MR. VANDERMEULEN'S
5TH GRADE CLASSROOM
Welcome
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Miguel and King Arthur
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Science
Scientific Method
Force in Motion
Objects in the Sky
Systems and Survival
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Social Studies: A Young Nation
Chapter 3: Early Peoples of the Western Hemisphere
Chapter 4: Native Americans of North America
Chapter 5: Life in the Eastern Hemisphere
Chapter 6: Contact: East Meets West
Chapter 7: Early European Settlements of North America
Chapter 8: The English Establish 13 Colonies
Chapter 9: Life in the 13 English Colonies
Chapter 10: The Struggle for North America
Chapter 11: Breaking Ties with Great Britian
Chapter 12: The American Revolution
Chapter 13: The Constitution of the United States
Chapter 14: A Young United States
Health and Fitness
Great Resource:
http://www.mrdonn.org/index.html
Bubblus interactive web graphic organizer:
https://bubbl.us/
Colonial Life:
http://www.kidactivities.net/post/cononial-theme-ideas-for-kids.aspx
Chapter 2: Georgraphy of the United States
Chapter 3: Early People of the Western Hemisphere
Chapter 4: Native Americans of North America
Chapter 6:
Chapter 7: Early European Settlements
Chapter 8
The 13 Colonies:
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Chapter 9: Life in the 13 colonies
American Revolution
Declaration of Independance
Slavery
Geography Vocab
Chapter 2: Webquest to learn about the states and regions:
http://library.thinkquest.org/4552/
http://mrnussbaum.com/united-states/fifty_states/
Learn more about a region and its states:
http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=158044
Learn more about a state:
http://www.zunal.com/introduction.php?w=162322
Practice identifying the states
:
http://mrnussbaum.com/cstates/
A game to practice states:
http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-geography-map-snap-usa/map-snap-United-States.html
Vocabulary:
http://quizlet.com/_f3m09
Chapter 3: Webquest to learn about early people of the Western Hemisphere:
http://www.zunal.com/process.php?w=164129
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0260-ancient-america.php
mayans-
http://mayas.mrdonn.org/
aztecs-
http://aztecs.mrdonn.org/
incas-
http://incas.mrdonn.org/
anasazi-
http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/southwest/anasazi.html
Chapter 4:
Midwest Native Americans:
http://publications.newberry.org/indiansofthemidwest/people-places-time/eras/
Pictures:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/guides.html#art
Famous Chiefs:
http://www.californiaindianeducation.org/famous_indian_chiefs/
Money: wampum
http://www.indians.org/articles/native-american-money.html
Webquest to learn about the Native Americans of North America:
Resource:
http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/index.html
http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=158360
http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=159937
Explorers:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/
A-Z book support:
Samuel De Champlain
Christopher Colombus
Early Maps:
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html
Lesson 1:
http://quizlet.com/18818906/ayn-c7-early-european-settlements-flash-cards/
Roanoke Video Part 1:
http://screencast.com/t/QkInG7kbU
Roanoke Island:
http://totallyhistory.com/roanoke-island-mystery/
http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/what-happened-to-the-lost-colony-of-roanoke
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/07/new-clue-to-mystery-lost-roanoke-colony/
http://ncpedia.org/history/colonial/roanoke-island
National Geographic Roanoke:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0302_040302_lostcolony.html
Zunal webquest:
http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=176153
Lesson 2:
http://quizlet.com/18869103/ss-ch7-l2-the-search-for-a-northwest-passage-flash-cards/
Lesson 3:
http://quizlet.com/18961414/ch7-lesson-3-the-jamestown-colony-flash-cards/
Jamestown website:
http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/colonization_jamestown.html
Timeline:
http://www.williamsburgprivatetours.com/Timeline%20%20Jamestown.htm
Colonial website:
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/colonialtimes.htm
Lesson 4: The Plymouth Colony-
http://quizlet.com/19015202/ch-7-lesson-4-the-plymouth-colony-flash-cards/
The first Thanksgiving:
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/
Review:
http://quizlet.com/19680325/chapter-7-beginning-of-the-13-colonies-flash-cards/
A-Z books to support:
Pocohontas
Meeting Father in Plymouth
Two Kettles
Early Maps:
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html
General Information as a class:
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm
Labeling Map 13 colonies:
http://mrnussbaum.com/13colonies/13int/
Practice labeling map online:
http://www.softschools.com/social_studies/13_colonies_map/
Mr. Nussbaum interactive 13 colonies:
http://mrnussbaum.com/13-colonies/
13 colonies slideshow-
http://www.slideshare.net/trishtabler/the-thirteen-colonies
Colony information profile:
http://mrnussbaum.com/13colonies/13profiles/
Colony information:
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/13mapnew.htm
New England slideshow-
http://www.slideshare.net/ezlee2/the-new-england-colonies
Middle colonies slideshow-
http://www.slideshare.net/jakebig13/middle-colonies
Southern colonies slideshow-
http://www.slideshare.net/ezlee2/the-southern-colonies
Zunal Webquest 13 Cononies-
http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=166474
Lesson 1: New England Colonies-
http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=168077
http://www.wartgames.com/themes/american/13colonies.html
Lesson 2: Middle Colonies-
http://www.wartgames.com/themes/american/13colonies.html
Lesson 3: Southern Colonies-
http://www.wartgames.com/themes/american/13colonies.html
Reading comprehension activities on colonies:
http://mrnussbaum.com/13colonies/13activities/
Review:
http://quizlet.com/19680673/chapter-8-13-colonies-flash-cards/
Colonial Unit Lesson:
http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/lesson_plans/842/How%20America%20Began%20%20The%20Founding%20of%20the%20Thirteen%20Colonies.pdf
A-Z book support:
Colonial Life (youtube)
http://quizlet.com/19679042/13-colonies-quizlet-flash-cards/
Wood Runner by Paulson
American Revolution:
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/revolutionary_war/american_revolution.htm
American Revolution:
http://mrnussbaum.com/amflash/
http://quizlet.com/10987283/declaration-of-independance-flash-cards/
Slavery:
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/slavery/
http://quizlet.com/6690257/geography-basic-terms-flash-cards/