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What is the hokey-pokey?

Learn about the hokey-pokey, other dances, and all the people, places, and events in Scott Foresman ESL 3. These links bring you to sites with more detailed information on the history and culture covered in the text. You can use these extra facts and stories to give your students a better understanding about the context of each chapter.

page 10: Fahrenheit (°F) versus Centigrade or Celsius (°C) temperature scale
The Fahrenheit scale is still used in the United States. Read about the difference between the two temperature scales:

• The Open Door Web Site
  
• University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
  

page 44: Thomas Edison

• This site offers a biography of Edison and definitions of several inventions.
  
• Read a concise timeline of the life of this American inventor.
  

page 44: Garrett Morgan
Read about of the inventor of the traffic light:

• From The U.S. Department of Transportation
  
• From the Black Inventor Online Museum
  

pages 50-51: baseball

• Learn the basics of baseball.
  
• Roll over the baseball diamond to learn the names of the positions and what each player does. Click on the topics to read the rules and terminology of the game.
  

page 62: Indonesian shadow plays
Learn about the stories, music and performance of Indonesian Shadow Plays:

• Indonesian Shadow Puppets: Performances
  
• Bali and Beyond: Wayang Kulit
  

page 86-87: musical instruments
Click on a region of the map to view images and read descriptions of instruments from around the world:

• Instrument Encyclopedia
  
• World Musical Instrument Gallery
  

page 88 (and pages 92, 96, 99); dances from around the world

• Read about the folk dance the Cotton-eyed Joe.
  
• Read about the history of boogie-woogie.
  
• Read the lyrics to the hokey-pokey.
  

page 160: cliff dwellings
Learn more about some famous cliff dwellings in the southwestern United States:

• Mesa Verde, Colorado
  
• Ancient Ruins in New Mexico
  

page 199: Rainforest/Costa Rica (199)
Take a tour of a tropical rainforest:

• Passport to the Rain Forest
  
• A Journey through the Rain Forest
  

page 202: groups that help the environment
Go to the websites of the organizations shown, to get more information about each group:

• The Children's Rainforest
  
• Kids Against Pollution (KAP)
  
• The Nature Conservancy
  
• World Wildlife Fund
  

page 204: Woody Guthrie: This Land is Your Land
Read about the life and times of this American folk singer:

• Rambling Around (Library of Congress site)
  
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  

page 204, lyrics: redwood forests
Click on the topics to learn about redwood trees and visit the gallery to view images:

• Redwood National and State Parks
  
• American Southwest: California