Usborne Quicklinks ~ Week 29

History for All ~ Book: 12,000 Years of World History

Pages 166-167

Conquerors of North Africa

Websites to visit

Website 1
Visit the historic center of Cairo in Egypt and find out more about the Fatimids and the Mamelukes.

Website 2
Explore the art and architecture of the Fatimid period. (Click on "See works of art", then click on an object for more information.)

Pictures to download

Map of North Africa

Cities of East Africa

Websites to visit

Website 1
Fly over the fortress of Great Zimbabwe and find out more about this kingdom.

Website 2
View churches carved out of rock by Lalibela in the Ethiopia.

Website 3
See pictures of Labilela's churches in the Kingdom of Ethiopia. (For more information watch the video.)

Website 4
Read about the coastal ports of East Africa. (For more about Great Zimbabwe click on "Central African Kingdoms".)

Pictures to download

Map of East Africa

Great Zimbabwe

Pages 168-169

Websites to visit

Website 1
Watch a video clip about Mansa Musa. (For more detail scroll down and click on the link under "Watch the full Mansa Musa episode".)

Website 2
Find out more about Mansa Musa's legacy, and his riches.

Website 3
Visit the city of Timbuktu, an important trading post for salt and gold.

Website 4
See sculptures from the kingdom of Ife, find out more about them and how they were made.

Website 5
Examine a plaque from the Benin palace and find out more about the Oba.

Website 6
Read more about Mansa Musa and the kingdom of Mali.

Pictures to download

Map of West Africa

Bronze head of ruler from Ife

Drummer at an oba's palace

Pages 160-161

Websites to visit

Website 1
Discover the real story of Count Dracula: Vlad Tepes, also known as Vlad the Impaler.

Website 2
Find out more about Charles IV of Bohemia and the capital of his empire, Prague. (Click on "About Charles IV".)

Website 3
See pictures of the crown of Stephen, first King of Hungary. The crown is over 1,000 years old.

Website 4
Read about the Battle of Tannenburg and the defeat of the Teutonic Knights.

Pictures to download

Map of eastern Europe

King Stephen leading a procession

3rd Grade Science ~ We don't have any Usborne Links, but here are some additional resources for the topics we studied in week 29.

Force
https://www.dkfindout.com/us/science/forces-and-motion/what-is-force/

Friction
http://pbskids.org/video/design-squad-nation/2365306020

https://www.dkfindout.com/us/science/forces-and-motion/friction/

Gravity
https://www.dkfindout.com/us/science/forces-and-motion/gravity/

Inertia
https://kids.kiddle.co/Inertia


6th Grade Science ~ Book: What's Science All About?

Pages 171-181 (Part 5 in Chemistry)

Our chemical Universe

Websites to visit

Website 1
Take a trip back in time and discover the origin of the elements. (Click on the green joystick to go back and forth in time.)

Website 2
Watch an animated movie about different kinds of rocks. (Scroll down and click on "Types of Rocks".)

Website 3
Take a tour of the rock cycle or click on "Minerals" to find out more about the chemicals rocks are made of.

Website 4
Find out what the atmosphere is made of. (Click on "Atmospheric Gases (Composition)", then click on the image and investigate each section of the pie chart.)

Website 5
Find out about chemistry in cooking