Jamie Horvath's List: Language Arts

Using TN state standards, this website provides many links for Language Arts topics including videos, interactive manipulatives, and games.

Join Lewis and Clark on an expedition across America in this interactive game. Learn the histories of famous and lesser known people--Sacagawea, John Ordway, George Drouillard, and Pierre Cruzatte. Get information, pictures, and maps. This is an excellent website for students to utilize in order to expand on their knowledge of the expedition of Lewis and Clark. Students can work independently or with a partner as they make their way following the path of the Corps of Discovery.

This website provides students with a brief look at the life of interpreter and Corps of Discovery member Sacagawea through not only text, but short video clips as well. I recommend using this site to pair it with the explorations of the Louisiana Purchase by Lewis and Clark with the help of Sacagawea. After students watch the video, they should review the written text and read through the sticky notes I've added to the bookmarked website. This site can be used to build background knowledge or for enrichment purposes.

Search for artifacts in a mysterious tomb to determine the ancient Egyptian buried there.

This picture shows the launch of the Apollo 11 spacecraft. I would use this picture to introduce the story from my reading series, The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon. This photo helps to build background knowledge about space travel while allowing students to create a visual image as they read.