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Haudenosaunee K-3

This fall, children in grades kindergarten through third grade have been learning about the Haudenosaunee. We started out our unit by looking at maps and finding out where New York Read More >>

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Ancient China for Youngers

We started our Ancient China unit for the youngest students by learning about the Chinese Zodiac and having a New Years celebration at school. Students learned about how the zodiac Read More >>

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Geography

Students in the youngest group participated in classes to learn about the seven continents. Discussions and activities included information about the earth as a sphere and looking at a “flattened” Read More >>

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Ancient Egypt Younger Students

This fall students in all grade levels have participated in learning about Ancient Egypt. First as a mixed age group, we discussed what the word ancient means and then had Read More >>

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Civil War

Our unit started with learning about the Triangle Trade route, and locating and identifying the countries and goods involved. We then studied how Africans brought to the New World were Read More >>

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Industrial Revolution Essay

As a culminating activity for our year long study of the Industrial Revolution, all the students were asked to develop an essay evaluating its positive and negative effects. Many historical Read More >>

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Industrial Revolution

To start this unit, students were asked to analyze a Lewis Hine photograph of children working in factories using the Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS). This led to a discussion of Read More >>

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ABA Class

Students in the middle grades are participating in a class that is using the Jack and the Beanstalk story to explore underlying principles of our system of justice related to Read More >>