Ms. Ammendola’s Upper Elementary social studies class is studying the Declaration of Independence. After watching the video “The Journey of the One and Only Declaration of Independence” and using the United States Archives and Records website, the students used Inspiration to create a sequencing map of the document’s development. -Submitted by – Ms. Ammendola, K5 […]
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Ms. Ammendola’s upper elementary social studies class is learning about the English colonies. Each student chose an important person from that time period and, using the internet as a resource, wrote ten important facts about him or her. Then the students had to organize the facts in a list and present it to the class. […]
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The elementary group enjoyed a field trip to the Consolidated Gold Mines in Dahlonega on November 19, 2013. The students explored a cave that was used for hard rock gold mining. They were thrilled to try their hand at placer mining and to bring home gold and minerals that they found themselves. They were treated […]
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The eighth grade history students are typing their outlines from a chapter that have just finished highlighting. The eighth graders listened and highlighted information about Jamestown, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, and how colonial medicine affected the colonists’ lives. -Submitted By – Mrs. Grant, K8 Program Director
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The Mentor Room students enjoyed the entertaining presentation of one of their peers as she explained her Georgia Project. -Submitted By – Ms. O’Reilly, Mentor Room Instructor
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The eighth grade Georgia history students created either a poster or flyer that they could be posted in a town or village for the Sons of Liberty. The project had to include the following: a reason for joining the Sons of Liberty, a meeting place and time, and an original motto for the organization. The […]
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Ms. Ammendola’s lower elementary class learned about the different hemispheres. Using write-on globes, they traced the line for the prime meridian and equator in order to see each hemisphere. -Submitted by – Ms. Ammendola, K5 Teacher
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The Mentor Room students begin each day catching up on current events. They look forward to learning about the latest news around the world; however, some of our younger students prefer mastering their coloring skills rather than learning about the government shut down. Submitted By, Ms. O’Reilly, Mentor Room Instructor
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Students from the Pace Program create totem poles as they continue to study Native Americans from the Northwest Territory. -Submitted by – Mrs. Hall, PACE Coordinator
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In United States History class, Carson, Grant, and Alex write geography terms in squares of 4 x 4 grid cards in order to play geography bingo. Mr. Nolen calls out definitions one at a time as students mark off the appropriate term. Students continue playing until one student has marked off four terms in a horizontal, […]
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