Category Archives: Social Studies
Greece & Rome Movie Trailers
Greece from Ryan Stein on Vimeo.
ROME from Ryan Stein on Vimeo.
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1st Grade Adding U.S. Symbols
First graders in Ms. Collins class at Holladay Elementary have been learning about the U.S. Symbols in social studies (SOL 1.11) and addition strategies in math (SOL 1.6) so today we combined the two topics and created an “Adding U.S. Symbols” Pixie. First we opened up a blank Pixie template and the students typed the […] Continue reading
Natives Mixbook & Pixie Project for 2nd Grade
| Start your own Photo Books | Create custom Christmas Cards
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Jamestown Rockers
Jamestown Rockers from Ryan Stein on Vimeo.
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4th Grade Bartering Videos
Fourth graders in Ms. Lara’s class at Holladay have been learning about how the colonists often bartered with the American Indians and with each other (VS.4d). Today they created short bartering videos using Pixie. First we discussed what kinds of products the Virginia colonists and Indians would have available to trade with each other, and […] Continue reading
3rd Grade Ancient Greece Math
Third graders in Ms. Leo’s class at Varina Elementary have just started learning about ancient Greece (SOL3.4) so I wanted to take them on a tour of Greece using Google Earth. I created a .kmz file with placemarks on important sites like Olympia, where the first Olympics were held (you can still see the track […] Continue reading
Historical Selfies
First, I am going to say that I work with some amazingly clever people. Tom Woodward’s and William Berry’s blog posts on Historical Selfies spurred my interest on this project. My only road block was they made their Historical Selfies with Photo Shop. Since our school MacBooks do not have this, I pulled out the […] Continue reading
Jamestown Brainstorming Project
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3rd Grade World Weather
Third grade students in Ms. Strickler’s class at Varina Elementary have been studying the continents and hemispheres in social studies (SOL3.5) and temperature in math (SOL3.13) so today we looked at the relationship between hemispheres and temperatures. I gave them a Numbers template that you can download by clicking here. First, in Column B, the […] Continue reading
History MVP – 4th Graders Designed a Music Video
“Native Land” – Ms. Kornblau’s 4th Graders from Ryan Stein on Vimeo. Continue reading
