We Meet Our Needs
Below are links to various materials we've created to support students' work on the theme: We Meet Our Needs
- Theme Bibliography: This is a list of supplementary materials to help you to meet the needs of individual students in your classroom.
- Classroom Activities: To extend instruction, here are some creative activities you can print and use in your classroom.
- Tools of the Trade (Art/Social Studies)
- A Web of Workers (Language Arts/Social Studies)
Here are some great Internet resources we've found for you to enrich and support the theme: We Meet Our Needs
- Plimoth-on-Web
- This official site of Plimoth Plantation has online exhibits, a research library, and more resources to help you find information about the Pilgrims, Native Americans, and Thanksgiving.
- http://www.plimoth.org/
- Ellis Island
- This site pays homage to Ellis Island and the millions of immigrants who were processed there. You can take a virtual tour of Ellis Island, find information on immigrants' experiences, and take a look at Ellis Island today.
- http://www.ellisisland.org
- Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map
- This Web site introduces the concept of mapmaking and explores different types of maps.
- http://pr.utk.edu/ut2kids/maps/map.html
- A History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day
- A History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day is a fascinating collection of essays on the international origins, history, and theory of money. Essay titles include: Money in North American History, The Vikings and Money in England, Origins of Money and of Banking, and many more. You'll never look at money the same way again — this site is well worth a visit. This site was created by Roy Davies, a science librarian at the University of Exeter, UK, and the essays are drawn from his father's book A History of Money.
- http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/llyfr.html