Welcome to The Forbidden City.  Click on the links below to learn about this amazing city, take a virtual tour and play online games.

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/architecture/mingarchitecture.htm

http://china.mrdonn.org/forbiddencity.html

http://www.thechinaguide.com/index.php?action=activity/view&activity_id=2

 http://pbskids.org/sagwa/games/palace/index_palace.html

 

We will be studying Peter the Great at the next co-op.  Click on the links below to learn about Peter the Great.  They will help you answer your History Detective questions.

http://www.timewarptrio.com/adventures/russia/

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/peter_the_great.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyLJ2aiKUOw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfWaHCWO42M

Extra Credit  Choose One

1st-4th graders

1. Write a paragraph about Peter the Great

2.  Write a paragraph about St. Petersburg, Russia

3.  List 10 changes Peter made to Russia

4.  Color the Russia looks west map. See if you can find the Baltic Sea.

Pre-k/K

1.  Draw a picture of Peter the Great

2.  Print a picture of Peter the Great and cut it into a puzzle.  Bring it to class and let your friends try to put it together. 

Next co-op we will be learning about the Pilgrims.  Check out these sites to learn some interesting facts about the Pilgrims.

http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/History/plymoth1.php


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2XXJ1EID6I&feature=related

                   






The kids can pick one of the following extra credit options.
Extra Credit:
1. Write a paragraph about the Pilgrims military leader, Captain Myles Standish
2. List 10 facts about the Pilgrims journey on the Mayflower
3. List 5 similarities and 5 differences about the life of a Pilgrim child compared to your life
4. Make a Pilgrim hat
5. Color the map of the New Colonies in the New World 

We had a fun first co-op sailing, trading furs, trading spices and establishing a colony just like Samuel Champlain.  

Next co-op we will learn about Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the warlords of Japan.  Use the links below to answer the questions to your history detective.

http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/history/q2.html

http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/history/q3.html

https://etap.org/demo/grade7_history/lesson5/instructiontutor_last.html

The links below are to a video and a game called Little Samurai.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz_hcMD3l3U&feature=related

http://www.primarygames.com/puzzles/action/littlesamurai/

Welcome to Tricounty Elementary History. We will be using the blog and a library list this year to study the 1600's - 1850. An optional text is Story of the World Vol. 3. Below is a list of topics we will cover in class.

Co-op  Week 1:  Chapter 4  Searching for the Northwest Passage, Samuel Champlain and Henry        Hudson
Co-op Week 2:  Chapter 5 Japan, Sumo Wrestling
Co-op Week 3:  Chapter 6 Plymouth Rock
Co-op Week 4:  Chapter 9 The Thirty Years' War
Co-op Week 5:  Chapter 17 Peter the Great
Co-op Week 6:  Chapter 20 China, Emperor Chi'en
Co-op Week 7:  Assemble Lapbooks and play review game

Searching for the Northwest Passage

Below you will find links to discover more about Samuel Champlain and Henry Hudson.  Use this information to answer the questions on your History Detective.

http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/early/topic1.html

 http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/champlain.html

                    

 Samuel Champlain             Henry Hudson

Extra Credit - Choose One 

1st-4th grade

1. Write a paragraph about the Northwest Passage and what it is today.

2.  Draw a map of the Northwest Passage.

3.  Write a story about Henry Hudson or Samuel Champlain and their search for the Northwest Passage.

Pre-k/K

1. Color the map of Northwest Passage and Samuel Champlain