This is Room 9's Assignment Help Page

The children in Room 9 at Pakuranga Heights School had to do a project on the country of their choice. Using Gwen Gawith's 6 stages of Action Learning Framework they decided on a specific focus and presented the information in slideshow format. This page was available for their use during the day at school and at home on their home computers. Room 9 children were able to email me at teacher@jsharp.co.nz with any queries or problems. I talked them through their project and suggested helpful websites. Any websites I found that were applicable were added to this page so that all of the class could access it if they wished.

These children had access to other forms of resources available in the class such as

Messages for Room 9 students
Room 9 have finished their projects and have presented them to the class. They have also done a print out of their slideshows and these have been filed in their Portfolios. Well done Room 9!

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Useful Websites for Room 9

Yahooligans has a good website that lists a lot of countries. Click on http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/Countries/

Here are some specific sites that children have asked me for

America

Timeline on Abraham Lincoln: http://www.chenowith.k12.or.us/tech/cgcc/projects/bright/lincoln01.htm
Grolier encyclopaedia quick facts on Presidents: http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/nbk/quickfac/qlaunch.html

Australia
Sydney Harbour Bridge:
http://www.bridgeclimb.com.au/history.htm Sydney Harbour bridge
http://www.sydney.com.au/bridge.htm another Sydney Harbour Bridge site with a little more information (new)
http://www.sydney.visitorsbureau.com.au/page2-03g.html here is another Harbour Bridge site (new)
http://www.gids.nl/sydney/info.html and here is another one, this has a series of diagrams showing the progress of the construction  (new)
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/hs_hb_sydney_harbour_bridge.asp history of the Sydney harbour bridge (new)

History of Sydney: http://www.visitorsguide.aust.com/~tourism/sydney/history/sydhist1.html 
New South Wales: http://www.historyhill.com.au/ early history of New South Wales
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~firstff/story.htm some information on the First Fleet
http://www.cowan.edu.au/pa/ecawa/resource/ffleet/ffleet.htm information on the First Fleet 
Tourist attractions:
http://www.movieworld.com.au/ information on Australia's MovieWorld (new)
http://www.blue.mountains.com.au/tourist/information/about/default.htm information on the Blue Mountains (new)

Canada

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/Canada/Canadamap.shtml more basic facts on Canada
http://www.craigmarlatt.com/craig/canada/ map and links to other places in Canada

China
The great wall of China: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/greatwall/ great site that has some basic facts and a map of the wall
Great Wall:  http://www.chinavista.com/travel/greatwall/greatwall.html travel the wall, learn some facts, see maps and pictures

England
Buckingham Palace: http://www.royal.gov.uk/palaces/buckpal/page01.htm history of the Palace
Kings and Queens of England: http://www.royal.gov.uk/history/since802.htm lists all the Kings and Queens. Has links to more information.

Fiji
Some children have asked for information on the coup in Fiji. The NZ herald on line is a fantastic resource. Click on this link http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ and on the top right hand of the page is a search facility. Type in the words Fiji Coup and you will get at least 29 results for information from the last month. If you want information from further back, click on 6 months or a year. The coup started the 19th of May, so look for news reports from that time.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/fj.html facts about Fiji

India
Taj Mahal: http://rubens.anu.edu.au/student.projects/tajmahal/home.html this is a project that has been written by a Graphics student. Has historical information
Taj Mahal: http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/taj_mahal/tmain.html interesting site with the whole story of why it was built. Has links to pictures and more information. This site is more about the history of the Taj Mahal.
Taj Mahal: http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc/buildings/Taj_Mahal.html facts and great photos about the building.

Israel
http://www.akhlah.com/israel/israel_cities.asp Cities and places in Israel. Child friendly site.
http://www.imj.org.il/ this is the "Israel Museum" in Jerusalem. It has a special archeological section. (new)
http://www.mrdowling.com/608conflicts.html this site explains the Middle East conflict. (new)

New Zealand
Sky Tower: http://www.swin.edu.au/astronomy/pbourke/skytower/ photos, information and history of the Sky Tower

Samoa
Facts, figures and information on Samoa: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ws.html 
http://www.ipacific.com/samoa/samoa.html official Samoa website (new)

South Africa
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/30/index.html this site has links to the history of South Africa
http://www.robinsonresearch.com/AFRICA/HISTORY/foothold.htm this site talks about the first Europeans in Africa.
http://www.geographia.com/south-africa/ basic facts about South Africa
http://www.visit.to/southafrica/ lists the names of the regions, landmarks and important cities. Click on this link and then click on Introduction to South Africa
http://members.dencity.com/discover-southafrica/regions.htm  Click on this link and then  click on a Province and the link will provide you with information about tourist spots

If you are a member of Room 9 and you would like help with your assignment email Mrs. Sharp teacher@jsharp.co.nz

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Last updated 03/12/02