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.

resources for unit

Lesson

Online Resource

Lesson 3 - History of the written language

Extra History video

Lesson 4 - Make an ancient Chinese scroll

The British Museum

Lesson 5 - Mayan language

Sam Noble Museum - language and history

World History - Mayan writing

Britannica

Lesson 5 - The Great Baltimore Fire of 1994

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)

resources for unit
National Endowment for the Humanities
Smithsonian
The Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts (requires WHRO Public Media Passport Support

Lesson 6 - Written Rhyme

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Rhyme Zone
Master Class - How to Write in Rhyme: 7 Tips for Writing Poetic Rhymes
Flocabulary - How to write rhymes: Advice from Flocabulary rappers
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers - 15 Essential Rhyme Schemes for Songwriters

Lesson 6 - Rosetta Stone

resources for unit

60 Second Histories video

Extra History video

resources for unit

Using clay to recreate the Rosetta Stone (expert)

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Using rocks to recreate the Rosetta Stone

Lesson 6 - Ancient Egypt

resources for unit
National Geographic - Ancient Egypt 101
Equator IQ - Sound of Ancient Languages
The British Museum
American Research Center in Egypt

Lesson 7 - Greek language

resources for unit
Greek language and vowels
Brown University - Early Greek alphabet
World History Encyclopedia
Getty Museum - Greek and Roman Myths in Art (7 activities)
National Endowment of the Humanities - Greek Alphabet
Greek Arts essay activity
Greek letters with keyboard

Lesson 7 - Rhyme and poetry books

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Haiti My Country: Poems by Haitian Schoolchildren

Lesson 8 - Sea Turtles

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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

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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

resources for unit
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