by newschoolsyr | May 18, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, Grades 5 - 8, Social Studies, Uncategorized
This spring the oldest students started a unit on the Silk Road. The four objectives of this unit included being able to identify the major physical features that hindered travel between China and Europe. To discover how ideas, cultures and goods were exchanged...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 13, 2017 | 2017 - 2018, Grades 5 - 8, Social Studies
Our Industrial Revolution unit focused on the causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution. First we had to compare life in an agrarian society and how it was different during the industrial society. We looked at maps from 1860, 1900 and 1920 that showed how...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 10, 2017 | 2017 - 2018, Grades 5 - 8, science
Children in grade 5-8th have participated in a class that has been exploring the periodic table. We started with thinking about how elements “look”. We built three different types of models to try and visualize these tiny building blocks. Our discussion included...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 4, 2017 | 2017 - 2018, Grades 5 - 8, mystery guest, Social Studies, whole school
Each year our social studies curriculum builds on what we have studied in the past. In September the oldest children revisited the Declaration of Independence this time focusing on the grievances articulated by the frustrated colonists. The list of grievances...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 15, 2017 | 2016-2017, Grades 5 - 8, language arts, visual arts
Students in fifth, sixth, and seventh grade working with a partner are writing plays based of the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Books. These books are filled with short stories where Mrs. Piggle Wiggle cures children from tattletaleitis, being a cry baby, and even...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 15, 2017 | 2016-2017, Grades 5 - 8, language arts, Social Studies
Students in fifth, sixth, and seventh grade were each assigned a specific historical character that had an impact during reconstruction after the Civil War. They are researching different topics and finding out their characters point of view on topics such as State...
