5th Grade Integrated SS/ELA Curriculum

NYS Social Studies Standards
NYS ELA Standards

Scholastic Online Activities	United Streaming Video
Education World	Scholastic Lesson Plan Database
Yahooligans	Kids' Click
Marco Polo	American Memory
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators	Blue Web'n
CyberGuides	Landmarks for Schools
Educational Hotlists from the Franklin Institute	PBS Teacher Source

Noodle Tools: Choose the Best Search For Your Information Needs	Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools and Techniques
Web Search Strategies (with great online assessment)	KidsClick Search Tutorial for Kids

CyberSmart Curriculum	Kathy Schrock's Web Evaluation Resources
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly	"Teaching Zack to Think" by Alan November
American Library Assn. Great Websites for Kids	Take the Web De-TECH-Tor Test (curriculum project for students)

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General Resources for Western Hemisphere
Atlapedia A great resource for finding full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.	Culture Quest World Tour Join the Internet Public Library's Virtual Tour to either Canada, Mexico or the USA.
CIA Factbook A searchable database of information about all countries. Includes maps, culture, geography, history, economics and more. A good "first place" for gaining an overview of a country.	Scholastic Immigration: Stories of Yesterday & Today Find out what it means to come to the United States as an immigrant from the early 20th century through the early 21st century.
United Nations CyberSchoolbus This site is designed to be a global teaching and learning project and there is lots here to explore. The curriculum guide on the right has a section, "Cities of the World" that is quite comprehensive and deals with issues such as urban expansion and the consequences of urbanization.	Answers.com Fast facts readily available with the click of a mouse, with hyperlinks to other places for elaboration on specific topics. Good for doing an overview of a particular country (includes photos, maps and more)
Teaching with Historic Places From the National Parks Service, this site contains lessons, documents and resources and uses historic places to explore American history. There is a searchable database; browsing by theme will probably result in the best "fit."	Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection This is a wonderful collection of maps from the University of Texas at Austin.
Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada This site spotlights Canadian museums and their exhibits. Especially useful will be the VMC exhibits containing many multimedia files and the "Fun and Games" section. Be sure to visit the Teachers' Center.	CanadaInfo Over 400 pages of information about Canada: government, history, facts, people, security, geography, provinces, symbols, and more. A well-organized and comprehensive site.
The Atlas of Canada A very extensive site provides a huge assortment of maps of Canada. There are lesson plans and a curriculum guide. Especially useful may be the section, "Territorial Evolution" that includes over a dozen maps of Canada from 1867 to 1999.	About Canada From the Canadian government, this site has links about society, government, land and economy.
Ontario: The Premier's Kid Zone Maintained by the government of Ontario, this kid-friendly site has information about the history of Ontario and contains some virtual tours and online activties.	Canada Map Listing An excellent source for maps of all provinces, major metropolitan areas and national parks.
Canadian National Parks Links and information about Canada's beautiful parks.	Tour Canada from Space Clickable map of Canada linking to a wide variety of satellite images.
Latin America
Latin American - Geographia Coverage of Central and South America	Global Trek This Scholastic online activity allows a student to choose a country from a list of more than 30 and take an online journey. Students can create an online journal by registering at the site.
Expeditions: 150 Years of Smithsonian Research in Latin America InterAmerican Cooperation	Latino Stories: Immigration and Migration From the Smithsonian Museum, this site is rich with primary source materials.
The Border A website that accompanies the PBS series examining contempory life along the US-Mexico border.	La Ciudad Based on the PBS series about recently arrived Latin Americans as they struggle to build their lives, their communities and their dreams in their new home, the city.
The US-Mexican War Especially useful is the timeline.	Celebrate Hispanic Heritage From Scholastic, this is a kid-friendly site.
Songs of the Kids of Brazil	The Sonoran Desert Go to Live Expedition
The Inca Trail and Machu Pichu	Maria Brazil: Food and Eating Habits
A Collector's Vision of Puerto Rico Rich in photographs	Mexico for Kids A great site for kids for information about Mexico's history, government, biodiversity and more. Includes games and a timeline.
LatinWorld.com A search site for information regarding Latin America.	Library of Congress Country Study "This website contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy ...under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army. ...the original intent of the Series' sponsor was to focus primarily on lesser known areas of the world or regions in which U.S. forces might be deployed, the series is not all-inclusive. At present, 101 countries and regions are covered." Not covered: Canada, US, United Kingdom. Good for study of Latin America.
Robert E. Bell Middle School Library Latin American Links Page A collection of links selected for students in the Chappaqua school district.	Lesson Plans - Mexico
Mystery of the Maya

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You Be the Historian	Sod House Detectives
You Be the Conservator
Getting To Know Canada	Virtual Field Trips by Subject Area
New York Times Lesson Plan: When Worlds Collide Exploring the Impact of Immigrant Minorities on American Life	America On The Move How transportation transformed America (from the Smithsonian)
A History of American Sweatshops Smithsonian exhibit, with many photos to aid in understanding	Jacques Cartier Sailed Up the St. Lawrence River
National Geographic Map Machine

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Electronic Postcards From Around the World	Gaggle.net
Ask An Expert	Ask a Librarian
E-Pals	Education Place Project Center
Internet Projects	Global Schoolhouse Project Registry
Kids' Space Connection Find a penpal in another country through this website.

Sites for Evaluation

This page prepared to be used as a resource for the curriculum writers involved in the
5th grade Integrated Social Studies/ELA Project initiated by Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES.

Project Leaders: Marla Gardner and Judy Powers, PNW BOCES
Social Studies Consultant: Mirla Morrison
Instructional Technology Consultant: Linda Brandon