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Grade 5 Digital Resources
GENERAL RESOURCES
1. Merriam Webster Dictionary for Kids
2. SHELVER GAME - try your hand at shelving books!
3. Citations for Beginners (Bibliography Demo Video)
4. What is Research?
5. Socratica.Com (a general resource of quality video clips)
Native American Study
Khan Academy Native Americans before contact - many tribal areas represented in this link including an overview video
National Atlas of Native American Tribes, Cultures and Languages from Library of Congress
Northwest Native American Tribes from Britannica.com
Northwest Native American Tribes from NatGeo
First Peoples of California from Library of Congress
Southwest Native Americans from Britannica.com
Plateau Native Americans from Britannica.com
Great Plains Native Americans from Britannica.com
Eastern Woodland Native Americans from Brittanica.com
Southeast Native Americans from Brittanica.com
Southeast Native Americans from NatGeo.com
World War Two (WWII) RESOURCES
1. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Student Resources
4. History.Com Overview of WWII
5. Japanese Internment Camp Video produced by US Government (9min)
6. "Suspicious People" video of Japanese-Americans reflecting on internment years (55min)
7. UC Berkeley Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Digital Archive
8. Weaponry in World War II from National World War II Museum
9. The Draft during World War II from Department of Defense
10. D-Day from National World War II Museum
11. D-Day Fact Sheet from Department of Defense
VIKINGS AND EARLY EXPLORATION
1. Brittanica: Viking Exploration Overview
2. Nutshell Video: The Viking Age
3. VC3 Video: Rise and Fall of Vikings
4. Early Exploration: American Beginnings 1492-1660
5. Brittanica: Exploration and Settlement of the Americas
6. Brittanica: European Exploration
7. Mariner's Museum: Age of Discovery
Poetry Resources
1. Shel Silverstein Fun
2. Poetry.Org for Children
4. Poetry.Org: Poem Shorts: Wayne the Stegosaurus by Kenn Nesbitt
5. Poetry.org: Poem Shorts: To Catch a Fish by Eloise Greenfield
6. Poetry.org: Poem Shorts: Poorly Dressed by Bruce Lansky
7. Poets.Org: Poems for Kids (links to poems to read online)
UNITED NATIONS RESOURCES
1. The United Nations Homepage
2. What is the United Nations? (video)
Colonial Overview
Colonial Life Prior to the Revolutionary War
Library of Congress portal for Colonial Settlement
Library of Congress Colonial Overview
Road to American Independence
Nat Geo American Independence Events
Acts leading to Revolutionary War
EARLY COLONIES BY STATE NAME
Connecticut
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Delaware
North Carolina
NC Colonial History by Area and Time
South Carolina
Colonial Agents in SC Parliament
SC Area Native American Nations
Virginia
Early Colonial VA from Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Early Colonial VA from Encyclopedia Virginia
Library of Congress, Early VA History Resources