Thanksgiving!~

My class where I am conducted my observations hours was discussed the purpose of Thanksgiving on Tuesday. I thought about how my social studies course duscussed the worlds' perspective of Thanksgiving. Some people do not know that the pilgrims took over the Indians' land. Teachers must watch how they voice their opinions on specific beliefs or holidays. A teacher's opinion may offend a student or a faculty member.Thanksgiving is a day I give thanks to people!

Social Studies!

This past week in Social Studies, we focused on how readers make different connections with text. I read the Votes For Women reading booklet. The Women's suffrage is an important historical event. After reading the passage, I felt proud to be a woman. The Women suffrage reminded me of the Civil Rights movement and the Holocaust. The leaders and followers of the Women's suffrage fought for their rights and endured alot of pain from opposers.

Story Path

In social studies we did a story path. It was so much fun!! Story path is creating visualization to represent the setting and the characters of a story. Along with the visualization, students are asked to analyze the story's setting and characters. We created a story path on Mt. Everest. I was a travel agent who provided mountain climbers  information on Mt. Everest. A story path is a great activity to help students make connection with a story.

Mt. Everest

Yesterday, I learned some much information on Mt. Everest. I can't believe that it cost 25,000 dollars to do an expedition on Mt. Everest. I love the mountains, but I would not ever want to climb one. I am not a nature person and I hate cold weather. However, people who go on this expedition have a lot of courage. Climbing Mt. Everest can be really risky and dangerous. My prays go out to people who are take on this expedition.

Social Studies-Book reading!

For the last couple of weeks, I have been reading  Letters From Rifka. This is a great book about the Jewish culture. The main character Rifka writes letters to her Jewish cousin about her journey  friom Russia to  America. I think this book is great for teenagers. Teenagers could really relate to the feelings of  the main character.

Geocash!!!!

Two weeks ago my Social Studies course did  Geocash as a class  activity. Geocash is a great discover learning activity for all ages. When students participate in discovery learning, they utilize their high order thinking skills. Students are able to connect different information and skills together. Geocash reminded me of a scavenger hunt, but with with technology devices.