Current events has changed for the 2011-2012 school year. The form below contains the new requirements. Current events is still due every Friday.

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Topics and Assignments

Social Studies

 

 

Week of: May 7-11

 

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
4th Grade	Constitution	Executive Branch	Legislative Branch	FIELD TRIP	Judicial Branch
5th Grade	Causes of the Civil War Video	Last Current Events of the year!	Civil War	FIELD TRIP	Civil War Continued.
6th Grade	Last Current Events of the year!	Family immigration presentations.	JEKYLL ISLAND	JEKYLL ISLAND	JEKYLL ISLAND
7th Grade	End of WWII	Last Current Events of the year!	JEKYLL ISLAND	JEKYLL ISLAND	JEKYLL ISLAND
8th Grade	Interstate highway system.	Last Current Events of the year!	JEKYLL ISLAND	JEKYLL ISLAND	JEKYLL ISLAND

 

 

 

 

Weekly Assignments – Helpful Links and Information

 

 

4^th Grade:

Revolutionary War - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm

European Explorers - European Exploration - http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/

Ancient Africa - http://africa.mrdonn.org/index.html

Middle Ages - http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/index.html

Geography Games - http://sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm

Mountains - http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/world_phys.pdf

 

5^th Grade:

Civil War - http://www.civilwar.com/

Westward Expansion - http://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion

European Exploration - http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/

Incredible Inca - http://incas.mrdonn.org/index.html

Awesome Aztecs - http://aztecs.mrdonn.org/index.html

Mysterious Maya -  http://mayas.mrdonn.org/index.html

Geography Games - http://sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm

Great Lake Facts - http://www.great-lakes.net/lakes/ref/lakefact.html

Latitude and Longitude - http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/world_cont.pdf

 

6th Grade:
Industrial Revolution - http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution

Industrial Revolution Timeline - http://www.victorianweb.org/technology/ir/irchron.html

Ancient Rome- http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/AncientRome.html

Ancient Greece - http://greece.mrdonn.org/index.html

Major World Religions -  http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/
Deserts - http://geography.mrdonn.org/deserts.html
Geography Games - http://sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm

Latitude and Longitude - http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/world_cont.pdf

Time Zones - http://www.worldtimezone.com/

7th Grade:

Atomic Bomb - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/nuclear_01.shtml

Battle of the Atlantic Game - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/launch_gms_battle_atlantic.shtml

Pearl Harbor - http://www.history.com/topics/pearl-harbor

Battle of the Atlantic – http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/battle_atlantic_01.shtml

Battle of Britain - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/battle_of_britain

WWII - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/

Rise of Totalitarianism in Europe - http://www.hoocher.com/mr.j%27spage/postwareuropeandtheriseoftotalitarianism.htm

Stock Market Crash of 1929 - http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1854569,00.html

1920's Presentation Topics - http://www.1920-30.com/

1920's (Roaring 20's) - http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties

WWI - http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/

Europe in 1914 - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Map_Europe_alliances_1914-en.svg

Spanish American War - http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3617.html

Geography Games - http://sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm

Latitude and Longitude - http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/world_cont.pdf

Time Zones - http://www.worldtimezone.com/

8^th Grade:

Interstate Highway System - http://www.history.com/topics/interstate-highway-system

U.S. Manned Space Program - http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/index.html

Nuclear Arms Race - http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/nuclear_arms_race.htm

Cambridge Spies - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/cambridge_spies_01.shtml

Korean War - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/korea_hickey_01.shtml

Judicial Branch - http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/judicial-branch

Executive Branch - http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/executive-branch

Legislative Branch - http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/legislative-branch
The Constitution - http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/the-constitution
Geography Games - http://sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm