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A week of Connecticut History Museum visits, Keeler Tavern, possible history walk and Colonial Fair put on by parents. A few sites you may want to use.Most are basic.(As well, there is a latitude and longitude lesson and quiz on the smart board under US lessons Grade 4-6.)

[] (This one has an easy interactive map, compass rose, legend, and some questions.)

[] (This one has the US with latitude and longitude degrees,and a scale.Questions regarding the position or direction of a city in relation to another, along with figuring out distance with scale are on here.)

[] (This is a blank compass rose.You can fill it in and check your answers.)

[] (Interactive map works with latitude and longitude lines and scale.)

[] (Interactive map withmap key and grid.)

__**EXPLORERS**__ Day 1: Atlas bk. pg. 12,13,14,15 Fill in paper that refers to pg. 14-15 (located in teacher edition of Atlas. Day 2: World Explorer Map - (This will be folded in 4ths and put in Social Studies folder) Look at map and talk about what it shows. On Back of map read about ** Henry Hudson. ** Hand out information on Hudson, stopping to understand each paragraph. Fill in chart as they read.  Day 3: May have to continue with Hudson. Begin ** John Cabot ** - read papers, filling in Venn Diagram. Refer to map and put these voyages on large Explorer map.  Day 4: Continue with ** John Cabot ** if needed. Put both explorers on the time line. Discuss similarites and differences between the 2. Start **Jacques Cartier** . Draw his route on the map. Read through carefully, stopping after each paragraph to discuss. Put him on the time line.  Day 5: Do 2 assessments to grade. **(Jacques Cartier) Giovanni Verrazano -** give the sheets. Read and discuss.   Day 6: Continue with ** Verrazano ** - put on time line. Discuss similarities and differences of these.

Day 7 - 10. Concluding Explorers play. Divide them into groups of each explorer learned and have them make up a skit based on what they learned. Other students take notes. Website activity? We used this one year with Liza. I