This teaching guide to Poptropica's Time Tangled Island will help kids discover famous inventors, political figures, ancient empires, and intrepid explorers who will be referenced throughout a lifetime of reading.



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Poptropica Teaching Guide

Time Tangled


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After hearing about the politicians, historical figures, ancient empires, inventors, artists, and more on Time Tangled Island, students will want to learn more!

Common Core Alignment

Using the Common Core State Standards in your classroom? The Poptropica teaching guide aligns to several standards.
  • 1. Back to the Past. And Future!
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3
    Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

  • 2. 328 BC: Ancient Greece
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5
    Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

  • 4. 1387 AD: The Mali Empire
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7
    Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3
    Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

  • 6. 1519 AD: Aztec Empire
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.4
    Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7
    Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.7
    Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.7
    Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

  • 8. 1776 AD: Graff House
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.7
    Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
    CSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.7
    Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.

  • 9. 1805 AD: Lewis and Clark (Part 1)
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7
    Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3
    Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.7
    Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.7
    Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

    (Part 2)
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1
    Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7
    Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2
    Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

  • 10. 1877: Edison's Workshop
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.4
    Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.

  • 11. 1882 AD: France (Part 2)
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.1
    Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

  • 12. 1953: Mount Everest
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.8
    Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7
    Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.

  • 13. Time-Tangled Vocabulary Challenge
    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.D
    Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.

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