Research Projects

Pigs Perfect Pizza - A great way to practice alliteration!

Hunger

Hunger Resources

Poetry

Poetry Noticings - Sacks

Poetry Noticings - Anderson

Wonders

What I wonder

Geography

Global Trek - Invite students to choose destinations and plan "armchair trips" with text, maps and photos about many different countries.

National Geographic Online Geography Games

Raders - A great place to start studying physical geography, with appealing design and lots of kid-friendly short-entry text.
 

Myths

Kazan Padlet - This is where we will record our thinking.

Sullivan Padlet - This is where we will record our thinking.

Russell Padlet - This is where we will record our thinking.

Chicago

City of Chicago - A comprehensive list of all of the buildings in Chicago!  

Chicago Architecture - More about Chicago Architecture!

Chicago Skyscraper - A place to find all your Chicago skyscrapers!

Historic Places - All of the historic buildings in Chicago.

Chicago Attractions - All the fun places to see in Chicago!

Landforms

Google classroom

Natural Disasters 

Ready.Gov - A government website that gives you the latest information on natural disasters

National Geographic - A national geographic website that focuses on natural disasters

Fact Monster - A great website that provides information on many topics including Natural Disasters

Emergency Preparedness and Response - A great place to go to find out how to prepare for natural disasters

EPA Natural Disaster Website - This is an excellent resource about natural disasters that is provided by the Environmental Protection Agency 

Immigration

Immigration Primary Sources - A great place to find primary images of people during the immigration period.

Welcome to Immigration - Scholastic's interactive tour of Ellis Island from a Polish boy's perspective.
BrainPOP: Immigration: In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby discuss the movement of people from other countries into the United States.

From Ellis Island to Orchard Street: A wonderful interactive site helping students learn about what immigrants went through: leaving their native country, sailing across the ocean, going through the process at Ellis Island, moving into a neighborhood, and living in a tenement building.   FAQ's about Immigration:  The Who, Why, and When of immigration in a question/answer format.  Simple, straightforward, and to the point!

Tour of Ellis Island: Get a virtual personal tour of the famous Ellis Island. (Video is 30 mins)

Image Detective: Do you love mysteries? This is a great opportunity for students to use their inferring skills to figure out what is going on in this picture.

Genres

Mindmeister Class Brainstorm -  A mind mapping tool - great for brainstorming! 

Web Files 1

Web Files 2

Web Files 3

Grandpas Teeth

Detective Blue

Detective LaRue

Jake Gander

Pigeon PI

What Really Happened to Humpty

Piggins

Revolutionary War

Benedict Arnold's Oath of Allegiance

A Map of Boston

Destruction of Tea in Boston Harbor

Bostonians in Distress

The Able Doctor

William Jackson

Society of Patriotic Ladies

Primary Source Video

Environmental Issues

Google Custom Search: Use this custom, google search engine when looking for all things related to the environment.

Time for Kids: Environment

Natural Resource Defense Council

Greenliving

Newsela: Before checking out this website - ask your teacher if she has created a username/password for your class!  

Climate Kids: This child-friendly site answers big questions related to climate change, features people involved in "green careers," and provides games, activities and videos.

Coral Restoration Foundation: Find out more about coral restoration projects that extend the mission of Ken Nedimyer, whose work is highlighted in Kate Messner's The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reef.

National Park Service: Climate Change: Photos and videos demonstrate the effects of sea level rise, glacial change, and ocean acidification on our national parks.

U.S. Global Change Research Program: Provides information about climate change - what it is, why it's happening and it's impact on society.
 

Digital Footprint

   

Civil War

New York Historical Society Civil War Pictures
  Collection Connections of Themed Resources of the Civil War   7,000 Portraits made during the Civil War   Photographs of Women During the Civil War   Library of Congress: Civil War Resources   Timeline of the Civil War with Pictures   Sampler Collection of Civil War Themes   Gettysburg Address Pictures   Pictures from the Underground Railroad   The Underground Railroad by State!   The Civil War for Kids   Library of Congress: Top Treasures Gallery - Civil War    

Civil Rights

Historical Scene Investigation: Find out what it was like for the first African American students to attend school with white children in Sturgis, Kentucky.

It's No Laughing Matter: Analyze the ways in which these political cartoons depict the civil rights movement from the cartoonists perspective.  An interesting and interactive way to analyze primary sources!

Smithsonian History Explorer: This website will allow you to search for almost any type of primary source as well as provide lessons for teachers about how to use primary sources.  A varied resource for all audiences.

The National Archives Experience: Here, you can analyze primary sources, collect primary sources, make your own posters using primary sources, and even play a pathways game using primary sources.

March 7, 1965: This website chronicles the journey that 600 people made from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery through primary sources.

The Civil Rights Era: Photographs that depict this tumultuous time in American history.

Photographs of Signs Enforcing Racial Discrimination: Photographs show the viewer various pictures that demonstrate the public discrimination against African Americans.