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.
Poptropica is one of the Internet's most popular sites for kids—and now it's available as an app for the iPad! It's not just a place to play games; each of the islands featured on the site provides a learning opportunity.
After hearing about the politicians, historical figures, ancient empires, inventors, artists, and more on Time Tangled Island, students will want to learn more!
- American Revolution Resources (K-12)
- American History Resources (K-12)
- Ancient Civilizations (K-12)
- Map Library (K-12)
- Explorers (K-12)
- Inventions (K-12)
Using the Common Core State Standards in your classroom? The Poptropica teaching guide aligns to several standards.
- 1. Back to the Past. And Future!
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Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. - 2. 328 BC: Ancient Greece
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Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. - 4. 1387 AD: The Mali Empire
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Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
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Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. - 6. 1519 AD: Aztec Empire
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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.
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Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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)
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Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
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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.
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Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
(Part 2)
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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.
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Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
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Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. - 10. 1877: Edison's Workshop
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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)
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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
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Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
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Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic. - 13. Time-Tangled Vocabulary Challenge
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Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.