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Category Archives: Social Studies
Jamestown and the Digital World
We have now started reading the novel, Surviving Jamestown. Before beginning the book, we made a chart making analogies between the digital world and Jamestown. Compare and Contrast Language: Jamestown Digital World courage willingness to be an explorer … Continue reading
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John Smith and the Digital World?!
Fifth Grade has begun exploring the analogies between the explorers in the “new world” and the explorers in the digital world. We began our study by reflecting on the prompt: I am an explorer in the digital world just as … Continue reading
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House of Burgesses
In American History, the class was given the assignment to state their opinion about women’s rights during the time of early American history. The following are several GREAT posts about this topic. Jonah W. wrote: Should Women have been allowed … Continue reading
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Fantastic Posts About Our Field Trip to Ft. Caroline
The students were asked to reflect about our recent trip to Ft. Caroline by making a quality post which was to include links and pictures. The following are excellent examples of a great post. Ben A. wrote: On Wednesday, my … Continue reading
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Yesterday, the 4th and 5th Grade took a trip to Fort Caroline National Museum. It was a cold and blustery day, yet we still had a good time. The field trip was full of learning about the early French settlers … Continue reading
The Election Process
For the past few weeks, the fifth graders have been learning all about the election process. They read through books, researched on websites, watched videos, and took notes throughout the entire learning process. As a culminating activity, they wrote expository … Continue reading
Presidential Election
(Here is a video of some of the Fourth and Fifth Grade students answering questions about the upcoming presidential election. We hadn’t started our study yet when they answered the questions. Some of the answers are REALLY good. When we … Continue reading
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Social Studies Post of the Week
The students were asked to think of a topic or person in American history that they wanted to learn more about this year. Zoe chose the Molly Pitcher as the person she was interested in studying. Zoe’s post was an … Continue reading
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Creating a Political Cartoon for Surviving Jamestown
Questions to “ponder” while thinking about your political cartoon: 1) What is the difference between an political cartoon and a regular cartoon? 2) Which event in the novel Surviving Jamestown are you going to use for your cartoon? 3) Why … Continue reading
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Jamestown KWL Chart
Today we began filling in a KWL (know, want to know, and learned) chart for our study of Jamestown. We will begin to read the novel Surviving Jamestown this week. Look for updates on the chart as we learn more about one … Continue reading
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