Long Ago Children
(A Young Explorers story)
by JoAnne Nelson
Modern Curriculum Press copyright 1990.
This story describes pioneer children, their
chores and lifestyles within the family hundreds of years ago.
The Music Connection K
Silver Burdett Ginn copyright 1995
1. Unit 3 Lesson 1
Pages 24-25
"ABC Rock"
This integrated lesson demonstrates the lifestyles
of Pennsylvania Dutch and their different ways of living.
2. Unit 10 Lessons 4 & 5
Pages 94-95, 96-97
"I'm A Very Fine Turkey"
"We Give Thanks"
These two songs integrate Social Studies with
music focusing on Thanksgiving tradition and history.
3. Unit 14 Lesson 6
Pages 128-129
"London Bridge"
Here's a lesson that integrates music with
a historical event.
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1. Rhymes & Nonsense
http://www.thekids.com/
kids/stories/rhymes/
Description: Rhymes and nonsense from many
centuries. English sources only. Illustrated.
Comments: Historical background of nursery
rhymes with great illustrations.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
2. Benjamin Franklin
http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/
inventor/inventor.html
Description: This site is a short biography
of Ben Franklin and has links to sites that deal with his inventions and
discoveries.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
3. Booker T. Washington
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/bookertwashington/
Description: Booker T. Washington was a great
American. He believed that learning was the most important way to achieve
success and happiness in life. Formerly enslaved, he worked to build a
school so that all Americans would have the opportunity to learn.
Comments: This material was researched and
developed specifically for young students by Amy Wahe at San Bernardino
County Superintendent of Schools. The art is original.
Resource Type: Literature/Story
Graphics Content: High
4. Flight: The American Experience
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/
amex/kids/flight/index.html
Description: This PBS site about the history
of flight, contains facts, pictures, and jokes that will keep students'
interest while they are learning.
Comments: This is one of the American Experience
series of sites.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
Pocahontas
http://disney.go.com/
DisneyBooks/new/poca
/story/Pocahontas_1.html
Description: Learn about America's early history
in Pocahontas a serialized storybook by Disney.
Resource Type: Literature/Story
Graphics Content: High
5. Booker T. Washington
http://www.joslyn.org/
teach/packets/johnson/
script14.html
Description: This site has the story of Booker
T. Washington through the eyes of painter William Johnson.
Comments: A good kindergarten introduction
to Booker T. Washington but the art takes a long time to load..
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
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Books:
Sarah Morton's Day.
A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl
by Kate Waters
Scholastic Inc. copyright 1989
And:
Samuel Eaton's Day
A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy
by kate Waters
Scholastic Inc. copyright 1993
Students will observe from real photographs
in these stories the chores and lifestyles within a Pilgrim family in an
early American settlement.
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1. Booker T. Washington -
Web Museum for
Young Students
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/bookertwashington/
Booker T. Washington was a great American.
He believed that learning was the most important way to achieve success
and happiness in life. Formerly enslaved, he worked to build a school so
that all Americans would have the opportunity to learn.
Author: Amy Wahe
2. President's Day
Web Museum
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/presidentsday/
Why do Americans have a holiday to celebrate
Presidents Linclon and Washington? Find out what these famous men did and
decide for yourself if we should remember their birthdays each year.
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Students will
draw a picture or tell one way in which their lives are different than
those children of long ago.
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Student will be able to identify the purposes
of, and the people and events honored in, commemorative holidays, including
the human struggles that were the basis for the events (e.g.,
Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Washingtonís
and Lincolnís Birthdays, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Labor
Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day).
Students know the triumphs in American legends
and historical accounts through the stories of such people as Pocahontas,
George Washington, Booker T. Washington, Daniel Boone, and Benjamin Franklin.
Students understand how people lived in earlier
times and how their lives would be different today (e.g., getting water
from a well, growing food, making clothing, having fun, forming organizations,
living by rules and laws).
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