Great American Resources

Costumes
http://www.californiaweekly.com/walk-through-the-american-revolution/rev-student-intro/standards
China Patterns
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_china
http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/furnishings/china.htm
http://www.pinterest.com/samba8/white-house-china/
CRCT Resources
Check out this symbaloo link made by Fulton County.
http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/crctparent-studentrevie







Social Studies
Paul Revere -Fought for Independence from England
-Patriot

Frederick Douglass - Fought to end slavery
-Biography, gave speeches, North Star/newspaper

Susan B. Anthony -Fought for womens rights to vote (Suffrage)
-Also, to end slavery

Mary McLeod Bethune -Started a school/college for African American girls

Franklin D. Roosevelt -The New Deal was used to get our country back to work after The Depression
-President during WWII

Eleanor Roosevelt -Eyes and ear for President Roosevelt
-Helped to start the United Nations
-First Lady
-Human/Civil Rights

Thurgood Marshall -Supreme Court Justice(President Johnson appointed him as Supreme Court Justice)
-Fought for Civil Rights
-Desegregation

Lyndon B. Johnson -President when Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964
-Great Society

Cesar Chavez -Fought for rights for migrant farmers
-Started a labor union

Democracy -Modeled our Government/architecture after Greece
-Direct/Representative/Republic
-Separation of Powers
-Levels of Government (local, state, national)
-Branches of Government (Legislative, Executive, Judicial)

Economy -Resources (Productive, Human, Capital, Entrepreneurship)
-Good and Services
-Interdependence/Trade
-Producer/Consumer
-Spending/Saving
-Currency

Geography -Latitude/Longitude
-5 Rivers (Ohio, Hudson, Mississippi, Colorado, Rio Grande)
-2 Mountain Ranges (Appalachian, Rocky)

Vocab Word Definition Examples
Noun
Person, place, thing, idea Alfred, school, pencil, childhood
Verb
Action word Run, skip, jump/am, is are
Adjective
Describing word Yellow, tall, three
Adverb
Modifies a verb, adjective,
or another adverb
Surely, quickly, very, neatly
(see schoolhouse rock )
Pronoun
professional noun-takes the
place of a noun
It, they, him, her, our
Subject
-what the sentence is about(can
be simple=one word, or
compound=multiple words
The man ran down the road.

Predicate
The action in the sentence(can
be simple=one word, or
compound=multiple words)
The man ran down the road.
Homophone
Words that sound the same,
spelled differently
Dear, deer ant, aunt
Homograph
Multiple meaning words Park, trunk, top
Plural noun
A noun that means more than
one
Bears, leaves, papers
Possessive noun
A noun that shows ownership Dogs, Jims, coaches
Comparative adverb/adjective
Compares two things (ends in
er)
Bigger, taller
Superlative adverb/adjective
Compares three or more things
(ends in est)
Best, smallest, highest
Coordinating conjunction
Joins two words, or phrases F.A.N.B.O.Y.S. (for,and,nor, but,or, yet,
so)
Subordinating conjunction
Joins two words, or phrases So, once, after, because, if,
until, while, although
Compound sentence
*uses a coordinating conjunction. The man ran and he went to the store.
Complex sentence
Uses a subordinating conjunction She had fun so she went back.

Science
Habitats- (Mountain, Piedmont, Coastal Plains, Wetland/Swamp/Marsh, Atlantic
Ocean)
Adaptation-a trait that helps a plant or animal changes to survive in an
environment.
Pollution-harmful material that is added to the environment.
Mineral-a solid that is found in nature and has never been alive.
Rock- a naturally formed solid made of grains of one or more minerals.
Soils-Humus, sand, silt, clay, loam
Fossil-the hardened remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago.
Magnet-an object that is attracted to iron.
Heat-the movement of thermal energy from hotter to cooler objects.