Social Studies Week- Keelung's history, countries around the world, time lines, borders, and many more.
Last weeks’ grade 1 social studies was cut short because of the field trip to Yilan however, we still managed to do quite a lot. Both classes learned what it takes to be a hero. They should know by now that everyone could be a hero as long as they willing to help each other. We also looked at a very special hero from the United States; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I explained to the students in a very simplified way that Dr. King was a person who fought for colored people’s freedom in the United States and that people look at him as a hero now. The Sun class spent some time drawing on how students envision themselves in 20 years. Some students actually had some idea of what they want to do!
After midterms, Grade 2 students have begun exploring the past, present, and future. Students are building their own timelines, highlighting their own historic moments such as “My First Birthday” and “My First Day of School.” We hope parents will be excited to see our final projects come June. Students are encouraged to bring in old photos to display on their timelines.
As a result of the midterm, we found that some of the students lack an understanding of the history of Keelung. So, through group drama, we strengthened the students' understanding of the history of Keelung. The students were very creative. They made a lot of props with paper. They created different versions of scripts to use for the play.
The grade 4 finished their class the Yami people. They learned the importance of fishing for the Yami. They have also looked at how the Yami assembled their boat. After that lesson, the students began on their end of the year presentation. They had to pick an animal in which a student would have to act as in their presentation. Their homework was to come up with reasons to show that their animal is better than other groups’ so we will find out this week which group’s animal will come out on top. The trip to Yilan’s Lanyang Museum, the students were able to see some of the things that they have learned in their class such as the Kavalan.
Fifth grade has worked hard on their Borders Project. As we begin our presentations this week, students will learn how to present in front of an audience and how to be a respectful listener. We have also begun to study the difficult topic, “What Makes a Country” and “Is Taiwan a Country?” Students will challenge themselves during class discussions and become engaged in this controversial debate.
The grade 6 students continued their studies on countries around the world. Their class of the week was on Japan. I brought “geta” to show the students. Most of them were fascinated by them. The students have seen geta before as they could correctly identify the name in Chinese. They had fun listening to the sound that they make. I also brought a “matsuri” or festival Pikachu doll. The lesson was mostly focused on post-war Japan and their ability to rebuild themselves. I showed them many cultural aspects of Japan as well as their industrial prowess.
Creating cool stuff in Teacher Phoebe's class
Making props for drama in Teacher Betty's class
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