peet

Publisher or Source: Houghton Mifflin

Estimated Reading Level: Kindergarten – 3^rd grades

Annotation describing purpose/value: In this picture story, Bruce is a bear bully and only picks on those that are much smaller and defenseless than he is. He finally learns a valuable lifeskill lesson from a witch who is small in stature but big on character. I would use this book in all elementary classrooms to reinforce character education and community learning.

Content Standards: Third Grade Social Studies, Continuity and Change: 3.4 Students understand the role of rules and laws in our daily lives and the basic structure of the U.S. government.

Locator Info: Located at Sacramento Central Library. ISBN 0395329221

13. Jennifer Edwards

Type: Picture Book

Title: Community Helpers from A to Z

Authors: Bobbie Kalman and Niki Walker

Publisher or Source: Crabtree Publishers

Estimated Reading Level: Kindergarten – 3^rd grade.

Annotation describing purpose/value: An adorable picture book with actual photographs of people who can be found in just about every community in the United States. The photos include children which adds interest. This book would be an excellent choice for ELL/ELD or resource students, as well as for the lower grades.

Content Standards: Third Grade Social Studies, Continuity and Change: 3.4 Students understand the role of rules and laws in our daily lives and the basic structure of the U.S. government.

Locator Info: My niece owns this book. Available on Amazon.com.

Ø Other Books

1. Janine D’Angelo

Keepers of the Animals – Native American Stories and Wildlife Activities for Children, by Michael Caduto and Joseph Bruchac

Fulcrum Publishing, Colorado, 1991

Grades: K-6

Content Standards:

· History – Social Science 3.2 – Students describe the American Indian nations in their local region long ago and in the recent past

Summary: Resource book has many traditional native American stories along with related activities teaching the importance of wildlife in those traditions. The reading may be a little difficult for lower grades, but would then be a great resource book for the teacher.

Locator: Available through Amazon.com

2. Janine D’Angelo

Community Helpers from A to Z, by Bobbie Kalman and Niki Walker; Crabtree Publishers 1997

ISBN 0865054045

Grades: K-3

Content Standards:

· History – Social Science 3.4.2 – Discuss the importance of public virtue and the role of citizens, including how to participate in a classroom, in the community, and in civic life.

· History – Social Science 3.3 – Students draw from ... community resources to organize the sequence of local historical events...

Summary: Details and pictures about the different community workers and occupations in a community

Locator: Available at Amazon.com

3. Janine D’Angelo

Flat Stanley, by Jeff Brown, illus. by Scott Nash

Scholastic, Inc., New York, 1964

Grades: 3-6

Content Standards:

· History – Social Science 3.4.2 – Discuss the importance of public virtue and the role of citizens, including how to participate in a classroom, in the community, and in civic life.

· History – Social Science 3.3 – Students draw from ... community resources to organize the sequence of local historical events...

Summary: Stanley, a little boy, is flattened to just ½ inch thick when a bulletin board falls on him. He wants to travel and gets mailed to many places. Great activity to do between schools in different communities – make a Flat Stanley, send him out, and hear about where he has been and what he could do when he comes back in the mail

Locator: Available through Scholastic Books or at Amazon.com; copies also located in Room 23, Kingswood Elementary School.

4. Valerie Engelmann

¨Your Travel Guide to Ancient Egypt by Nancy Day

Publisher: Runestone Press Minneapolis 2001

Grade: 4-8

Content Standard:

·Social Studies 6.2.3-Understand the relationship between religion and the social and political order in Mesopotamia and Egypt.

·Social Studies 6.2.4-Know the significance of Hammurabi's Code.

·Social Studies 6.2.5-Discuss the main features of Egyptian art and architecture.

·Social Studies 6.2.6-Describe the role of Egyptian trade in the eastern Mediterranean and Nile valley.

·Social Studies 6.2.7-Understand the significance of Queen Hatshepsut and Ramses the Great.

·Social Studies 6.2.8-Identify the location of the Kush civilization and describe its political, commercial, and cultural relations with Egypt.

·Social Studies 6.2.9-Trace the evolution of language and its written forms.

Summary: Discover what Ancient Egypt was like from clothing, food, accommodations, transportation, and local customs. Also introduces readers to a few names in Egypt that were key such as King Tut.

Located: Placerville Library

5. Valerie Engelmann

¨Ancient Egypt by Jane Shuter

Publisher: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Austin, Texas 1999

Grade: 4-6

Content Standard:

·Social Studies 6.2.3-Understand the relationship between religion and the social and political order in Mesopotamia and Egypt.

·Social Studies 6.2.4-Know the significance of Hammurabi's Code.

·Social Studies 6.2.5-Discuss the main features of Egyptian art and architecture.

·Social Studies 6.2.6-Describe the role of Egyptian trade in the eastern Mediterranean and Nile valley.

·Social Studies 6.2.7-Understand the significance of Queen Hatshepsut and Ramses the Great.

·Social Studies 6.2.8-Identify the location of the Kush civilization and describe its political, commercial, and cultural relations with Egypt.

·Social Studies 6.2.9-Trace the evolution of language and its written forms.

Summary: Discover archaeological digs and findings in Egypt and tells how ancient life was like based on their what they have found in their digging.

Located: Cameron Park Library

6. Valerie Engelmann

¨Pyramids by Anne Millard

Publisher: Kingfisher New York 1996

Grade: 4-6

Content Standard:

·Social Studies 6.2.3-Understand the relationship between religion and the social and political order in Mesopotamia and Egypt.

·Social Studies 6.2.4-Know the significance of Hammurabi's Code.

·Social Studies 6.2.5-Discuss the main features of Egyptian art and architecture.

·Social Studies 6.2.6-Describe the role of Egyptian trade in the eastern Mediterranean and Nile valley.

·Social Studies 6.2.7-Understand the significance of Queen Hatshepsut and Ramses the Great.

·Social Studies 6.2.8-Identify the location of the Kush civilization and describe its political, commercial, and cultural relations with Egypt.

·Social Studies 6.2.9-Trace the evolution of language and its written forms.

Summary: Mesopotamian pyramids are discovered as well as Mayan pyramids. Tells about different types of pyramids through different civilizations. Shows how a pyramid is built and the link to religious beliefs of those cultures.

Located: Placerville Library

7. Jennifer Edwards

Type: Non-Fiction Book

Title: We Were There Too! Young People in U. S. History.

Author: Phillip Hoose.

Publisher or Source: Melanie Kroupa Books

Estimated Reading Level: 2^nd – 6^th grades

Annotation describing purpose/value: This is a fascinating collection of short tales and documented accounts of the roles that young people played in creating and participating in the communities of the United States.

3.3 Students draw from historical and community resources to organize the sequence of local historical events and describe how each period of settlement left its mark on the land.

Locator Info: I own this book. Available on Amazon.com. ISBN 0374382522

8. Jennifer Edwards

Type: Non-Fiction Book

Title: Jane Adams: Pioneer Social Worker

Author: Charman Simon

Publisher or Source: Children’s Book Press

Estimated Reading Level: 3^rd – 6^th grades.

Annotation describing purpose/value: Presents the life of the woman whose devotion to social work led to her establishing Hull House in Chicago and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.

Content Standards: Third Grade Social Studies, Continuity and Change: 3.3 Students draw from historical and community resources to organize the sequence

of local historical events and describe how each period of settlement left its mark on the land.

Locator Info: I own this book. Available on Amazon.com. ISBN: 0516262351.

9. Jennifer Edwards

Type: Fiction Chapter Book

Title: Piles of Pets

Illustrator: Alan Tiegreen

Author: Judy Delton

Publisher or Source: Random House

Estimated Reading Level: 2^nd – 5^th grades

Annotation describing purpose/value: This is a primary level chapter book that covers the topics of pets and responsibility. Molly really wants her own pet, but gets more than she bargains for when she posts a sign that says “Wanted: Homeless Animals”. I would use this book to reinforce the lifeskill of personal and community responsibility.

Content Standards: Third Grade Social Studies, Continuity and Change: 3.4 Students understand the role of rules and laws in our daily lives and the basic structure of the U.S. government.

Locator Info: I own this book. Available on Amazon.com. ISBN 0440407923

10. Jennifer Edwards

Type: Fiction Chapter Book

Title: Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers

Author: Lensey Namioka

Illustrator: Kees de Kiefte

Publisher or Source: Little, Brown and Company

Estimated Reading Level: 3^rd – 6^th grades

Annotation describing purpose/value: This is a cute book about family, immigration, and assimilation. The story is about a large Chinese family who moves to Seattle, Washington from China. The Yang family is made up of a father, mother, and four children. It is written from the point of view of the youngest family member, Yingtao Yang, as they struggle to adapt to their new life in America.

Content Standards: Third Grade Social Studies, Continuity and Change: 3.3 Students draw from historical and community resources to organize the sequence

of local historical events and describe how each period of settlement left its mark on the land.

Locator Info: I own this book. It is very popular and in many libraries. Available on Amazon.com. ISBN 40416418

Ø Audio

1. Valerie Engelmann

♫America The Beautiful (audio recording)

Publisher: Allegro Corporation 2000

Grade: K-6

Content Standard:

·Social Studies K.2 -Students recognize national and state symbols and icons such as the national and state flags, the bald eagle, and the Statue of Liberty.

Summary: This is a collection of many different patriotic songs that include My Country Tis of Thee, America the Beautiful, This Land is Your Land, and more.

Located: Cameron Park Library

Deborah Haynes

Song Book and Compact Disc Recording:

Beall, Pamela Conn, and Susan Hagen Nipp. Wee Sing America.

New York: Price Stern Sloan, 1987.

• Estimated Grade Level: Kindergarten through third grade

• Content Standard: History and Social Science:

3.4.2: Discuss the importance of public virtue and the role of citizens, including how to participate in a classroom, in the community, and in civic life.

• Purpose and Value: Students in this age range love to sing, and this book and CD set will help develop the student’s love for patriotic music. The song book divides the songs into two sections. The first is titled “A Proud Nation,” and includes favorites such as “The Star Spangled Banner,” and “America the Beautiful.” The second section is titled “A Growing Nation.” This section includes “The Old Chisholm Trail,” and “Git Along, Little Dogies.” Many of the CD selections include spoken words. Examples are The “Abraham Lincoln Quote,” and the “John F. Kennedy Quote.” As students listen to these songs and learn to sing them, they will expand their understanding of the people whose wisdom, courage, and talent helped build this nation.

• Locator Guide: I borrowed this book and CD set from my CT, and it is also available from Amazon.com.

Ø Poems

1. Valerie Engelmann

¥Colors of the USA by Laura Velli (poem)

Grade: K-6

Content Standard:

·Social Studies K.2 -Students recognize national and state symbols and icons such as the national and state flags, the bald eagle, and the Statue of Liberty.

Summary: This is a poem that summarizes what the colors of our nation stand for. It is a small poem that tells about the red, white, and blue and the patriotism we feel for our country.

Located: www.usa-patriotism.com/poems/-read.htm

Deborah Haynes

Ryan, Pam Muñoz. The Flag We Love. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 1996.

• Estimated reading level: Grades 1 through 6

• Content Standard: History and Social Science:

3.4.2: Discuss the importance of public virtue and the role of citizens, including how to participate in a classroom, in the community, and in civic life.

• Purpose and Value: This book combines both prose and poetry on one page, with beautiful illustrations on each facing page. The poetry at narrates the history of the American flag while the prose relates flag facts and interesting historical trivia.

• Locator Guide: Placer County Libraries: Meadow Vista Branch and Kingsbeach Branch Libraries, Border’s Books in Roseville, and available at Amazon.com.

Deborah Haynes

Bates, Katharine Lee. America the Beautiful. New York: Scholastic,Inc. 2001.

• Estimated Grade Level: Simple to read, but appropriate for

grades kindergarten through eighth grades.

• Content Standard: History and Social Science:

• Purpose and Value: Although the words in this book are entirely derived from the song by the same name, the value in reading this book is that students can see the places that are sung about in the lyrics of this song. Concepts such as “amber waves of grain,” or “purple mountain majesties” are illustrated by breath-taking photography.

• Locator Guide: Public Libraries: Folsom, South Natomas, and N. Sacramento. Borders Books, Roseville.

4. Jennifer Edwards

Type: Poetry Book

Title: Children of Long Ago: Poems

Author: Lessie Jones Little

Illustrator: Jan Spivey Gilchrist

Publisher or Source: Smithsonian Institution Press; (October 1989)

Estimated Reading Level: 3^rd - 6^th grades

Annotation describing purpose/value: A collection of seventeen poems that detail the daily pleasures of the African American childhood during the early 1900s.

Content Standards: Third Grade Social Studies, Continuity and Change: 3.1 Students describe the physical and human geography and use maps, tables, graphs, photographs, and charts to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context. 3.3 Students draw from historical and community resources to organize the sequence of local historical events and describe how each period of settlement left its mark on the land.

Locator Info: Located at Sacramento Central Library.

Ø Historical Fiction

1. Deborah Haynes

Stevens, Carla, and Deborah Kogan Ray. Lily and Miss Liberty. New York: Scholastic, 1992.

• Estimated Reading Level: Fourth through sixth grade

• Content Standard: History and Social Science:

3.4.2: Discuss the importance of public virtue and the role of citizens, including how to participate in a classroom, in the community, and in civic life.

• Purpose and Value: This little book tells the story of a young girl living in 1885, the year that France’s gift to the United States, the Statue of Liberty, is due to arrive in New York Harbor. The gift cannot be shipped until an appropriate foundation is built for the huge Statue, and Lily takes this concern to heart. Lily makes and sells paper crowns, representative of the crown worn by Miss Liberty, to raise money for the statue’s foundation. This book teaches the values of public virtue and responsible citizenship in an endearing way. Students will connect with this fictional character and they may be inspired to think of ways that they can contribute to their communities. A pattern to make Lily’s crown is included in the book.

• Locator Guide: This book is available at CSU, Sacramento Library, Roseville Main Library, Roseville, and at Amazon.com.

Ø Internet Resources

1. Valerie Engelmann

ÍThe History of Egypt

Grade: 6

Content Standard:

·Social Studies 6.2.3-Understand the relationship between religion and the social and political order in Mesopotamia and Egypt.

·Social Studies 6.2.4-Know the significance of Hammurabi's Code.

·Social Studies 6.2.5-Discuss the main features of Egyptian art and architecture.

·Social Studies 6.2.6-Describe the role of Egyptian trade in the eastern Mediterranean and Nile valley.

·Social Studies 6.2.7-Understand the significance of Queen Hatshepsut and Ramses the Great.

·Social Studies 6.2.8-Identify the location of the Kush civilization and describe its political, commercial, and cultural relations with Egypt.

·Social Studies 6.2.9-Trace the evolution of language and its written forms.

Summary: This web cite gives students a great introduction to basic Egyptian essentials such as pyramids, pharaohs, and The Nile River. This cite also contains color pictures to help the students visualize what some of these places look like today.

Located: http://interoz.com/egypt.kids/History.htm

2. Valerie Engelmann

ÍNative Americans Resource for Kids and Teachers

Grade: 5-6

Content Standard:

·Social Studies 5.3.2-Describe the cooperation that existed between the colonists and Indians during the 1600s and 1700s (e.g., in agriculture, the fur trade, military alliances, treaties, cultural interchanges).

·Social Studies 5.3.3-Examine the conflicts before the Revolutionary War (e.g., the Pequot and King Philip's Wars in New England, the Powhatan Wars in Virginia, the French and Indian War).

·Social Studies 5.3.4-Discuss the role of broken treaties and massacres and the factors that led to the Indians defeat, including the resistance of Indian nations to encroachments and assimilation (e.g., the story of the Trail of Tears).

·Social Studies 5.3.5-Describe the internecine Indian conflicts, including the competing claims for control of lands (e.g., actions of the Iroquois, Huron, Lakota [Sioux]).

·Social Studies 5.3.6-Explain the influence and achievements of significant leaders of the time (e.g., John Marshall, Andrew Jackson, Chief Tecumseh, Chief Logan, Chief John Ross, Sequoyah).

Summary: This web cite allows students to learn about Native Americans such as Sacagawea as well as many other chiefs and leaders that are important to Native American history. This site is also great for teachers as it has lesson plans for a number of Native American history lessons.

Located: http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Thanksgiving/Native.html

3. Valerie Engelmann

ÍSocial Studies for Kids

Grade: 5-6

Content Standard:

·Social Studies 5.4.1-Understand the influence of location and physical setting on the founding of the original 13 colonies, and identify on a map the locations of the colonies and of the American Indian nations already inhabiting these areas.

·Social Studies 5.5.1-Understand how political, religious, and economic ideas and interests brought about the Revolution (e.g., resistance to imperial policy, the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, taxes on tea, Coercive Acts).

Summary: This site covers most everything from U.S. history to world history. This particular site will take you right to a clickable map of the 13 colonies where students will learn the basic information about each of the 13 colonies.

Located: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/13mapnew.htm

4. Valerie Engelmann

Í13 Original Colonies WebQuest

Grade: 5-6

Content Standard:

Summary: This site allows students to become experts in finding information about the original 13 colonies. This site has links to important events that occurred in the 13 colonies to allow the students to do their own research.

Located: http://www.mpsomaha.org/sandoz/connections/13_colonies.htm

5.Deborah Haynes

Internet Site: Education World Article

“Raising the Flag (Awareness) In Your Class!”

Lesson plans and student-centered information created with

Flag Day (June 14^th) in mind.

• Estimated Grade Level: Kindergarten through twelfth grade

• Content Standard: History and Social Science:

3.4.2: Discuss the importance of public virtue and the role of citizens, including how to participate in a classroom, in the community, and in civic life.

• Purpose and Value: This site is rich in resources for creating lesson plans focusing on patriotic concepts. Within this site are ideas and plans for lessons on American flag history, how to correctly fold the flag, art work (collage) of an American flag, and a unit on “Betsy Ross:Truth or Legend?” This site is generous in the amount of information it provides, whether you plan to use this site for research or to glean lesson plan ideas from it. This site is valuable to students as well because of numerous links to research sites such as the Smithsonian National Museum of American History where the original Star Spangled Banner is preserved. Other educational links on this site provide lyrics for patriotic songs, a visual history of the American flag and lists of books with patriotic themes.

• Locator Guide: http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson267.shtml

6.Deborah Haynes

Internet Site: National Flag Day Foundation

• Estimated Grade Level: Information appropriate for grades

kindergarten through junior high. Younger students will need

assistance to navigate through this site.

• Content Standard: History and Social Science:

3.4.2: Discuss the importance of public virtue and the role of citizens, including how to participate in a classroom, in the community, and in civic life.

• Purpose and Value: This site has many links to choose from when researching patriotic topics. Included in this site are biographies of famous Americans, the official Flag Code, a question and answer section regarding the American Flag, and illustrations that would help students learn the Pledge of Allegiance in American Sign Language. Additional information is presented on topics such as the meaning of the colors in the American flag, laws governing the use and display of the American flag, and a timeline of American historical characters. The content on this site ranges from coloring pages and fun activities to intermediate grade level reading about historical characters, making this site appropriate for a very wide range of student ability and ages.

• Locator Guide:

http://www.flagday.org/Pages/StoryofPledge.html

7. Jennifer Edwards

Type: Internet Site

Title: http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/

Viewing Level: 2^nd – 6^th grades

Annotation: Provides educational information geared for children about the President, the WhiteHouse, and the President's pets. Includes history and tour of the White House especially for kids, photo albums and information about past Presidents, games. Good site for research or just for fun.

Content Standards: Third Grade Social Studies, Continuity and Change:

3.3 Students draw from historical and community resources to organize the sequence of local historical events and describe how each period of settlement left

its mark on the land.

3.4 Students understand the role of rules and laws in our daily lives and the basic

structure of the U.S. government.

Ø Other Resources

1. Deborah Haynes American Trivia Card Set:

“Brain Quest ‘Extra’ For the Car.” Danbury, Connecticut: Workman Publishing. 1995.

• Estimated Grade Level: second through eighth grade

• Content Standard: History and Social Science:

3.4.2: Discuss the importance of public virtue and the role of citizens, including how to participate in a classroom, in the community, and in civic life.

• Purpose and Value: This set of cards has eleven hundred questions and answers about all fifty states. Topics cover People, Geography and Nature, History, Customs and Culture as well as odds and ends of information. Perfect to use as a sponge activity.

• Locator Guide: This card set is available from areyougame.com at:

http://www.areyougame.com/interact/item.asp?itemno=01737

Price: $8.98 plus shipping and handling.