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Recognize components of American culture (i.e., holidays, language, clothing, food, art, music, and religion). |
Plimoth Plantation's 1st Thanksgiving - What was the 1st Thanksgiving really like? |
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Interpret how culture changes over time as a consequence of industrialization, technology or cultural diffusion (i.e., railroad transportation, telecommunication, building design, varied types of music and the growth of government services). |
America On the Move - Explore how transportation shaped our lives, landscapes, cultures, and communities.
Lizzie's Morning - Follow a young American from bed to breakfast to bus and see how many cultures have touched her world. A National Geographic Xpedition.
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| 5.1.spi.3. |
Recognize personal, religious, and national celebrations of various American cultures (i.e., Independence Day, Columbus Day, Native American or American Indian Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Veteran's Day, Memorial Day, or Thanksgiving). |
Celebrate the World - A Thinkquest Winter Holiday Webquest
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage - Scholastic site with several activities. |
| 5.1.spi.4. |
Analyze graphs to discover cultural trends (i.e., clothing, music, or radio sales). |
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| 5.2.spi.1. |
Differentiate between needs and wants on a personal and national level. |
Needs vs. Wants - From PBSkids. |
| 5.2.spi.2. |
Differentiate between an economic boom and bust. |
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| 5.2.spi.3. |
Recognize the concept of buying on credit. |
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| 5.2.spi.4. |
Interpret economic issues as expressed in maps, tables, diagrams, and charts (i.e., automobile sales, unemployment rates, or airplane production). |
Supply and Demand - read a graph and answer questions - see what happens when the price of a product causes the demand to decrease |
| 5.2.spi.5. |
Analyze how environmental changes and crisis affected the economy across the nation in the 1930's (i.e., Dust Bowl, Black Tuesday, Great Depression, Hoovervilles). |
America in the 1930's - from the American Studies project at The University of Virginia
The American Experience: Surviving the Dust Bowl - from PBS
Photo Library: Main Index - the New Deal photo collection covering much more than the economy of the 30's |
| 5.2.spi.6. |
Recognize how Americans used credit/installment plans to purchase consumer goods in the 1920's (i.e., vacuum cleaners, washing machines, radios, and other home appliances). |
The 20’s and 30’s - a Quia quiz about life and economics in the 20’s and 30’s
The 1920’s Experience - It was the age of prohibition, it was the age of prosperity, and it was the age of downfall. |
| 5.3.spi.1. |
Locate continents and significant bodies of water (i.e., the Great Lakes, Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans, Columbia, Missouri, Colorado, Rio Grande, Ohio, Tennessee, St. Lawrence and Mississippi rivers). |
Interactive U.S. Maps - Can you find the major rivers & lakes?
Label Maps at iKnowThat.com - Note: this link takes you to an index of activities. To work on this SPI, select any of the five entries in the Physical Features section, click on the green Maybe Later button to go to the activity, and then select either Puzzle or Labels to begin.
World Continents and Oceans Games - Learn the world's continents and oceans with these five games.
U.S. History Map - Interactive site from Annenberg Media. The section "From Sea to Shining Sea" offers students a chance to identify and locate the country's important geographic features, such as lakes, rivers, and mountain
ranges. 
All-Star River Explorers - All you ever wanted to know about U.S. rivers and the people who explored them - from the University of Illinois. |
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Determine America's population shifts by interpreting a population map. |
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| 5.3.spi.3. |
Locate information from an atlas entry. |
On-Line Atlas - from InfoPlease
National Atlas of the United States of America- the single best Federal source for national maps and geographic information on the Web |
| 5.3.spi.4. |
Locate a major United States city using latitude and longitude. |
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| 5.3.spi.5. |
Identify the physical and political boundaries of Tennessee. |
Map of Tennessee showing the counties and the regions 
Printable map of Tennessee - showing major rivers |
| 5.3.spi.6. |
Locate the 50 states using a map with each state outlined. |
US Map Puzzle - Online interactive puzzle - match states to their locations. Choose with outlines or without. Also match capitals to the correct states..
Interactive U. S. Geography Activities - How well do you know the states of the United States?
Identify the 50 states - listed as a 3rd grade activity, however this activity reinformes SPI 5.3.6
Map Race from Alfy - work against time to place all 50 states in their proper location
U.S. History Map - Interactive site from Annenberg Media. The section "50 States" reviews the regions of the U.S. and then asks students to locate the states. |
| 5.3.spi.7. |
Recognize and compare landforms, climate, and natural resources of the three grand divisions of Tennessee. |
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| 5.3.spi.8. |
Interpret a climograph. |
Climagraphs - Definition along with examples.
Interactive Climate Map - Move your cursor over a rectangle to see a climograph. Click on the rectangle to view information about the climate at that location |
| 5.4.spi.1 |
Distinguish between the local, state, and federal levels of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the American government. |
Judicial Branch - A ThinkQuest Jr. website that gives information regarding the judicial branch in easy to read format. |
| 5.4.spi.2. |
Select examples using illustrations of First Amendment freedoms (i.e., speech, assembly, and religion). |
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| 5.4.spi.3. |
Recognize the rights established by the 13th, 14th, 15th and 19h amendments. |
The Nineteenth Amendment - Women's Fight for the Vote
The 14th Amendment |
| 5.4.spi.4. |
Recognize the differences between the Tennessee State Constitution and the United States Constitution. |
Tennessee State Constitution - the 1870 constitution as amended in 2003 [a 25 page .pdf document]
Constitution of the United States - from the national archives |
| 5.4.spi.5. |
Differentiate among the purposes stated in the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. |
Charters of Freedom - From the National Archives. Numerous resources about the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights .
Bill of Rights - Purpose of Bill of Rights
Constitution - Purpose of Constitution
Declaration of Independence - Purpose of this document
Six Important US Documents - from Ben's Guide to U. S. Government for Kids |
| 5.5.spi.1. |
Interpret sectional differences in the North and South in pre-Civil War (i.e., a map of Union, Confederate, and border-states, pictorial representations of crop production, reading timelines, and interpreting bar graphs showing human, natural, and manmade resources). |
Seeing Time (Using timelines as a resource) - gives students a chance to refine and extend their ability to construct, read, analyze, and draw conclusions from timelines (Author - Richard Johnson)
The South During the Civil War - An Overview
The North During the Civil War - An Overview |
| 5.5.spi.2. |
Recognize military and nonmilitary leaders from the North and South during Civil War (i.e., Frederick Douglass, Clara Barton, Chief Justice Roger Taney, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis). |
Civil War for kids - short biographies of Civil War leaders, images of other leaders, links to other Civil War Sites
Who Am I? - A history mystery involving Civil War history. Use the clues to decide who the mystery person is. |
| 5.5.spi.3. |
Interpret timelines that depict major historical post-Civil War events. |
America on the Move: 1876-2000 - explores the role of transportation in America’s history (drag the timeline to see different time periods) |
| 5.5.spi.4. |
Recognize the rights that workers fought for in the late 1800's (i.e., wages, hours, insurance, and working conditions). |
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| 5.5.spi.5. |
Interpret a visual contrasting life before and after Word War II (i.e., education, family size, transportation, urbanization, and the role of women). |
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| 5.5.spi.6. |
Determine the hardships encountered by Greater Plain settlers in the late 1800's (i.e., building materials, natural geography, climatic conditions, isolated communities, lack of revenue). |
Sod Housing - photo of a family outside of their sod house. Other links to pictures of that time listed at the bottom of the page. |
| 5.5.spi.7. |
Interpret a primary reading sample. |
You be the Historian - Learn about life in the late 1700s based on the evidence presented in the activity |
| 5.5.spi.8. |
Recognize examples of how the how the United States confronted Civil Rights issues, (i.e., Brown v. Board of Education, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Birmingham Civil Rights march, American Indian Movement (AIM) Civil Rights Act of 1964). |
Brown vs Board of Education - PDF files to print; quiz, activities, free poster, and more
Civil Rights - The Learning Page - Many resources of this time |