Worldy Words: Systems of Language
3rd Edition Online Resources
Worldy Words: Systems of Language is designed to engage primary students in grades 1-2 with high abilities in the verbal domain with challenging reading, writing, and interpretation skills in the language arts. The unit reflects young learners need for higher-level thinking activities and specifically focuses on literature that utilizes extensive figurative language. Additionally, students have an opportunity to engage with languages around the world and develop metaphoric competence in the areas of both comprehension and production. To purchase this curriculum unit, please go to Kendall Hunt's website.
The chart below provides links to online resources as a companion to the curriculum unit.
Lesson 3 - History of the written language
- Extra History video
Lesson 4 - Make an ancient Chinese scroll
Lesson 5 - Mayan language
- Sam Noble Museum - language and history
- World History - Mayan writing
- Britannica
- PBS Primary Sources
- Baltimore Police Historical Society
- Digital Maryland
- Maryland Center for History and Culture
- Baltimore Heritage Society video
Lesson 5 - Fashion history
- Maryland Center for History and Culture - fashion history
- Vogue Magazine - Women of Color and Fashion
Lesson 5 - The 92nd Infantry (Buffalo Division)
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Smithsonian
- The Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts (requires WHRO Public Media Passport Support
Lesson 6 - Written Rhyme
- Rhyme Zone
- Master Class - How to Write in Rhyme: 7 Tips for Writing Poetic Rhymes
- American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers - 15 Essential Rhyme Schemes for Songwriters
Lesson 6 - Rosetta Stone
- 60 Second Histories video
- Extra History video
- Using clay to recreate the Rosetta Stone (expert)
- Using rocks to recreate the Rosetta Stone
Lesson 6 - Ancient Egypt
- National Geographic - Ancient Egypt 101
- Equator IQ - Sound of Ancient Languages
- The British Museum
- American Research Center in Egypt
Lesson 7 - Greek language
- Greek language and vowels
- National Endowment of the Humanities - Greek Alphabet
- Greek Arts essay activity
- Greek letters with keyboard
- Haiti My Country: Poems by Haitian Schoolchildren
Lesson 8 - Sea Turtles
- MAKANA is a Gift: A Little Green Sea Turtle's Quest for Identity and Purpose
- Because Turtles Eat Plastic Bags
- The Children's Book Council - Sustainability and the Environment
Lesson 9 - Onomatopoeia
- Dig, Dump, Roll by Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock
- Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper and Ken
- I Hear a Pickle (and Smell, See, Touch, and Taste It, Too!) by Rachel Isadora
- Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp! By Wynton Marsalis and Paul Rogers
Lesson 9 - Animal songs
- I'm going on a bear hunt video
- Italian songs for children
- Italian Animal Farm Song
- Spanish - La Vaca Lola
- Spanish - The Farm Animal Song
- Dutch animals
Lesson 9 - Hawaiian Language
Lesson 10 - Sounds of letters
- J, LL & Y in Spanish
- Phonics - X
Lesson 13 - Hinks Pinks
Lesson 14 - Cherokee language
- The History Channel - Native American History
- Native Hope - Native American History, Life, and Culture
- Library of Congress - Removing Native Americans from their land
Lesson 14 - Native American tribes
- The History Channel - Native American History
- Native Hope - Native American History, Life, and Culture
- Library of Congress - Removing Native Americans from their land
Lesson 15 - Invisible ink activity
Lesson 16 - Supplementary Word Center books
- Stacey’s Extraordinary Words by Stacey Abrams (from Lesson 1)
- What a Wonderful Word: A Collection of Untranslatable Words from Around the World by Nicola Edwards and Luisa Uribe
- The Keeper of Wild Words by Brooke Smith and Madeline Kloepper.