Fifth Grade

Mrs. Kay and Miss Downey

                                                               

Information Literacy Skills

Knight Cite (Citing Sources) Institute for American History
Historical Government Documents  


Armonica

Musician Ben Franklin's Armonica
Ben Franklin and the Armonica History Alive

 

Below are some interesting sites to visit.


Explorers                                 

Prince Henry the Navigator Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus Hernando Cortez
Amerigo Vespucchi Francisco Pizarro
John Cabot Bartholomew Diaz
Vasco daGama Leif Erickson
Eric the Red Explorers I
Explores II Explorer Game
Explorer Trading Cards Discovers Web
Explorers A to Z Biography.com
Yahooligans Explores Explorer Theme Page

Search Engines

Enchanted Learning

KidsClick Encyclopedia

Ask questions at this cool site

Search Grolier encyclopedia

Yahooligans

Pikes Peak Library District

 

States

Facts about the United States

Origin of State Names

States and Capitals

Explore the States at the Library of  Congress

U.S. Web Games

Science

Biomes at Enchanted Learning The World's Biomes
Whales Infection Detection Protection
Microbe.org Microbo Zoo

Social Studies Sites

Colonial Williamsburg  "Meet the people, see the places, experience the life."

Revolutionary War Webquest 

Civil War Webquest  

Civil War Soldier 

Transcontinental Railroad & Westward movement

Turn of the Century Sites

A Timeline of the Women's Rights Movement 1848 - 1998

Yahooligans- History

Depression

The Twentieth Century in America 

USHistory.org

Fun Holiday Websites

Billy Bear's Playground

December Holidays

Celebrations Around the World

A Kid's Heart