Thanksgiving, Waitangi Day & Dia de los Muertos

Here are the links to stuff we looked at today:

Thanksgiving

http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/culture/thanksgiving/

Waitangi Day

http://www.wcl.govt.nz/blogs/kids/index.php/2013/02/05/waitangi-day-the-treaty-of-waitangi/

Dia de los Muertos

http://www.celebrate-day-of-the-dead.com/day-of-the-dead-facts.html

If you are interested in experiencing some of Dia de los Muertos in nelson on Labour day!

http://www.nelsonartsfestival.co.nz/programme/community/day-of-the-dead/

Links to movies we watched about celebrations

Halloween:

http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/culture/halloween/

Diwali:

http://mocomi.com

http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/culture/diwali/

We didn't get to this page, but it has some great information on it too:

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/peopleplaces/diwali/

Festivals around the world

What we are up to this term

We have been looking at and making timelines and working out patterns.  It is so nice to have everyone back in our class!!

 

 

Online time line

Here is a cool resource to make timelines online.  I can't work out a good way to save and continue working on them- maybe you can!!

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/timeline-30007.html

British history timelines

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/timeline/timeline.shtml

What does BC or AD stand for?

http://www.digonsite.com/drdig/general/53.html