5th Grade Social Studies Links
W50 STATES CHAMPIONS? 50 CAPITALS WIZARDS?
Practice with the games below. You can start with the "by region" games to make it easier!
Seterra - 50 States Game
Seterra - 50 Capitals Game
ELECTION SPECIAL!
Brain Pop Election Explainer (6m YT)
270 To Win: Try your hand at the Electoral College!
iCivics game: Win the White House!
NATIVE AMERICANS
SAMPLE RESEARCH REPORT (Use this as your model)
REPORT DIRECTIONS (use this along with looking at the sample research report)
Week 2: The Native Americans of the Southwest (28m YT)
Week 3: The Native Americans of the Northwest (28m YT)
Labor Day
Week 4: The Native Americans of the Plains (28m YT)
Week 5: The Native Cultures of the Eastern Woodlands (28m YT)
Vid: Native American Creation Myths (6m YT)
AGE OF EXPLORATION
Week 6. Christopher Columbus 1960 Cartoon - (5m YT)
Week 6: Christopher Columbus Intro - A Balanced View (5m YT)
Week 7: Latitude and Longitude (6m YT)
Week 7: Latitude and Longitude Game
Week 7: How GPS Works! (Watch through 5:20.. it gets too deep after that!)
Week 8: Magellan's Amazing Voyages - TED Talk (6m YT)
Week 8: FUN Magellan: Animaniacs "Ballad of Magellan" (3m YT)
Week 9: The Columbian Exchange (9m YT)
Week 9: (this year - Halloween!) History of Halloween (5m YT)
COLONIZATION
Week 10: Roanoke (How'd a Whole Village Disappear?) (9m YT)
Week 10: Jamestown cartoon (9m YT)
Week 11: Veteran's Day Explainer (6m YT)
Week 12: All About Beavers (6m YT)
Week 12: The History of LaCrosse (3m YT)
Week 13: The Pilgrims and the Mayflower Compact (6m YT)
Week 13: The Puritans: Killjoys of History! (8m YT)
FAMOUS AMERICAN PROJECT
Wikipedia (Wikipedia gets an unfairly bad rap from some - it's a GREAT resource)
Biography.com (Don't just copy and paste (plagarism)! Be choosy with what info you gather!
Ducksters (This is a "kiddish" site that may have a few nuggets for you)
LEADING UP TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Liberty's Kids - All 40 episodes!
Ben Franklin: Animated Hero (22m YT)
3-MIN: The French and Indian War (3m YT)
IN-DEPTH: The French and Indian War (awesome animated presentation)
Proclamation of 1763 - from the King himself! (1m YT)
Proclamation of 1763 - History channel summary (3m YT)
Quartering Act of 1765 - from the King himself! (1m YT)
Stamp Act of 1765 - from the King... again (1m YT)
The Townshend Acts (5m YT)
THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION
Why were the Redcoats red? (YT 3min)
DESIGNING AMERICA
Vid: The Articles of Confederation (9m YT)
Types of Government: Monarchy (2m YT)
Types of Government: Republic v. Democracy (3m YT)
Week 21: What you might not know about the Declaration of Independence (4m YT)
Week 21: The Declaration... Schoolhouse Rock (3m YT)
The Story of the American Flag in Paper (4m YT)
Week 30: The US Constitution and Bill of Rights (Whiteboard video! 6m YT)
BIG GAME: iCivics "Do I Have a Right?" Run Your Own Law Firm
Holidays
It's Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown (23m Vimeo)
Practice with the games below. You can start with the "by region" games to make it easier!
Seterra - 50 States Game
Seterra - 50 Capitals Game
ELECTION SPECIAL!
Brain Pop Election Explainer (6m YT)
270 To Win: Try your hand at the Electoral College!
iCivics game: Win the White House!
NATIVE AMERICANS
SAMPLE RESEARCH REPORT (Use this as your model)
REPORT DIRECTIONS (use this along with looking at the sample research report)
Week 2: The Native Americans of the Southwest (28m YT)
Week 3: The Native Americans of the Northwest (28m YT)
Labor Day
Week 4: The Native Americans of the Plains (28m YT)
Week 5: The Native Cultures of the Eastern Woodlands (28m YT)
Vid: Native American Creation Myths (6m YT)
AGE OF EXPLORATION
Week 6. Christopher Columbus 1960 Cartoon - (5m YT)
Week 6: Christopher Columbus Intro - A Balanced View (5m YT)
Week 7: Latitude and Longitude (6m YT)
Week 7: Latitude and Longitude Game
Week 7: How GPS Works! (Watch through 5:20.. it gets too deep after that!)
Week 8: Magellan's Amazing Voyages - TED Talk (6m YT)
Week 8: FUN Magellan: Animaniacs "Ballad of Magellan" (3m YT)
Week 9: The Columbian Exchange (9m YT)
Week 9: (this year - Halloween!) History of Halloween (5m YT)
COLONIZATION
Week 10: Roanoke (How'd a Whole Village Disappear?) (9m YT)
Week 10: Jamestown cartoon (9m YT)
Week 11: Veteran's Day Explainer (6m YT)
Week 12: All About Beavers (6m YT)
Week 12: The History of LaCrosse (3m YT)
Week 13: The Pilgrims and the Mayflower Compact (6m YT)
Week 13: The Puritans: Killjoys of History! (8m YT)
FAMOUS AMERICAN PROJECT
Wikipedia (Wikipedia gets an unfairly bad rap from some - it's a GREAT resource)
Biography.com (Don't just copy and paste (plagarism)! Be choosy with what info you gather!
Ducksters (This is a "kiddish" site that may have a few nuggets for you)
LEADING UP TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Liberty's Kids - All 40 episodes!
Ben Franklin: Animated Hero (22m YT)
3-MIN: The French and Indian War (3m YT)
IN-DEPTH: The French and Indian War (awesome animated presentation)
Proclamation of 1763 - from the King himself! (1m YT)
Proclamation of 1763 - History channel summary (3m YT)
Quartering Act of 1765 - from the King himself! (1m YT)
Stamp Act of 1765 - from the King... again (1m YT)
The Townshend Acts (5m YT)
THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION
Why were the Redcoats red? (YT 3min)
DESIGNING AMERICA
Vid: The Articles of Confederation (9m YT)
Types of Government: Monarchy (2m YT)
Types of Government: Republic v. Democracy (3m YT)
Week 21: What you might not know about the Declaration of Independence (4m YT)
Week 21: The Declaration... Schoolhouse Rock (3m YT)
The Story of the American Flag in Paper (4m YT)
Week 30: The US Constitution and Bill of Rights (Whiteboard video! 6m YT)
BIG GAME: iCivics "Do I Have a Right?" Run Your Own Law Firm
Holidays
It's Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown (23m Vimeo)