Welcome back!

Welcome back to another year! I am so excited about this year. I have made some changes, but change is good. I have great expectations for my students this year, and I know they will accomplish great things!

Follow the Drinking Gourd

Click here to learn more about the Underground Railroad. When you finish your journey, post your comment and complete the worksheet provided by your teacher.


If you had been a slave in the 1850's, would you have tried to escape on the Underground Railroad? Why or why not?

Visit Washington D.C.!!

Visit our nation's capital and learn more about the history of America!

George Washington is on the blog!

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Branches of Government

Take a tour of the government with Ben Franklin! Explore the link below.

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Why do you think the system of checks and balances is important? Explain.

Trades of Colonial America

What do you want to be when you grow up? A cooper, miller, shoemaker, or a wigmaker? Learn about all of these colonial jobs by following the link below.

http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/Almanack/life/trades/tradehdr.cfm

Describe your colonial job. Why was it important for the success of the colonies?

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins

This week we read The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins in reading. In the story, it explains the steps Waterhouse went through to create his life size dinosaurs. This went along perfectly with the sequencing skill we were working on this week. The students had to first reasearch their dinosaur, then sketch it, and finally create a small clay model. They worked hard and did an AWESOME job (as you can tell from the pictures). Who knows, I may have a few future paleontologists on my hands!!