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= **5th Grade Social Studies - Miscellaneous and Just for Fun** =

Websites
__ **Miscellaneous** __
 * Discovery Streaming Video: TEAMS: History Hunt: School House History Students discover how schools looked, what equipment teachers used, and what subjects were taught in times gone by. Students also research their own school's history to discover how it has changed over time.
 * Tutorial and Activity: Continents and Oceans of the World There is a tutorial element as well as an online activity which offers three levels of challenge.

__ **Just for Fun** __
 * Discovery Streaming Video: Holiday Facts and Fun: Halloween Come along on a trip to the slightly spooky, yet fun-filled world of Halloween. The history of the holiday is shown, along with an explanation of Halloween symbols and traditional activities. Halloween safety rules are covered in detail.
 * Discovery Streaming Video: Holiday Facts and Fun: Thanksgiving Children learn interesting facts about how harvest festivals are celebrated in various places around the world. The Pilgrim's first year in the New World is described. A historically accurate reenactment of the harvest festival celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621 is shown.
 * Discovery Streaming Video: [|Veterans and Veterans Day] Considers how America's hard-working men and women in uniform protect the freedoms established by the Constitution and Bill of Rights. The program introduces the marines, army, navy, and others and notes how they have helped secure our freedoms across history, from World War I to World War II and the Korean War. Visiting Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington, Virginia, the presentation honors all veterans while studying the freedoms on which the United States was founded.

**Lessons**
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