If the world were 100 people, what would it be like?
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Exploring Landforms And Bodies of Water
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Did You Know?
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Weslandia
Weslandia is a book we examine to identify characteristics of social studies. Click here to hear/watch a reading of the book on youtube.
Weslandia is a book we examine to identify characteristics of social studies. Click here to hear/watch a reading of the book on youtube.
Geo-Literacy
Click here to watch a video from National Geographic on What is Geo-literacy?
Click here to watch a video from National Geographic on What is Geo-literacy?
What Can You Do With Geography?
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Map Skills
Flocabulary has a cool video/song about map skills. Click here to check it out!
Latitude and Longitude
There's a parody of a One Direction song about Latitude and Longitude. Click here to check it out!
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GPS Coordinates
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Flyover of Europe
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Geography of Europe
Sheppard Software offers varying levels of teaching and interactive practice for learning the Capitols, Counties, and Landscapes of Europe. This goes more in-depth (covers more than we do in class), but knowing more never hurt! Click here to check it out!
Sheppard Software offers varying levels of teaching and interactive practice for learning the Capitols, Counties, and Landscapes of Europe. This goes more in-depth (covers more than we do in class), but knowing more never hurt! Click here to check it out!
Geography of Europe
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Danube River
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Rhine River
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Global Shipping
Click here to hear/watch an animated map of global shipping, then explore on your own to see how ships move goods around the world.
Factors Contributing to Population Distribution (Start at 1:50)
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European Environmental Issues
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Acid Rain (in Germany)
National Geographic has a great site explaining the causes, effects, and solutions for acid rain. There's also a short video! Click here to check it out!
National Geographic has a great site explaining the causes, effects, and solutions for acid rain. There's also a short video! Click here to check it out!
Air Pollution in the United Kingdom
BBC News has a site about the causes, effects, and solutions for the air pollution issue in the United Kingdom. Click here to check it out!
History.com explains The Great Smog of 1952. Click here to check it out!
BBC News has a site about the causes, effects, and solutions for the air pollution issue in the United Kingdom. Click here to check it out!
History.com explains The Great Smog of 1952. Click here to check it out!
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
BBC News has a site about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The vocabulary is advanced, but the pictures are great. Be sure to click on the different pages across the top. Click here to check it out!
Below are clips from the Chernobyl series from HBO:
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Click here for the evacuation
Click here for the meeting scene in which they discuss the effects of the accident
BBC News has a site about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The vocabulary is advanced, but the pictures are great. Be sure to click on the different pages across the top. Click here to check it out!
Below are clips from the Chernobyl series from HBO:
Click here for the core exploding
Click here for the evacuation
Click here for the meeting scene in which they discuss the effects of the accident
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Major Religions of Europe
PBS has a good site that goes more in depth with the history of and beliefs of the three major religions in Europe (Judaism, Christianity, Islam). There are pictures on the left and and interactive glossary embedded in the text. Click here to check it out!
PBS has a good site that goes more in depth with the history of and beliefs of the three major religions in Europe (Judaism, Christianity, Islam). There are pictures on the left and and interactive glossary embedded in the text. Click here to check it out!
The United Religions Initiative (URI) has a wonderful site that explain aspects of religion, and allows for further investigation of major religions. Click on Islam, Christianity, and/or Judaism along the top to explore more about each. Click here to check it out!
Brain Pop has a good video on religions. Click here to check it out- you'll need to log in.
Let It Go- in 25 languages
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How Far I'll Go- in 24 languages
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What is History for?
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The Legend of the Lunchroom Fight- a la Mr. Brink
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European Colonies
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The Scramble for Africa and the Berlin Conference
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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand- start of WWI
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World War I
Click here to watch an overview of WWI.
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Trench Warfare in WWI
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WWI Technologies
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Treaty of Versailles
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The Treaty of Versailles and Consequences
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How WWI Changed Europe's Borders
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War and Revolution in Russia
BBC has a great website about the war and Revolution in Russia. Click here to check it out!
Brain Pop has a good vide on Communism. Click here to check it out- you'll need to log in.
BBC has a great website about the war and Revolution in Russia. Click here to check it out!
Brain Pop has a good vide on Communism. Click here to check it out- you'll need to log in.
Russian Revolution, part 1
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Russian Revolution, Part 2
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The Rise of the Nazi Party
This interactive reading includes links for vocabulary, pronunciation, more information, etc. It's a wonderful tool- click here to check it out!
This interactive reading includes links for vocabulary, pronunciation, more information, etc. It's a wonderful tool- click here to check it out!
Adolf Hitler and Causes of WWII
Brain Pop has a good video on Adolf Hitler. Click here to check it out- you'll need to log in.
Brain Pop also has a good video on the causes of WWII. Click here to check it out- you'll need to log in.
Brain Pop also has a good video on the causes of WWII. Click here to check it out- you'll need to log in.
How Did Hitler Rise to Power?
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Nazi Racial State
BBC has a good website about the Nazi racial state and what was involved with this. Click here to check it out! (Extension)
BBC has a good website about the Nazi racial state and what was involved with this. Click here to check it out! (Extension)
Discrimination
Click here to watch a clip from the movie The Boy In The Striped Pajamas.
Click here to watch the clip of an episode where Cory is the acting teacher and shares a lesson on what discrimination is like.
Click here to watch the clip of an episode where Cory is the acting teacher and shares a lesson on what discrimination is like.
Warsaw Uprising
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Germany Invades Poland, September 1, 1939- start of WWII
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WWII History Bomb
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Cold War History Bomb
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The Cold War
History.com has a great website about the aspects of the Cold War. Click here to check it out!
Brain Pop has a good video about the Cold War. Click here to check it out- you'll need to log in.
History.com has a great website about the aspects of the Cold War. Click here to check it out!
Brain Pop has a good video about the Cold War. Click here to check it out- you'll need to log in.
Cold War- Butter Battle Book
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Berlin Wall Falls and USSR Dissolves
The US government has a brief explanation of the falling of the Berlin Wall and dissolving of the USSR. Click here to check it out!
CNN made a video to celebrate the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Click here to check it out.
Click here to watch a TED Talk on the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall.
The US government has a brief explanation of the falling of the Berlin Wall and dissolving of the USSR. Click here to check it out!
CNN made a video to celebrate the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Click here to check it out.
Click here to watch a TED Talk on the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall.
Countries on the Economic Continuum
Want to know where the countries are located on the economic continuum? What's the most market leaning? What's the most command leaning? What is the score for the USA? Click here to explore!
Economic Systems
Discovery Education has a good video on Economic Systems. Click here to check it out- you'll need to log in.
Parliamentary vs. Presidential- Obertopia
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Introduction to Economics
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Economic Continuum- Obertopia
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)- Obertopia
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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Capital Resources- Obertopia
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Trade Barriers- Obertopia
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Specialization and Trade
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Imports, Exports, and Exchange Rates
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Entrepreneurship
There's a video on this site that talks about how to become an entrepreneur. Click here to check it out!
Standard of Living
After watching the Ted Talk video (click here) of the woman who created the Dollar Street, click here to explore the various images of how people around the world live based on income.
Introduction to Canada
Discovery Education has a good introduction to Canada video. Click here to check it out- you'll need to log in.
Canadian Provinces Rap
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Tom Brokaw Explains Canada
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Geography Now- Canada
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Canada's Geographic Challenge
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Tree cutting machines
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Fracking
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NAFTA
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USMCA
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How the USMCA is different from NAFTA
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Quebec
Discovery Education has a good video on Quebec. Click here to check it out- you'll need to log in.
Quebec Independence Movement
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Introduction to Australia
Discovery Education has a good video on an introduction to Australia. Click here to check it out- you'll need to log in.
Australian Geography- skip 1:42 to 3:35
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Ayers Rock- video from GADOE
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Ayers Rock (Uluru)- relevant content ends at 2:12
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How Ayers Rock (Uluru) formed
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Helicopter Ride Around Uluru
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Great Barrier Reef- video from GADOE
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Is the Great Barrier Reef Dead? (stop at 6:12)
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Great Barrier Reef Documentary (National Geographic, 2020)- 55 minutes
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Great Victoria Desert
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Australia's Geographic Challenge
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Why do we have different climates across Australia?
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Bushfires in Australia
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Science behind the bushfires
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Why Australia's fires are linked to floods in Africa
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How climate change has intensified the Australian wildfires
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A look inside Australia's Stolen Generation
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Aboriginal dance show
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Rock the capitals- South America
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Panama Canal Timelapse
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How the Panama Canal works
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Panama Canal- past, present, future
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Geography of Latin America
Discovery Education has a good video on the geography of Latin America. Click here to check it out- you'll need to log in.
Latin America Land and Resources
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Amazon Deforestation
Click here for an update with great graphics from October 2020.
Deforestation (National Geographic)
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Destruction of the Amazon Rainforest explained
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Air Pollution in Mexico City
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Mexico City's pollution: toward a better future
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Mexico City's Air Pollution
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Geography Now! Brazil
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Aztecs
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Montezuma II
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Incas
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Cortes
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Simon Bolivar
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Toussaint L'Ouverture
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Age of Exploration- Flocabulary
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Conquistadors and Slavery- Flocabulary
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Personal Finance- Games
CLICK HERE to play financial football, but you can also explore this site and find other financial literacy games
CLICK HERE to practice personal finance skills surrounding creating a Hollywood movie!
CLICK HERE to practice personal finance skills surrounding creating a Hollywood movie!
Personal Finance- what will we be learning?
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What is a bank?
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Investment
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How does the stock market work? (TED Ed)
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How the stock exchange works
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How to read a stock table
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