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The Amendments to the Constitution

This year the fifth and seventh grade group worked together in their social studies class to investigate the amendments. The students worked with their student teacher, Amelia, and looked deeper Read More >>

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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 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 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 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 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 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. 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 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 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 Read More >>