Coast to Coast

Academic Concepts & Vocabulary

Social Studies
Careers

chef, teacher, etc.

<>Family History

ancestors, relatives, settlers, etc.
http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/familyhistory.php
http://www.classbrain.com/artmovies/publish/article_106.shtml
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/fiveancestors/

http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/heritage.php

Geography/Landforms

cardinal and intermediate directions, coast, mountains, ocean, plain, shining sea, skies, state names
http://www.howstuffworks.com/compass.htm

Immigration

http://www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/
beliefs, cultural heritage, immigrant, language, new/old world, traditions, etc.

Regions of the U.S.

climate, country, history, industry, land, Midwest, Northeast, region, Southeast, Southwest, West


Time Zones

Aleutian, Central, Eastern, Mountain, Pacific, time zone
http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
 


U.S. History/Symbols
Chinatown, gold, Gold Rush, Jamestown, Liberty Bell, Plymouth Rock

Earth Science

Climate

climate, degrees, highs, lows, precipitation, temperature

Mathematics

Graphing
bar graph, horizontal/vertical axis, scale

Language Arts

Comparisons
different, identical, same
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson54/toolkit.pdf

Elements of Fiction

characters, events, setting, title

Everyday Vocabulary

Colors and Sizes

amber, purple, etc.

Cooking

chop, cup, ingredients, etc.

Foods

desserts, sandwich, stew, etc.

Restaurants

meal, menu, order, etc.

Time

A.M., P.M., etc.

Weather

cold, hot, rain, snow, etc.

Books
America the Beautiful 
 Katharine L. Bates
Everybody Cooks Rice
Norah Dooley
Follow the Drinking Gourd 
Jeannette Winter
Heartland
Diane Siebert
John Henry 
Ezra J. Keats
Mealtimes
Zoe Davenport
New Providene
Renata von Tscharner
Who Belongs Here?
Margy Burns Knight 

Aegyoung ul kkum, Aekyung’s Dream Min Paek

 

The Iron Moonhunter by Kathleen Chang
 
 

The vocabulary and book list on this page are provided in the series
"Into English!"
by

 
 
 
 

Hampton Brown.