Revolutionary Times – 4533
Summary After completing our studies on the American Revolution (VS5a-c), the students were challenged with creating video segments that would cover the topics that were …
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Battle of Ancient Greece and Rome
Summary Students voted between ancient Greece and ancient Rome for their favorite ancient civilization, after being exposed to both civilizations to master Social S SOL …
Henrico Hometown Heroes – 4527
Summary Henrico Hometown Heroes is a project in which the fifth grade students investigated the businesses, community/service groups, local leaders, and Henrico citizens who make …
Presenting the Fabulous Famous Americans!
Summary Third graders’ curiosity was piqued after learning about various Famous Americans. To discover more, they researched using a variety of search engines. They used …
Three Tribes at the MSIC
Summary Students will be challenged with a task of designing brochures for the Math Science Innovation Center (MSIC) to advertise new Native American classes being …
Virginia’s First People – Past & Present
Summary After completing our unit on Virginia’s native people, students chose a current Indian tribe of Virginia to research in self-selected groups. This correlates with …
Map Creation Project
Summary To understand the purpose of maps and the elements included in them, students were presented with a “real life” map-building scenario. The students had …
WHAT’S UP WITH THE CABINET – 5307
Summary This lesson can be taught as an extension activity to the National Government Unit or with the Executive Branch Unit. After the class has …
Road To Revolution
Summary The students are instructed that they are reporters and have to report on one of eight key events that led the country into and …
Peloponnesian Properties – 5003
School: Brookland Middle School Instructor: Amanda Mills Summary The goal of this lesson is for students to showcase everything they have learned about Greece. This …