Social+Studies

[|Lesson Plans - Nat'l Geographic] [|Nat'l Geo: Creating topographic maps] [|Lesson: Highest Elevations in US] [|Digital Topo Maps] [|Geology topo maps] [|Nat'l Geo: Lattitude/Longitude-Crack the Code] History Lesson 1: Erie Canal: [] [|Economics Lesson Lesson 1: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs]
 * Unit 1 Foundations:**
 * [|Timeline of Black civil rights in America]**
 * [|5 segments: NY, US Census, Underground RR,]**
 * [|Underground Railroad]**
 * [|Edconlink: opportunity cost, entrepreneurship]**
 * [|Financial Literacy-Economics]**
 * [|GeoBee]**

[|immigration maps] [|Learning in Depth] [|American History Collection of websites-immigration] [|immigration: Children's lives] [|Family Trees] [|Immigration Unit] [|Immigration/Ellis Island] [|Writing Immigrant Letters]
 * IMMIGRATION**
 * [|pbs Immigration Unit - lesson plans]**
 * [|pbs anti-immigrant sentiment - lesson plans]**
 * [|interactive timeline of immigration-Scholastic website]**
 * [|Tenement Museum Virtual Tour]**

[|Ben's Guide for Government] [|Bill of Rights] [|Bill of Rights you-tube] [|Situations to analyze for the Bill of Rights] [|Define terms: Bill of rights] [|3 min TED video illustrating Bill of Rights]
 * GOVERNMENT**
 * [|congress.indiana.edu: click on "next" arrow on lefthand side to view choices - click "more" to see selections]**
 * [|DemocracyKids-interactive]**
 * [|Sheppardsoftware-games]**
 * [|The Preamble]- School House Rock youtube**
 * [|Explanation of the Preamble - youtube]**
 * [|Roles of State/Federal Government]**
 * [|Local, State and Federal government]**
 * [|pbskids: How Does the Government Affect Me?]**
 * [|3 Branches of Gov't - youtube]**

ECONOMY
[|Discovery Ed: Economics] [] [] [] [|Discovery Channel: Economy in US]

[|MUSEUM BOX - FOR PROJECTS] [|Documenting the US Southern States] [|Enchanted Learning States] [|NORTHEAST REGION USA] [|Mr. Nussbaum] [|state postcards] [|State research site] [|Nat'l Geographic-California GhostTown] [|Books to read from 50 states] media type="custom" key="22126216" [|History of Boycotts] [] [|History of Cesar Chavez Grape Boycott] [|Lesson Plans american-colonial-life-late-1700s] [|American Writers-history] [|Henry Ford] [] auto industry [|Free Plays about Famous People] [|Timeline Maker] [|Maps-How Stuff Works] [|Map Game] [|historyengine-click on timeline for stories of that decade]
 * REGIONS**
 * [|Mrs.Losik=Great site with lots of interactive games!]**
 * [|Digital Wish Lesson Plans - Regions (Use for whole unit)]**
 * [|Interactive US Regions Landforms]**
 * [|Overview: US Regions]**
 * [|us regions video]**
 * [|Kids Links - MI - www.outdoorexplorersclub]**
 * [|40 States Notebook idea]**
 * [|Test your knowledge of states-interactive game]**
 * [|50 States/Capitals rap]**
 * [|Geography rap]**
 * [|State Brochure project]**
 * UFD: Regions**
 * HISTORY**

**RESOURCES** [|US 4th Grade Unit of Study] [|4th Grade Social Studies Knowledge, Vocabulary, Concepts and Skills] [|Grades 3/4 Parallel Construction Planning Document] [|K-4 MI GLEC Social Studies Alignment] [|Connecting Michigan to U.S. History] [|Connection MI to US History - 3rd/4th grade] [|Grade 3-5 Michigan's Regions] [|mapquest for books] [|Time: What the World Eats] [|Teaching Plans - model to use?] [|Ohio Cultural Teaching Unit - model to use?] [|Teacher Resources] [|Social Studies Trade Books]