Plainville Community Schools Technology Integration Resources


Fifth Grade Technology Integration Resources - Social Studies
Trimester Two \| Trimester Three	Reading \| Writing \| Math \| Science

Trimester One Units of Study

Exploration | Participatory Government

Objectives: Exploration (Critical Content listed, not objectives)	The student will know . . . The first people that came to America were hunters that came over the Bering Land Bridge following their animals. Europeans wanted to find sea routes to Asia so they could more easily trade with Asian countries. Europeans wanted to spread Christianity. Technological advances made exploration possible. Explorers, such as Vasco da Cama, Christopher Columbus, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Francisco Coronado, Hernan Cortes, and Ferdinand Magellan, made important discoveries that helped further Portuguese and Spanish exploration. The French, Dutch and English explored the Western Hemisphere to find the Northwest Passage to increase trade and to explore Asia. European exploration and settlement had an impact on the natives through exposure to different food, animals, weaponry, religion and disease. Spanish and French settlers established colonies for fur trade, religious missions, military protection, and in search of gold and silver
United Streaming Resources	Early Explorers: The Age of Discovery Exploring the World: Spanish Explorers of North America Exploring the World: The Portuguese Explorers Exploring the World: Ferdinand Magellan and the First Voyage Around the World Exploring the World: Christopher Columbus and the New World Exploring the World: The Age of Exploration Begins
SmartBoard/SmartNotebook Resources	Technological Development Matrix
Keynote Compatible Presentations and Resources	Big 10 Explorers Age of Exploration
Internet Resources	Explorers Hotlist Discovery and Exploration Zoom Into Maps Outline Maps U.S. Geography Games World Continents Quizzes Interactive Exploration Map Zoom Explorers Voyage of Explorations: Discovering New Horizons Virtual Exploration Society European Voyages of Exploration Famous North American Explorer Videos European Explorers Central and South American Explorers Early Navigation Methods Latitude: Art and Science of 15th Century Navigation Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude Library of Congress Geography and Maps 1492 An Ongoing Voyage The Conquest of North America by Hernando de Soto, Coronado and Cabeza de Vaca
KidPix Activities
Inspiration/Kidspiration Activities	ASSURED EXPERIENCE: Explorer Research Performance Task
Graph Club Activities
Keynote Activities	As a class use the 3 Category Keynote Jeopardy, No Multiple Choice template or the 5 Category Keynote Jeopardy, No Multiple Choice template to create an Explorer's Jeopardy game for another fifth grade class. Use information gathered in Explorer's Convention research for jeopardy questions. This is a good opportunity to introduce the use of Keynote and transitions.
Pages Activities
Word Processing Activities
Classroom Suite Activities
Other	OpenOffice Spreadsheet: Who Discovered America

Objectives: Participatory Government
United Streaming Resources
SmartBoard/SmartNotebook Resources
Keynote Compatible Presentations and Resources
Internet Resources	Early American History Primary Source Documents
KidPix Activities
Kidspiration Activities	Branches of Government: Teacher Directions \| Student Directions
Graph Club Activities
Keynote Activities
Pages Activities
Word Processing Activities
Classroom Suite Activities
Other

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Last updated February 23, 2010