3rd+Grade+Social+Studies+-+2nd+Six+Weeks

=__Communities __= [|Kids and Community](website for kids developed by America's city planners; explores how to create communities, live in them, and change them) [|Houghton Mifflin (Communities)] (website for kids created by Houghton Mifflin)

=[|Timeline Generator] = (Kids can make their own 6-event or 9-event horizontal or vertical timelines)

=__Recreation __= [|Recreation in Alaska] (links to many things to do in Alaska) [|Recreation in Mansfield]

=__Daniel Boone __= [|Biography.com] (includes Quick Facts and videos) [|Links to Many Boone Related Sites] [|The State Historical Society of Missouri (includes timeline)] [|Encyclopedia of World Biography] [|Enchanted Learning]

=__Christopher Columbus __= [|Explorers (biography, games, activities, quizzes, etc.)] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Kidport Reference Library] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Biography.com] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Enchanted Learning] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Columbus Day songs, crafts, activities]

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Juan de Onate __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|The Pirate King] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Biography.com] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Infoplease] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Texas Almanac - First Thanksgiving?] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Early Explorers of Texas (timeline)]

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Pierre-Charles L'Enfant __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Fact Monster] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Britannica.com] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Infoplease] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|U.S. Embassy Kids]

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Benjamin Banneker __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Social Studies for Kids] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Astronomy for Kids] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Biography.com] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Who Was Benjamin Banneker?] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Inventor Biographies]

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Benjamin Franklin __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Liberty's Kids] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Learning Games for Kids] (interactive games and quizzes about Ben Franklin) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Social Studies for Kids] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|KidsKonnect.com (biography & links)] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|USHistory.org] (includes links to his inventions, timeline, games, etc.) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Ben Franklin Timeline] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Online Resources, Library Resources, and Activity Resources]

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Founding Fathers __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Congress for Kids (includes lots of great links)] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Name that Founding Father (game)] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Crafts & Projects] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Which Founding Father Are You? (game)] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Teaching American History (online learning module)]

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Kadir Nelson __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Reading Rockets (video interview)] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Scholastic.com (biography)] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|KadirNelson.com] (shows his artwork) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Art Museum Exhibit]

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Tomie dePaola (pronounced Tommy da-POW-la) __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Tomie.com] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Reading Rockets (video interview)] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Houghton Mifflin] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|KidsReads.com]

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Phillis Wheatley __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Liberty's Kids] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Biography.com] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Women's History] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Women in History] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Archiving Early America]

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Carmen Lomas Garza __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Hispanic Research Center] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Carmen Lomas Garza--In Her Own Words] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Oral History Interview] (Transcript and 4-hour interview) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|CarmenLomasGarza.com]

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Laura Ingalls Wilder __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Biography.com] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home & Museum] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Letter from Laura Ingalls Wilder] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Laura Ingalls Wilder Kids Activity Center] (Book quizzes, word finds, and coloring pages) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Pictures of the Ingalls' Dugout Site] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Fact Monster] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Encyclopedia of World Biography]

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Bill Martin Jr. __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|BillMartinJr.com] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Reading Rockets (video interview)] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Scholastic.com] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Study Guide for Chicka Chicka Boom Boom] (pdf) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Author Study] (Lesson plans and links)

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Ruby Bridges __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|RubyBridges.com] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Interview] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Scholastic.com (video interview)]

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Henry Ford __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Encyclopedia of World Biography] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|The Life of Henry Ford (museum)] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Henry Ford games and activities]

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Hurricane Katrina __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|BBC] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Scholastic News] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Kids' Pages]

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Articles about Facebook and its Impact __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Teens Favor Social Media Blogs] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Today's Kids Face Facebook Depression] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Facebook for Kids]

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Webkinz __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Video Explanation of Webkinz]

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">9/11 __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Video] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Talking with Kids Who Are Too Young to Remember] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Links for Teaching Kids about 9/11] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|The Little Chapel that Stood (digital storybook)] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|K-12 Lessons & Activities on 9/11]

=<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[|Six Flags Over Texas] =

=__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Transportation __= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|New York City Subway] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Chicago "L"] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Texas Trinity Express]

=<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[|MISD School Board] =

=<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[|City of Mansfield website] =

=<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[|Mayor & City Council of Mansfield] =