by newschoolsyr | Oct 21, 2013 | 2012-2013, Social Studies, whole school
Last year at The New School, as part of our social studies unit on Immigration, each student interviewed one of their ancestors who had immigrated to America. The students took on that role and were interviewed telling their story. Click on the link below to watch the...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 20, 2013 | 2013-2014, field trips, grades 4 - 8, Social Studies
For the oldest students (grades 4 and above), our study of “Mesopotamia” – the land between two rivers – began with a discussion of “How do we know what we know?” How can we possibly know about a civilization that existed over 5,000 years ago? The children...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 9, 2013 | 2013-2014, grades 4 - 8, language arts, Social Studies
The oldest students listened to a book at read aloud this fall called Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay. In this book, it is the year 4022 and all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of junk mail from a catastrophe that...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 27, 2013 | 2012-2013, Community events, Grades 5 - 8, Social Studies
The older students collaboratively drafted a letter to President Obama voicing their concerns after the garment factory tragedy in Bangladesh. We are waiting for a response… June 1, 2013Dear President Obama,We are sending you this letter to express our upset and...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 2, 2013 | 2012-2013, Community events, Grades 5 - 8, Social Studies
Ruth Heller gave us so much information about her healthcare workers’ union, 1199SEIU, which we could relate to our study of the industrial revolution. We had great questions and comments as we thought about workers’ rights past and present and other human rights the...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 2, 2013 | 2012-2013, Social Studies, visual arts, whole school
To kick off a yearlong appreciation of visual arts from around the world we first looked at the word “continent.” What is a continent? How is it defined? We soon discovered that people around the world do not all learn that there are seven continents. Some places...
