Travis Carpenter

SOST 316
Web Resources
9/30/15
Title of Site
5th Grade
1. Travel and
Geography: The
Regions of the
United States
2. The Civil War
for Kids

3. Interactive Tour
of Ellis Island

6th Grade
1. How Laws are
Made: The
Language of the
Law
2. Renewable and
non-renewable

URL

Resource for Students

or Teachers?

How can it be used?

http://usa.usembassy.de/travel-regions.htm#west

Students and Teachers

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/cwar.h
tm

Students

Help students identify the regions

of the United States and the
individual states that make up the
regions.
A Civil War web site created by
elementary students. Covers
quite a bit of information
contained on the 5th grade CSOs.
Could be used by students to
research various aspects of the
war.
The site could be used to give
students and teachers more
information about Ellis Island.
The site contains history,
information about immigrants,
and a virtual field trip.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigrati Students and Teachers

on/tour/index.htm

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.php/learningadventures-4-8/9-age-9/43-how-laws-are-made

Students

https://web.archive.org/web/20080701135457/ht Students
tp://www.eco-pros.com/renewableresources.htm

Provides a list of vocabulary

words associated with the law
making process.
Could be used to distinguish
between renewable,

resources
3. World War II
facts
7th Grade
1. The British
Museum: Ancient
Egypt

https://kidskonnect.com/history/world-war-ii/

Students

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

Students

2. Ancient Greece

http://greece.mrdonn.org/index.html

Students

3. The Incredible
Incas

http://incas.mrdonn.org/index.html

Students

8th Grade
1. West Virginia
Counties Game
2. West Virginia:
The Road to
Statehood
3. John Browns
Raid at Harpers
Ferry

http://www.purposegames.com/game/48cadb92e Students
8
http://www.mh3wv.org/educatorTeachers and Students
resources#_8220West_Virginia_The_Road_to_
Statehood8221_8211_Video_and_Lesson_Plans
_8211_WV_Public_Broadcasting
http://www.civilwar.org/150th-anniversary/john- Students and Teachers
browns-harpers-ferry.html?
referrer=https://www.google.com/

nonrenewable, and natural

resources.
Students could use the site to gain
basic knowledge about WWII.
The site could be used by
students to research various
aspects of Ancient Egyptian
culture.
Contains a remarkable amount of
information students could access
about Ancient Greece. Students
could use the site to research
everything from Greek culture, to
Greek conflicts, and even Greek
literature.
Students could use this sight to
research and gain knowledge
about the Incas. The site contains
information in virtually every
aspect of Inca culture.
Interactive game in which
students test their ability to locate
the counties of WV
Students could watch a video
detailing how WV became a state.
The site also contains lesson plan
ideas for teachers.
Supplies students with
information about John Brown
and his raid. The could also be
useful to teachers because it

provides lesson plan ideas about

Browns raid