by newschoolsyr | Dec 30, 2012 | 2012-2013, Social Studies, visual arts
The whole school has been learning about Immigration to the United States. In addition the oldest students (grades 5 – 8) studied Ellis Island. We read a book about the history of Ellis Island and how New York came to be a major gateway for immigrants coming...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 29, 2012 | 2012-2013, Social Studies, Social Studies grades K-2
Our youngest students (Kindergarten through 2nd grade) were part of the whole school discussion focused on immigration stories. Reading picture books helped us compare the experiences of immigrants from different countries, such as Irish immigrants escaping the...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 26, 2012 | 2012-2013, affective education, language arts, Social Studies, visual arts, whole school
On Halloween the whole school gets into the spirit by creating skits based on their costumes. The skits had to include music, props, and be non-violent. In addition they were challenged to have at least one of the characters immigrate! You might ask what do a panda, a...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 12, 2012 | 2012-2013, affective education, Community events, Social Studies, visual arts, whole school
Every year we have a tradition of creating a paper quilt. Each child is responsible for creating one of the squares in the quilt. This year we designed our 32 square quilt to reflect our school wide study of immigration. The students were asked to identify four places...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 3, 2012 | 2012-2013, Social Studies, 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...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 3, 2012 | 2012-2013, Community events, field trips, Social Studies, visual arts, whole school
Last spring the older students interviewed seniors at The Nottingham. These oral histories supported our study of local history. The students brainstormed 14 questions they wanted to ask and video taped the interviews where these questions were asked. Describe...
