Thomas Paine

Social Studies Readers Theatre Blog Post!

On Friday morning at Community time the 5/6 class did a Readers Theatre on Egypt. I thought we did good memorizing our lines, making props, and projecting our voices. Most people don't know about Hatshepsut and I feel like we did a good job of teaching them about her life and the things she did. I think since we have been studying Egypt for 2 weeks and we know the background of the story. When we presented the skit, I think some of the adults and children were confused on what was going on. What did you think about it?


Here is an interview on one of the teachers thoughts
on the readers theatre.

Hatshepsut is a Egyptian Queen. She became pharaoh when King Thutmose II died. His son Thutmose III took his place but he was so young. So Hatshepsut took his place. She made a trade expedition to punt. Where she got animals, incense, wood, and lot's of gold for the people of Egypt. She expanded trade to many different places and she rebuilt monuments.

Mesopotamian Drawing!

This is my drawing of Mesopotamia. It is a village of people doing jobs of everyday life. There are people chopping down trees with axes. Egypt had no trees so they had to use mud brick from the Nile to build homes and building. Mesopotamians built wood houses with trees. Down by the lake is a man scooping up water for the crops with a bucket. The lake provided water, fish, and transportation. Egypt had used the Nile for the same reasons. Mesopotamians built canals to bring water to their village. Farmers had to work hard to feed families. They made lots of foods like vegetable stew, fish, and fruits. To the right there is an animal pen. Cows were used for milk and meat, pigs were used for meat, and chicken were used for eggs and meat. There are dirt and rocky roads because cement was not invented at the time. My drawing shows many details of Mesopotamia that relate to Egypt and there are also differences between the two.

Social Studies: Prezi on Assyria Reflection

- I felt like I learned a lot about Prezi, I have used it once before, but didn't use it in a big project like this. If I had a problem then I would look my way around it and be a Thinker and Problem Solver.

- I feel like if someone doesn't understand or wants to know about the Assyrian Empire, I can tell them a bunch of facts about it because I researched and researched.

- I know a lot of reasons how Ancient Mesopotamia impacted the modern world. They are the wheel, writing, laws, canals, they have so many things we still use today which is a big deal if we still use them today. For example the wheel we use it on bus's, bikes, and cars.

- I feel like I was an effective group member because I helped other people in my group when they didn't know what to do and stayed focus. I was being Global Steward by helping them. I need to work on clarifying to help people when they are stuck or confused. I will do that by being an Academic Achiever and going beyond to help people understand what they need to do or when they are confused with something.

Social Studies: My Fantastic & Breathtaking Roanoke Poster!

Poster 1

Poster 2

In this project we had to create a poster for the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Nobody knows what exactly happened but I had to use what I knew to make a theory. 

I took a big sheet of paper with boxes that looked like a comic. Then I wrote my captions and drew my pictures. Then I checked for grammar, spelling, ect. Then I colored my images and beautified my poster.

I feel great about my poster coloring and image wise but I forgot include the main part in the project. (Maybe next time) I liked this project because sometimes in projects you just have to read books and answer the questions but here we got to color and write out the poster. It was still learning but had a fun touch to it.

Crimea Acknowledges Independence (A Social Studies Project)

After a long time Ukraine goes to Russia. The Ukraine joins Russia after a vote and 97% of Ukraine citizens vote to join Russia. President Obama announced “We are making it clear there are consequences for their actions.” And “If Russia continues to hamper in Ukraine we stand ready to impose further sanctions.”  A senior describes that these sanctions are the most against Russia since the cold war.

Twenty-one officials from Russia and Ukraine have traveled bans by the Europe Union and the list is expandable. Europe was calling yesterdays referendum banned and pressing Russia to at least talk to the Government of Ukraine.

So, Ukraine is back with Russia, but Obama is not happy about it. Now Europe wants to talk to Russia. There is still more we want to know more about and what happens next!

The significant message of this article is that crimea declared independence.

The writer doesn’t have any bias in their article.  They put even amounts of text on both sides so they didn’t like Ukraine more than Russia or say "I don't agree with Obama."

This event relates to the Korean War because of the tension increase there was. There were many times when Russia and Ukraine had tension, like when Russia didn’t want Ukraine to be with them anymore, that made many people in Ukraine worried and scared.

In this project I learned that most of Ukraine wanted to be with Russia because 97% of Ukraine voted to be united with Russia. I also learned that Obama wasn’t happy about the Ukrainians going to Russia.

This is the image I was thinking in my mind.

Link To Image: http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140301102929-russia-ukraine-01-horizontal-gallery.jpg

Link To Article: http://radio.foxnews.com/2014/03/17/crimean-parliament-declares-independence-after-vote-video/

Social Studies Project: The Three Gorges Dam

Blogpost Labels! (For School)

These are the labels I am going to be using to organize my blog. These are for school