Social Studies Mrs. Hough

 Textbook online:

9/28/2012:Your social studies textbook is now available for you online. To access this link go to:

www.pearsonsuccessnet.com

Your user name is: your first initial followed by your last name. No capital letters-lower case only.

Example: Mary Smith would be msmith

Everyone has the same password.  It is 6thgrade all lower case and no spaces.

*An audio version of the social studies textbook is now available on the Wellwood Website. Go to Citrix, student shared files and click on 6th grade SS Audio Textbook.

Geography-

Check out these web sites for interactive games to help you study for the continents and oceans quiz:

http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/worldquiz.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_GL.html

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/geographygames/geospy/

http://www.localpages.com/content/local-and-global-resources-geography-teaching-resources.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm

 Check out the student shared folder- Mrs. Hough 2009-2010- There are two Geography power points for you to view and use as a review for the Geography test. 

Mesopotamia-

Sites for Interactive Maps of the Middle East:

http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/MidEast.html

http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/mideastquiz.html

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/middle_east_map.htm  

This map will tell you more information about the countries in the Middle East:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/maps/index.html             

http://www.virtual-egypt.com/

Sites for Egypt

This is an ingenious web site that will take you to the arid land of Egypt and let you confront many of the ancient wonders and mysteries of Egypt. Only your stamina will dictate how much you learn!!

http://www.salariya.com/web_books/mummy/index.html

You Wouldn't Want to be an Egyptian Mummy Go to this site to find out if you agree with this title! Would you gloat about being a mummy?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_mummy_maker.shtml

A site that lets you help prepare Ramose’s body for mummification

http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/ED/mummy.html

At this site you prepare Seneb’s body for mummification.  Not for the faint-hearted.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_pyramid_builder.shtml

An interactive game that lets you help build a pyramid.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/

A site that lets you explore pyramids and King Tut.

http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Egypt/EgyptSites.html

This site gives a brief description about various Egyptian web sites.   At one site you can travel down the Nile.

http://www.ancientnile.co.uk/funmemory.php

This fun site lets you match amulets in a concentration game.

http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/libraries/elementary/ancient.html#egypt

This site gives you a list of many other sites connected to Egypt and it contains a brief description of the site.

The site below lets you enter an Egyptian tomb:

http://www.nms.ac.uk/education__activities/kids_only.aspx

Sites for China

A site to help you learn the neighboring countries of China:

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/asia_map.htm

A dragon will help you play a board game about China:

 http://www.asiasociety.org/node/8688

Stories from classical Chinese literature:

 http://www.chinapage.com/story/story.html

Sites all about ancient China

http://www.china.mrdonn.org/

Loads of interactive games about China

http://www.china.mrdonn.org/

Join the Nova team as they try to recreate an ancient bridge that was once in China.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/china/

Walk the Great Wall of China

http://www.thebeijingguide.com/great_wall_of_china/index.html

A site to help you learn the location of China and its neighboring countries

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