| Social Studies
 ONLINE
TEXT BOOK INFORMATION
This year, 6th graders will have the opportunity to utilize their
social studies textbook online. This tool will be very useful to
help all 6th grade students study for tests even in the event that they may
have forgotten their books at school. Please take some time to register
for the online textbook. (Students, please do this after receiving
your parent's permission.)
Registration information can be
found here.
6th Grade students in Central Bucks
learn to incorporate the 5
Themes of Geography with 4 regions of the world: Africa, Asia, Europe,
and South America. Students will learn by reading and creating
maps, interpreting geographic and historic data as well as studying economic
and cultural information about these world regions. Below are some useful
web sites that can help you study and succeed in social studies this
year. If you find a new site that may be useful for our class, please
send it here.
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Geography Web Sites
Chapters 1-3 |
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- Get
lists of the cites and countries with the most people as
well as the countries with the fewest. (Chapter 3)
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- Information on the political issues, geography, population,
and economy from the CIA
World Fact Book. (Chapter 3)
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Europe
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Asia
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- Learn the countries of Europe and their capitals with this
fun and educational
puzzle game. How fast can you put all of the countries in
the right places?
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- Learn the countries of Asia and their capitals with this
fun and educational
puzzle game. How fast can you put all of the countries in
the right places?
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- "I have
found
a good website for us to study for the quiz on the Asian
countries. It is a map of Asia and the countries we are learning
about, such as China stand out really well in big letters."
~ Shannon S.
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- Learn to speak Chinese and Japanese
- Learn to write Chinese and Japanese
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Africa
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Latin America
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Student Submitted Sites
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African Maps
- Mr. Jaffe,
Below is a website and description that you could
put under the Africa Subject Area Resources: This is a really
good
interactive map of Africa (from National Geographic), that
you could study with for the Africa Country Test.
~Elizabeth
- Here is a website with interactive maps:
www.ilike2learn.com
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interactive map to learn the countries of Africa.
- Learn the countries of Africa and their capitals with this
fun and
educational
puzzle game. How fast can you put all of the countries in
the right places?
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Explore Africa: "For centuries, Africa has mesmerized the
world with its stunning scenery, its ancient civilizations, its
hypnotizing music. This is your chance to experience the world's
most fascinating continent."
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- "I found this
site about Africa and it is similar to the CIA factbook. It
has a map of Africa and lists each countries economy, population
and natural resources." ~ Steven
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- Learn the countries of Latin America and their capitals with this
fun and
educational
puzzle game. How fast can you put all of the countries in
the right places?
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