Search from over 20,000 educational supplies by keyword and grade. 24 Reproducibles 1 Simulations 9 Videocassettes 1. Activities related to the sites include following a stock on the NYSE for two weeks, researching Ellis Island, designing a poster for a Broadway play, and writing a sequel to one of Washington Irving's stories. As students garner facts, they also develop organizational skills by completing a chart that prompts them to structure what they already know about each topic, what they want to know, how they will learn it, and what they did learn.
Lessons contain reproducible handouts, and teacher pages with extension activities and answer keys.
64 pages each. Appendixes contain answer keys, annotated listings of social studies Web sites, and a CD-ROM discography that correlates each lesson with multimedia titles. Grades K-6 emphasizes the everyday lives of Americans in the past and contains exercises on topics such as the Continental Army's encampment at Valley Forge and life on the Oregon Trail. Teacher pages for the lessons list objectives, skills emphasized, an overview, extension activities, and possible answers for the student page. 64 pages each.