Wednesday, October 6, 2010

English in the Fourth Term

Grade Four: The Victorians
Here is a fantastic site for children about life in Victorian times:
http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk/learning/walk-through-a-victorian-house/ (Interactive game)
http://cookit.e2bn.org/historycookbook/index-23-victorians.html (very good site)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_fashionhttp://poetry.about.com/od/nurseryrhymes/a/nurseryrhymes.htm
Victorian images for your writing asignment 
Crime and punishment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/

Grade Five: Cowboys of the Wild West
Here is a fantastic site for children about life as a cowboy:  
http://cowboykids.nationalcowboymuseum.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy
http://www.americanwest.com/pages/cowboys.htm (incl cowboy poetry)
Cowboy images for your writing assignment

Grade Six: The Tudors
Here is a fantastic site for children about life in Tudor times: 
http://www.historyonthenet.com/Tudors/tudorsmain.htm (A VERY good site)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudor_dynasty
http://www.tudorhistory.org/
http://www.brims.co.uk/tudors/
http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/astonhall/changingtimes/tudors/tmenu.htm ( A site on Shakespeare)
http://www.poemhunter.com/henry-viii-tudor/ (poetry written by Henry VIII)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare
Tudor images for your writing assignment

2 comments:

  1. Dear Grade fiver's,

    Hi I am Jazmin I live in Victoria Australia also I am in grade 2KJ!! :-D :-D

    This post is very interesting! I especially like the picture you put on your post. :oops: :evil:

    I found your blog on 2KM's blog! do you know 2KM or not??

    From Jazmin in 2KJ

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