Research Resources

List of 5 items.

• Coins for Change

  Food

  • Lesson Path
  • Food and Water for Caguas (Defense Visual Information Service)
  • Greatest Good Donation Calculator (Center for International Disaster Information)

  
  Water
  

  • Water (Britannica School)- see "Introduction" and "Water Treatment and Supply"
  • How we Use Water (DK Find Out)
  • Keeping Healthy: Water (DK Find Out)
  • Defeating Cholera with Clean Water (Maps101)
  • Food and Water in an Emergency (FEMA)

  
  Shelter
  

  • Shelter (Britannica School)-- see levels 1 and 2
  • Image: "A refugee camp is full of temporary shelters for victims of an earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010"
  • Hurricane Maria destroys homes, knocks out power in Puerto Rico (Associated Press, adapted by Newsela)
  • Wildfires hit northern California causing 20,000 people to evacuate (Associated Press, adapted by Newsela)
  • Nepal hit by its worst earthquake in eight decades (Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela)
  • Wildfires (National Geographic)
  • Defeating Cholera with Clean Water (Maps101)- "When a country experiences a natural disaster, especially one that disrupts water and sanitation systems or displaces people, the chance of a cholera outbreak increases. In Haiti, widespread homelessness following the earthquake forced many people to drink from local streams. The cholera bacteria then spread quickly. Now with recent damage to the tent cities by Hurricane Tomas, water sources are compromised even more."

  
  Healthcare
  

  • Disaster Medical Assistance Teams in Fajardo (FEMA)
  • Defeating Cholera with Clean Water (Maps101)- "During a major outbreak in an undeveloped region or disaster area, however, the numbers of sick and dying easily overwhelm the primitive medical facilities and personnel. Many, particularly children, die without ever reaching a doctor."

  
  Education
  

  • Education (Britannica School)
  • School (World Book Kids)
  • School (World Book Student)
  • Puerto Rican students face hardships after Hurricane Maria (Newsela)
  • Chicago schools ease rules to help displaced students from Puerto Rico (Newsela)

  
  General
  Aid Agency (Britannica School)
  Extreme Weather (Scholastic GO)
  Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (Scholastic GO)
  Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, International (Scholastic GO)
  Natural Disaster (Britannica School)
  Disaster (World Book Kids)
  Effects of Extreme Weather (DK Find Out)
  Natural Disasters (BrainPOP)
  Greatest Good Donation Calculator (Center for International Disaster Information)

• House 37 Vikings

• House 43 Biography Study

  Use resources from the list below to learn about different civil rights leaders.
  
  

  • The World Almanac Kids: Notable Black Americans
  • The World Almanac Kids: Civil Rights Leaders
  • The World Almanac Kids: Social Leaders and Activists
  • Biography in Context: African Americans

• House 44 Native Americans Research

  House 44 Native Americans Research Packet
  
  Use the following links to find articles about your Native American region:
  
  Northeast Indians
  

  • Worldbook Early People: Indians of Eastern North America
  • The Northeast Area Major Groups (map)
  • American Tribes of the Eastern Woodlands: Scholastic GO!
  • Indians of the East: World Almanac Kids

  
  Northwest Indians
  

  • Worldbook Early People: Indians of the Northwest Coast and Plateau
  • The Northwest Coast Area Major Groups (map)
  • Indian Nations of the Far West: Almanac World Kids

  
  Great Plains Indians
  

  • Worldbook Early People: Indians of the Plains and Great Basin
  • The Plains Area Major Groups (map)
  • Plains Indians: Britaninica School
  • Plains Indians: Scholastic GO!
  • Indians of the Great Plains: Almanac World Kids

• House 45 Continents Research

  House 45 Continents Research Packet
  
  Use the following links to find articles about your continent:
  
  Africa:
  

  • Britannica School Elementary: Africa
  • World Book Kids: Africa
  • Scholastic Go: Africa

  
  Asia:
  

  • Britannica School Elementary: Asia
  • World Book Kids: Asia
  • Scholastic Go: Asia

  
  Europe:
  

  • Britannica School Elementary: Europe
  • World Book Kids: Europe
  • Scholastic Go: Europe

  
  Antarctica:
  

  • Britannica School Elementary: Antarctica
  • World Book Kids: Antarctica
  • Scholastic Go: Antarctica

  
  Australia:
  

  • Britannica School Elementary: Australia
  • World Book Kids: Australia
  • Scholastic Go: Australia

  
  South America:
  

  • Britannica School Elementary: South America
  • World Book Kids: South America
  • Scholastic Go: South America

  
  North America:
  

  • Britannica School Elementary: North America
  • World Book Kids: North America
  • Scholastic Go: North America