Resources+from+past+emails

SMARTBOARDS
Here is the link - you'll download the software to your flash drive and then be able to use it on any computer. The directions are pretty good and brief - just read them thoroughly. I also recommend that you do this at home, I don't think the computers at school will allow you download this.

http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Support/Downloads/SBS/SBSv91USB.htm

More resources for first grade --

This is good for math: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

This is math and language arts http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_1st.htm 

From PBS - search this database for early childhood http://www.pbs.org/teachers/earlychildhood/

another excellent database that provides excellent lesson plans, interactive activities, etc. - Click search at top right. http://thinkfinity.org ---
 * Western Expansion**

Although you may not follow these lessons in whole, they point to a lot of resources for research. I found a lot of this stuff by searching Thinkfinity: http://www.thinkfinitysearch.org/MPSearch/Basic_Search.asp

When we get closer to the project - I can help you put a resource webpage together

Westward Expansion From Library of Congress - very well put together. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/01/west/overview.html

Collection of first-person narratives in California http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html

Transcontinental Railroad http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/lesson_plans/lesson01.htm http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=253

Trail of Tears http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/118trail/118trail.htm http://www.nps.gov/trte/ -