Launch Pages
These pages provide you with links to preselected websites about specific topics studied at Ross Elementary School.
REMINDER: These websites are not the creation of Ross Elementary School. We have previewed them before adding them to the list, but are not responsible for or able to change the material on these sites. Some may contain advertisements that should be ignored.
You are responsible for using the websites as allowed by the creators. Be sure to give credit to your resources.
- Animals
- Biographies
- Careers and Occupations
- Christmas Around the World
- Civil Rights
- Civil War, U.S.
- Colonial Life
- Colonial Occupations
- Delaware Economics
- Delaware Famous People
- Delaware History
- Eco-Systems
- Fall Holidays
- Healthy Living
- Human Body
- Insect Websites
- Immigration
- Lenape Indians
- Milford, DE
- Natural Disasters
- Native Americans
- Presidents of the United States
- Rocks and Minerals
- Solar System
- Washington D.C. Places
- Winter Holidays
- CODE
Animals
Biographies
Below are resources that may be helpful when doing research on Famous People. Reminder the links to websites are resources that are not created by nor edited by our school. They are simply resources that may be helpful.
Go to the Elementary School Databases Webpage and look for your person in either World Book, Britannica, SIRS, or Kids Info Bits. (Ask your librarian for the username and password if you are using these at home.)
Harcourt Multimedia Biographies Page
Enchanted Learning Biographies of Great African-Americans
Enchanted Learning Biographies of Famous Explorers
Biographies of the Major People involved in the U. S. Civil War
Biographies of U.S. Presidents
Careers and Occupations
Christmas Around the World
Reminder: These websites are not the creation of Ross Elementary School. We have previewed them before adding them to the list, but are not responsible for or able to change the material on these sites. Many will contain advertisements that should be ignored.
You are responsible for using the websites as allowed by the creators. Be sure to give credit to your resources.
Information from "the-north-pole" website
Christmas Cultures from the "whychristmas" website
Information from "santaclaus.com" website
How is Christmas Celebrated Around the World? from a teachers site in Australia
Holiday traditions from the Californiamall website
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RECIPES
CAROLS How to say Merry Christmas in different languages
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Civil Rights
Civil Rights are the rights given people in a society. In America all people should have the same rights, no matter what race, nationality, color, age, religion, physical ability, or gender.
Civil Rights Timeline from InfoPlease
Present day Civil Rights issues – from the White House
Facts about Civil Rights of Americans – Protected by the U.S. office of Civil Rights
Historic Places in the Civil Rights Movement in America – National Parks Service
History of Women's Rights in America - SurfNetKids timeline
Civil War, U.S.
American Civil War Timelines
Delaware in the Civil War
GENERAL INFORMATION
Civil War Weapons
Battles during the Civil War
Generals
Woman in the Civil War
Important Civil War Documents
Civil War Uniforms
Civil War Medicine
The Railroads in the Civil War
http://www.american-rails.com/railroads-in-the-civil-war.html (ignore advertisements)
Fort Delaware
Civil War Photographs
Colonial Life
Colonial Occupations
Apothecary
Blacksmith
Brass Founder
Cabinetmaker
Carpenter
Chandler
Cooper
Cordwainer and Cobblers
Fuller
Glassblower
Gunsmith
Housewright
Joiner
Miller
Milliner
Papermaker
Printer
Saddler
Shipwright
Silversmith
Storekeeper
Tanner
Tavern Keeper
Wheelwright
Whitesmith
Wigmaker
Pictures to go with Colonial Occupations
Delaware Economics
Delaware Famous People
Delaware History
Eco-Systems
Fall Holidays
LABOR DAY
GRANDPARENTS' DAY
ROSH HASHANAH
HALLOWEEN
Halloween Traditions Around the World
ELECTION DAY
Congress for Kids information about Elections
PBS Kids information and activities
ELECTION DAY
Congress for Kids information about Elections
PBS Kids information and activities
HARVEST FESTIVALS
THANKSGIVING (American)
The First Thanksgiving (The History Channel)
First Thanksgiving Activities (Scholastic) - use top tabs
First Thanksgiving Activities (Scholastic) - use top tabs
VETERANS DAY
Healthy Living
Human Body
Insect Websites
Immigration
Lenape Indians
**Beliefs, Religion, and Customs**
**Clothing**
**Customs- Cultural Activities/Entertainment**
**Food**
**History of the Leni Lenape**
**Language**
**Medicine**
**Where they lived and Migration**
**Shelter**
**Tools**
Eastern Woodlands 1550
Stone tools
Making pots
**Transportation**
Lenape Transportation
**Way of Life**
Lenape Lifestyle in Pennsylvania (much the same as Delaware)
Way of Life Leni Lenape
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**Lenape General Resources
(Search within the webpage for your topic)**
Delaware Tribe of Indians Homepage
The Len'i Lena'pe
Lenni Lenape Native American Village
Lenni Lenape Culture and History
Lenni Lenape Fact Sheet
Treaty of 1778, America's First Indian Treaty
Lenape Heritage
General Facts (especially about PA tribe)
Quick Facts for Kids
Milford, DE
Natural Disasters
Native Americans
Presidents of the United States
Rocks and Minerals
BEST:
Go to the Elementary School Databases Webpage and look for the rock or mineral in one of the databases. (Ask your librarian for the username and password if you are using these at home.) If you need additional information look below.
Borax
Copper
Gneiss
Gold
Lead
Marble
Mica
Platinum
Quartzite
Salt
Silver
Slate
Sulfur
Zinc
WEBSITES WITH GENERAL ROCK INFORMATION AND ACTIVITIES
Solar System
Washington D.C. Places
MONUMENTS on the National Mall
Monuments to Honor War Veterans
The Smithsonian and its Museums
at the Air and Space Museum-
National Museum of Natural History - Official site
at the Museum of Natural History -
- The Hope Diamond (facts from Smithsonian)
at the Museum of Natural History -
- The Hope Diamond (facts from Smithsonian)
Other Important Sites in DC
Related Topics
Winter Holidays
Boxing Day (Australian, Canadian, English, Irish)
Chinese New Year
Christmas (Christian World Wide)
Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Ground Hog Day
Hanukkah also spelled Chanukah
Hogmanay Scotish New Year
Kwanzaa (African American)
Martin Luther King Day (American)
Omisoka (Japanese New Year's Eve)
President's Day
Ramadan (sometimes falls in December)
St. Lucia Day (Swedish)
Valentines's Day
Winter Solstice (International)
CODE
WHAT IS CODE?
Simply put, code is a tool that lets you write your story with technology. If you can code you can communicate your ideas with a computer or a program so they can be brought to life in bigger, brighter, and more creative ways.
With code you can build a great new app or design the next trend in wearable fashion or even build a robot that can help doctors and nurses save lives.
Code may look intimidating at first but really it’s just another way for you to share your ideas with the world–albeit in a very powerful, creative way.
-Made With Code
Made With Code "We started Made with Code because increasingly more aspects in our lives are powered by technology, yet women aren’t represented in the roles that make technology happen.
If we can inspire teen girls to see that code can help them pursue their passions, whatever they may be, then hopefully they will begin to contribute their voices to the field of technology for the benefit of us all."
CODE.org This website goes beyond an hour of code. Here, students are exposed to comprehensive curriculum expanding their skills and creativity. Students Sign In using Google to access their personal account.
Hour Of Code Try a one-hour tutorial designed for ALL ages in over 45 different languages.