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American Revolution

Students in 2nd – 4th grade participated in a class this spring about the American Revolution.  Students listened to and discussed the books such as: Sam the Minuteman, George the Drummer Boy, Can’t You Make them Behave King George and Phoebe the Spy.  They have learned about the differences between Minutemen and Redcoats, discussed Paul Read More >>

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The Constitution

Over the winter five of our oldest students looked at American History and specifically the Declaration of Independence and the forming of the Constitution. After Visual Thinking Strategies to interpret the Join or Die cartoon, students read sections of the Declaration, putting the text into their own words. Then they recited their sections.We then turned Read More >>

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13 Colonies

In December the 2nd-4th graders were able to begin a Unit Plan on the 13 Colonies. The students were very excited to be learning about the United States history, but first it had to be explained to the students that the United States started off as the 13 Colonies. They were very shocked to learn Read More >>

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Native American Unit

To start off our unit on native tribes in the US, we studied maps and discussed how the original inhabitants of North and South America came to the continents over the ice covered Bering Strait. We looked at the tribes in the 5 regions, (north east, south east, north west, southwest and plains) and how Read More >>

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Younger Local History

After completing a scavenger hunt in the Syracuse area to find a place from a historic postcard, students had to compare their postcard to the current location.  Using a visual thinking strategy they tried to notice all the similarities and differences between the two time periods.  To share this information with classmates, we had multiple Read More >>

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Systemic Racism in Syracuse: Education

New School students, grades 4 – 8, were assigned to find the answer to a number of questions teachers posed relating to Education, Syracuse’s Police Department, Lead Poisoning, Housing and Health. Their findings were discussed with the class. After digesting all this information, the students were asked to generate questions they could pose to Common Council Read More >>

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Erie Canal

From mid-April to the beginning of May, the K-3 students embarked on a journey to learn about the Erie Canal. The unit began with discussions about the ways in which people and goods move from place to place today. After creating a list of how we move from place to place in 2021. We then Read More >>

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Local History

Each child at The New School was given a replica of an old postcard of a Syracuse scene. Postcards showed parks, downtown scenes, and places of interest such as Oakwood Cemetery. Using VTS (Visual Thinking Strategies) children were asked to look at the picture and describe what was happening, and what made them say that? Read More >>

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Slave Trade

After the social injustice occurrences this past summer, The New School took it upon themselves to educate our students on the history to gain a better understanding of what is happening in our country. You could see our students learning about slavery and injustice all over the school. From Julie’s book club to Miranda’s read Read More >>

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Africa

In the weeks leading up to winter break, our K-3 students had the opportunity to learn about another continent with our student teacher, Julie. She took them on a trip around the Earth to visit Africa (virtually, of course). To introduce this unit, she started out by using Google Earth to show the students our Read More >>