Inventions

1. Fact Monster List of Inventions (brief)
2. Popular Mechanics Top 50 Inventions in the last 50 years.
3. Enchanted Learning: Inventions Timeline

Know Your Geography (The World)

 

1. WORLD MAP- click on each continent & ocean to learn the names- BASIC introduction
2. DRAG & DROP names on to the correct locations- Harder
3. WORLD MAP #2—SELF TEST- Find the correct location!
4. World MAP #3- “Drag & Drop” locations- even more challenging
5. World Map #4– super challenge- write first 3 letters of each name!

 

The first settlements in North America

• Native Americans/ First Nations in North America
  1. Native Americans by region
     1. Mr. Nussbaum’s map with regions
     2. Annenberg Interactive Map of Native American Tribes
  2. East Coast Nations/Native American Tribes
  3. Class zone 1- America before Columbus– animated history

 

European First Settlements

Roanoke

1. North Carolina Encyclopedia:  Roanoke article & audio file
2. Classzone 3: Jamestown & Roanoke 1607- interactive, asks questions,

 JAMESTOWN  1609-10

• 1. History Globe: Jamestown- scroll down for the link to open up in a new, smaller window.
  3. On the Trail of John Smith– an interactive journey
  4. Jamestown Interactive on National Geographic
  5. Jamestown Image Gallery-The ENGLISH settlers,  the Powhatan Indians,  VIDEOS on background history, James Fort at Jamestown Settlement History Museum
  6. History Globe: Jamestown- scroll down for the link to open up in a new, smaller window.
  7. UC Berkeley’s series of photos and VRs of the Jamestown example.
  8. Jamestown Area Map with Layers
  9. Jamestown Map-simplified
  10. US History- Colonial Times- OPB
  11. Interactive Site– participate in a ‘dig’, needs quite a bit of time to complete. From the HistoricJamestown.org site.
  • How were the muskets guns fired?  What did it take to fire the gun? – James Fort at Jamestown Settlement History Museum page

Plimoth:

1. The first Thanksgiving– Plimoth Colony

1. First Colonies
   1. Classzone 4: A New England Sea Port
   2. Classzone 5: Colonia Trade Routes
2. CONFLICTS with the Colonies
   1. Classzone 6: French & Indian War