Social+Studies+REsources

General Culturegrams in Learn Alberta Online Reference Centre has kids level country and culture information.

Grade 1

Grade 2 Grade 3
 * [] draw on google maps. Create an interactive annotated map of your unit.
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 * [|http://www.drinking-water.org] an interactive map showing where water is available and how it is used.
 * [|http[[http://quikmaps.com/|://quikmaps.com/] draw on google maps. Create an interactive annotated map of your unit.]]
 * [] The kids were amazed by this. It's an interactive map with statistics on population, CO2 emissions, births and deaths. We spent some time comparing the size of countries to their emissions. Particularly interesting was the comparison of Australia's small populations and high CO2 emissions to countries traditionally blamed for high emissions such as India or China.
 * United Nations Comtrade [|database]. This is good. You need to go to the metadata and reference section, then to a country.
 * [|http://earth.google.com/]you can explore the [|Crisis in Dafur] using tools created by the Museum Mapping Iniative.
 * Unicef Freedom from discrimination short video []
 * [] World day aginst child labour by Unicef
 * [] Cartoon : The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
 * [] World day aginst child labour by Unicef (Better program)
 * Water for Life - Unicef []
 * [] Lullaby - The Unicef Anthem Commemorating 20 years of the Rights of Children
 * juniorglobal citizen.org Excellent site to read about global literature for students.
 * [] Import / Export of food products in Canada.
 * [] Log in through thte onlline reference centre at Leanr ALberta... all four social studies countries are to be found at grade 3 level in this resource.

Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6
 * [] draw on google maps. Create an interactive annotated map of your unit.
 * [] draw on google maps. Create an interactive annotated map of your unit.
 * [] draw on google maps. Create an interactive annotated map of your unit.