Hillbilly Express is traveling Arkansas looking for the many hidden treasures that are hiding in Arkansas cities.

Ms. Adair's 4th grade class is participating and designing a technology unit that involves Arkansas History.  The students will be researching 14 different Arkansas cities.  They will then complete the research project by creating brochures, podcasts and Power Point projects.  The links below are many of the websites that will be used for the unit. 

Our Big Question--  What is hiding in Arkansas?

Our read aloud is "An Uphill Climb" by Dave Sargent.  Here is a link to see what Dave looks like when he visited another school.  http://www.floresville.isd.tenet.edu/elementary/fes/2002_03/library/author/author.htm

http://arkansas.com/calendar/   Look up a city in your region and research the events and places to visit.

http://www.arkansasheritage.com/life_times/regions/  A map of the regions of Arkansas

 http://arkansas.2havefun.com/maps/  county map of Arkansas, list of fun thing to do in Arkansas

http://www.arkansas.com/photo-gallery/  Photos of Arkansas

http://www.herbalhealer.com/hillbilly.html  Use this website to learn computer terminology with a Hillbilly twist

traveler arkansas fast.mid This is a very popular song called Arkansas Traveler

 http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/ar_symb.htm This link will introduce you to all the Arkansas State symbols and their orgins.  Some of the stories are very interesting.  Read about how the Apple Blossom became our state flower. 

http://www.soskids.arkansas.gov/5-8-history-state-symbols.html  Activities for kids to learn about Arkansas

http://www.arkansaspreservation.org/preservation-services/youth-education/  Teachers this website has lessons already prepared based on Arkansas State standards and web links in the lessons.  Take a look at the importance of railroads in Arkansas.  "The Last Train to Clarksville".

 http://search.msn.com/images/results.aspx?q=ARKANSAS+county+map%20|%20id:5F7E956F6C8FB02D1EC648C4D05FB691EEC08B1C&form=IGRE2&p1=OneRow#  Use this link to find maps of Arkansas that can be pasted to your projects.

http://www.oldstatehouse.com/educational_programs/activities_games.asp  (Use this for cartoons, games, newspaper articles, lesson plans,  interactive activities)

http://www.arkansas.com/city-listings/  This website has many links to the cities in Arkansas.  It is called City Listings.

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