Category: Social Studies
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The Holocaust & WWII
After spending nearly 6 weeks on the Civil Rights movement, we are decades (literally) behind the Social Studies units that should have been taught by now. However, we regret nothing, because after such an in-depth study of the events and key figures of the 1950’s and 60’s, we feel empowered and enlightened and ready to…
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The Civil Rights Movement, a Journey through Time & Literature
This week we started our unit on the Civil Rights Movement! Here in fifth grade at UT Elementary we work backwards through history, starting with present day and then rewinding back to the causes for the way things are today. This is great for me, because we get to start out the year with incredibly…
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We Are ChangeMakers
One of the first things we talked about in social studies this year was what it means to be a peace maker. Our school says the “peace keeper’s pledge” every morning in assembly, but I challenged my students, asking them, what is the difference between a peace keeper and a peace maker? We talked about…
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Newsela
It’s the end of the year, the very end of my time permanent substituting, and it feels like we’re just killing time. Early this morning I printed off a whole bunch of geography worksheets to keep them busy. There was some value to them, but really, I needed a time-filler. But this morning during silent…
Ms. Green's Class 