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Shining Star Purple Book A

Semester 1

Longman web companion site  Thematic web links, student/teacher resources

Semester 1

Ancient Kids PPT example

Rome and Maya Culture PPT

Unit 1 Part 1 Vocabulary PPT

Review for Part 1 Test

Web search review for unit 1  (to do with worksheet on drive)

Ancient Cultures Greeks Crystal links Culture

Ancient Cultures More about Greeks Daily life

Ancient Cultures Romans  School/Play time

Ancient Cultures More about Romans Education

Ancient Cultures Mayans Mayan kids

Ancient Cultures More Maya Civilization

• The Ancient Greek World at 
• Interactive lessons on ancient Greece.
•  Odyssey Online 
• Take an interactive tour of a Mayan site, view Mayan artifacts, and learn more about the "people of the jaguar." 

Part 2

Fables

Amazing Facts

Quia Game for Part 2 Battleship

Quia Quiz for Part 2

•  the Nature site on reptiles, 
• Check out Exploratorium for online exhibits, tours, and tales about frogs.
• Visit Enchanted Learning for informative printouts about reptiles.
•  San Diego Natural History Museum. 

Challenges and Choices Intro PPT

Unit 2 Part 1 Vocabulary PPT

Hangman:  Vocabulary  Practice Part 1 

• Rosa Parks, plus an interview.
• Albert Einstein 
• Visit physicist Stephen Hawking's Universe 
• Arctic explorers Robert Peary and Matthew Henson 
• Ellen Ochoa NASA astronaut

Part 2

Rags to Riches Review Game    Part 2

• Battlefield Vietnam 
• The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund website 
• The Wars for Viet Nam, 1945-1975 
• Visit the History Place for comprehensive timelines, quotes, and a slide show about the Vietnam War.
  

Unit 3 Part 1 Vocabulary PPT

Battleship  Vocabulary Practice Part 1

Mysterious Ways PPT

• "Secrets of Lost Empires"
  
• Take a visual adventure to the Egyptian pyramids, the land of the Maya, Machu Picchu, and other mysterious places at Culture Focus.
  
• The legend of the Loch Ness monster at NOVA Online. 
  
• The legend of Bigfoot 
• Desert Drawings
• Desert Drawings in Peru

Part 2

Vocabulary practice Part 2

Challenge Board Review game for U3

• "Learning with Mysteries" at
  
• "Millennium Mystery Madness"
  
• The curriculum unit "Murder They Read"
  
• Check out "Improving Deductive Reasoning Skill," a lesson plan on problem-solving.