Category: Social Studies
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Civil Rights Remix
This year I was tasked with re-designing my usual fifth grade social studies unit. Always up for a challenge, I had a great time creating this three week unit and working with my students to try it out. Here’s what we did! Week One: Building Background Knowledge and Expanding the Narrative To kick off the…
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Texas Education Alumni Conference
I am happy to be presenting again this year at the UT College of Education Alumni Conference. In 2018 I was chosen as a recipient for the Alumni Teacher Research Grant Award, and tomorrow morning I will be presenting about my work centered upon justice oriented citizenship. In the afternoon, I will be joining Saba…
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Ms. Green at NCTE 2018
I am thrilled to be presenting three different times at NCTE (National Council for Teachers of English) in Houston this weekend. You can find me… Saturday, November 17th Text Selection and Reading: Integrated Approaches to Developing Student Voice, 8:00am-9:15am, 350 D I’ll be presenting alongside four other educators to talk about the work my fifth…
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Uncovering the Dominant Narrative
So much of what we do in fifth grade at UT Elementary is surrounding the idea of dominant and counter narratives. Students are constantly identifying dominant narratives, poking holes in those stories, and looking elsewhere to uncover counter narratives that might have something different to say. But before we can get to this place, we…
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Hidden Figures
Last month, we kicked off Women’s History Month by presenting our Hidden Figures writing projects to our friends, families, and our Little Longhorn community. The kids did an amazing job uncovering the hidden histories of powerful women who have had an impact on our country and our communities. Here are some highlights! Way…
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Poverty, Homelessness, and Financial Literacy
Hey fifth graders! I am out sick today, but am wishing so badly that I could be at school with you. Please be incredibly respectful to Ms. Noble today, and follow this blog post for all of your classwork today. Station one will require you to use your reflection packet (either you already have it,…
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Who Run The World?
Women, and specifically women of color, have faced their fair share of challenges in America. Women have made incredible contributions to our country, and yet, the contributions of many of these women still go unnoticed. Recently, one of these stories has been unearthed. Let’s watch this trailer together: In the trailer for Hidden Figures, the…
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Ms. Green at NCSS!
I have been out of school Thursday and Friday, and am presenting at the NCSS conference in Washington DC. Yes, that’s right, our Little Longhorns get to do the coolest projects, and teachers from around the country want to hear about what we’re up to! This post is mainly for teachers looking for direction and…
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WWII, America, and the Dominant Narrative
What do you know about WWII? You probably know that the United States fought other countries. (Remember that a civil war is a war within one country, and a world war involves multiple countries?) This week we’re going to focus on many groups of American people during World War II, many of whom have been…
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The 2016 Civil Rights Movement Timeline Exhibition
I am just blown away by the work our fifth graders did for their civil rights timeline presentations! We have spent the past six weeks researching both the African American civil rights movement and the Chicano movement, all of which led up to this amazing timeline exhibition. We started out by talking about the dominant narrative…
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