3rd - 5th Grade Social Studies

3rd - 5th Grade Social Studies
An Internet Hotlist on Tech Tools - SS

Introduction
Here are resources for Five Fabulous Tech Tools you can use in your classroom to support social studies standards of learning. Many of these resources can be used in other areas as well.

The Internet Resources

How to Submit an ISR - Remember - if you need help, please submit an ISR!!

Filamentality

Filamentality Formats - Click here to learn about the kinds of web pages you can make with Filamentality
Filamentality Guided Tour - Click here to take the Filamentality Guided Tour
Filamentality Posting Policy - Click here to see the policy for posting and hosting pages on Filamentality
Little Dorrit - This is an example of a Webquest - a collection of sites students use as a starting point to complete a project – can include collaboration.
Macbeth - This is an example of a Treasure Hunt, or Internet Scavenger Hunt - students answer questions based on content from links provided.
Mythology - This is an example of a Scrapbook - a collection of multimedia links students will use to create something new.
Oceans - This is an example of a Subject Sampler - it is similar to a Treasure Hunt, but contains more questions.
The Original Goth - Edgar Allan Poe - Here is an example of a Hotlist (a list of internet sites - like this one)

Power Point

Resources for Questions

Interactive Quizzes -
Internet 4 Classrooms - Social Studies -
Practice and Review for 3rd Grade -
Rockingham County - 3rd Grade - Click on Assessments
Rockingham County - 4th Grade - Click on Assessments
Rockingham County - 5th Grade - Click on Assessments
VDOE Released Items -

Timeline Tools

How to Use Clipart with Office 2007 -
Just what is a Timeline? -
Monthly Timeline Template - Five Years - Power Point - download and create
Online Timeline Generator - Create timeline and print
Timeline Example and Template - Power Point - includes timeline example slide and template silde. Download and create.
Twenty-One Year Bi-Monthly Template - Power Point - download and create
Yearly Timeline Template - Word Document - dowload and create
Yearly Timeline Template - Excel document - download and create

Brainpop and Brainpop, Jr.

Photostory

A Photostory Quick Guide -
A Photostory Step by Step Guide -
Freeplay Music - Terrific resource for finding background music for your movie - free for educational use
Solo Guitar - Free music you can download and add to your movie
Solo Piano - Free piano music you can download and add to your movie
Wikimedia Commons - Great place to search for media (especially images) that are in the public domain or are under a creative commons license

Content by Caroline LaMagna, carlamagna@spsk12.net
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Last revised Tue Nov 10 13:53:12 US/Pacific 2009