PUBLIC MARKS from knann with tags gr4 & "social studies"

Get ready to explore the world of Rancho La Brea--one of the world's most famous fossil sites. Located in the heart of Los Angeles, the La Brea Tar Pits is home to over three million fossils from the last Ice Age. It was here that huge mammoths, fierce sabertoothed cats, and giant ground sloths became trapped and entombed in the asphalt that has been seeping out of the ground for the past 40,000 years. Discover and explore how these "tar pits" formed, what types of plants and animals became trapped, and how scientists have used these fossil deposits to open a window into the world of prehistoric Los Angeles.

Vermont Historical Society...includes info on the Abernaki and Contact Period. Click on the side menu to navigate this topic.

Resource for teachers

Brief background info for teachers

Paleoindian, archaic, woodland, and Mississipian Periods in Alabama

Click on the interactive map to read information on Canada Provinces, Landmarks, Landforms, and Cities. The scavenger hunt link does not seem to work.

Learn about Famous People such as Christopher Columbus, Florence Nightengale, Pochahontas, and more. Click Learn, Quiz, and Pirates. Use Full Screen window.

Lesson Plan

Lesson ideas for teachers with resources

Facts and links about Canada

Image Trails are pre-selected searches on a particular topic or theme, which yield between 50 and 150 images.

Find pictures of Canda by location

Online geography game for the United States and World. Games are centered on the 5 themes of geography.

Use the skills of historians to peel away the layers of myth and misconception surrounding “The First Thanksgiving” and discover what might really have happened during the fall of 1621. Outstanding site with Teacher's Guide.

Links for various web resources about Canada.

Good reference site for Canada appropriate to elementary school students

The Canada e-Book uses sound, images, tables, graphs to look at Canada—The Land, The People, The Economy and The State. The text, photo, and some sound files may be appropriate for upper elementary students.

Interactive activities from Great Britain's National Archives. Learn about the Court of Henry VIII, tudor life, and jousting. Well done and informative. Includes teacher resources.

Many curriculum related templates created by teachers for grades k-5 available for downloading. Check it out!

An epic tale of loot and legend! Travel back in time to the year 793 AD. Can you build a ship, cross the seas, loot a monastery and return home to claim your prize?