3rd grade/4th grade Resources
This page has a wealth of Social Studies links for both 3rd and 4th grade.
3rd grade: Information about Japan
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/japan/
3rd grade: A kid's life in Japan, good for background knowledge.
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212302/japan.html
Excellent information on Ancient Egypt
http://chiddingstone.kent.sch.uk/homework/Egypt.html
3rd grade: Ancient Egypt for Kids - good interactive site
http://egypt.mrdonn.org/
3rd grade: Information about Egypt.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/egypt/
Japan Webquest
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/countries/japan.html#homes
Create your own cartouche with Egyptian Hieroglyphics!
http://www.virtual-egypt.com/newhtml/glyph/glyph.html
3rd grade: Information about Italy
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/italy/
3rd and 4th: Good search engine for information
http://www.timeforkids.com
3rd and 4th: Take a tour with Ben Franklin and learn about the
history of our government,especially the documents that are
important to our history.
Ben's Guide to the Government
4th grade: Explore the history, people, culture, and beliefs of
the Iroquois
Indians.
Carnegie Museum: Iroquois of the Northeast
4th grade: Information about the confederacy of Native Americans
known as the Iroquois. Details how they lived and their allies
and enemies, both foreign and from other Native American tribes.
Ohio History Central: The Iroquois Indians
4th grade: A rich website all about the Iroquois nation, past
and present.
Iroquois Museum
3rd and 4th grade: Be President for a day, and see how
government affects you!
The Democracy Project
3rd and 4th grade: Learn about the US Government, about the
president, and how government works.
The White House for Kids
3rd and 4th grade: Learn about the FBI and what they do to
protect our country.
FBI
4th grade: This site has a lot of links, including the ones
above, to great governmentwebsites.
Kids Government links
4th grade: Take a tour through Colonial times.
Colonial Think Quest
4th grade: Learn how our government of today was created during
Colonial times.
Colonial Government
4th grade: Links to help with Colonial research.
Colonial Period
4th grade: More Colonial Links
Colonial Links
4th grade: Enrichment activities for Pedro's Journal
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/pedro/pedrotg.html
4th grade: Oregon Trail Westward Expansion Site
http://emints4.purdy.k12.mo.us/westwardho.htm
4th grade: Oregon Trail Fates and Important Information!
http://courses.missouristate.edu/ShaeJohnson/oregontrail.htm#Keeping_Your_Family_Journal
Website to go along with "Acropolis Adventure"
Ancient Greece