Ms. Mercer's Class Website » Social Studies http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org Find out what's going on... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:37:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Social Studies Links for the week of 05/21/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/social-studies-links-for-the-week-of-05212007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/social-studies-links-for-the-week-of-05212007/#comments Sun, 20 May 2007 23:32:28 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/social-studies-links-for-the-week-of-05212007/ Since we are still studying about the Spanish colonization of America, and last week’s question has not yet been answered, we’re keeping the same links:

Question of the week: Were the conquistadors right to take over land from the Aztecs and Incas?

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Question of the week: Were the conquistadors right to take over land from the Aztecs and Incas? ]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/social-studies-links-for-3192007/feed/ 0 Social Studies Links for 3/5/07 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/03/03/social-studies-links-for-3507/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/03/03/social-studies-links-for-3507/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:09:12 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/03/04/social-studies-links-for-3507/ We continue our unit on the Age of Exploration

  • A Think Quest on the Age of Exploration
  • How sailors navigated during the Age of Exploration

Question of the week (once again) would you leave your family and friends to explore somwhere new and different? Why or why not?

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photo of a replica of the Santa Maria

  • How Columbus changed the Americas
  • Mariners’ Museum on the Age of Exploration
  • ThinkQuest on the Age of Exploration

    • This week’s question, If you could travel to a new place or planet where no one had gone before, would you do it? Leave your answer below…

    ]]>     http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/02/09/social-studies-links-for-february-13-2007/feed/ 0     Social Studies Links for February 5, 2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/02/03/social-studies-links-for-february-5-2007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/02/03/social-studies-links-for-february-5-2007/#comments Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:11:02 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/02/03/social-studies-links-for-february-5-2007/ princehenry.jpg We continue our study of the Age of Exploration…

  • Marco Polo site
  • Navigation in the Age of Exploration
  • Read about Prince Henry the Navigator

    • Portrait of Prince Henry the Navigator

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    This week we begin a unit on the Age of Exploration! See the picture of a Viking ship above.

    ]]>     http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/26/social-studies-links-for-1292007/feed/ 0     Social Studies Links – 01/16/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/social-studies-links-01162007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/social-studies-links-01162007/#comments Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:38:49 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/social-studies-links-01162007/ mayan2.jpg This week we will study the people of Central America.  Here are some links abou the Maya and Aztecs:

  • Mayan Calendar
  • Ancient Mexico
  • Yucatan Traditions

    • Here are notes and a PowerPoint to review for our upcoming chapter test:

    ]]>     http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/social-studies-links-01162007/feed/ 0     Social Studies Links – 01/08/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/08/social-studies-links-01082007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/08/social-studies-links-01082007/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:10:58 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2006/11/25/social-studies-links-01082007/   We will be studying about Indians in what is now the Eastern Woodlands of North America.  Here are some websites to visit:

  • Explore an Iroquois Longhouse 
  • Information for Kids from the Cherokee Nation
  • Information on the Iroquois
  • Report on Sequoyah

    • Here are notes and a PowerPoint to review for our upcoming chapter test:

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