Sentences with phrase «grade history students»

What better way for sixth grade history students to understand the problem solving that went into the invention of the catapult than to create their own.

While eighth - grade history students throughout the city and state were studying the Civil War, students in some classes at Markham had barely gotten to the Articles of Confederation.

Andrea Neal asks her eighth grade history students questions during a presentation.

We should not leave it up to the students to accidentally stumble upon connections across disciplines, as my eighth - grade history student did when she realized that two of her teachers were independently teaching her about the Mayan civilization.

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For some reason, a student can't take grade - level U.S. History without being ridiculed by those in the AP and punished numerically by the GPA system.

From discovering the alphabet in the first grade to discovering anatomy, algebra, and U.S. history in the eighth grade, and all the way up through their high school studies, Waldorf students take part in the learning process by creating their own textbooks — beautifully - drawn journals containing stories, essays, poems, maps, illustrations, lab descriptions, and math equations.

Developed in conjunction with Arlington Heights School District 25 to enhance the 5th - grade curriculum, the program teaches students the significance of history.

«John's history as a community leader will further engage and educate the community on the brand new Connect Kids initiative, which involves free access to all fourth - grade students and their families, free field trips for eligible schools, free Learn to Swim lessons for children, the youth conservation corps and various outdoor recreational programs.

For the past four years, Notaro has taught at Westmoreland Central School, instructing students in Advanced Placement World History and ninth and tenth grade Global Studies.

The new regulations will require all students first entering ninth grade in or after September 2016 to earn four units (years) of credit in social studies, including two units of credit in global history and geography, in addition to the current requirements of one unit of credit in U.S. history, one half unit of credit in participation in government, and one half unit of credit in economics (or their equivalent).

In addition to core studies in English, math, science, history, languages, and the fine arts, students take a required sequence in religion and philosophy: 6th - grade students study the Apostles» Creed and the saints; in the 7th grade, they focus on the Church and the Ten Commandments; 8th graders conduct an overview of the Bible and the Sacraments; 9th - grade students study the Old Testament, the Apologetics, and C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity; the 10th - grade focus is the New Testament and Church history; 11th grade introduces metaphysics and ethics; and the 12th - grade course features the philosophy and social teachings of the Catholic Church.

In fall 2009, ninth - and tenth - grade students will start a two - year Waldorf core class that integrates subjects such as art history, poetry, art, drama, and gardening.

Our students study North Carolina history and geography in accord with the eighth grade social studies curriculum, review math skills and science concepts with paper airplanes (it's a Wright brothers centennial year), and develop personal narratives in a travel journal they create on the trip.

Since 1969, it has periodically monitored student achievement in reading, writing, math, science, history / geography, and other fields in grades 4, 8, and 12.

I measure student achievement with a composite of grade - point average (GPA) based on student self - reports of their most recent grades in English, math, history / social studies, and science.

She provided the core idea and assisted in a project that became «Newington: Highlights of History,» a PowerPoint and oral presentation created by fourth - grade students at two schools in town.

(Women's History) 3/6/2000 [Language Arts, Social Studies Grades 6 - 8, 9 - 12 Submitted by Terrie Lynn Bittner] Students learn about women who fought for change and explore the current status of the battles they fought.

Students performed dances, made music, and displayed works of art that were aligned with their grade - level curriculum, exploring subjects from animal behavior and math facts to American history and electromagnetism.

During a class discussion, Karina, a third - grade student in the plants - and - animals group, incorporates a social - history perspective into her description of the ranch's stand of eucalyptus.

(Women's History) 3/6/2000 [Social Studies, Language Arts Grades 6 - 8, 9 - 12 Submitted by Terrie Lynn Bittner] In this introductory lesson, students will recognize the importance of understanding how the separate powers of the three branches of government work together, in a checks and balances system, to form a single unit of government.

Tapestry in the Middle Ages 3/22/2000 [Art History, Visual Arts Grades 3 - 5, 6 - 8, 9 - 12 Submitted by Ashlynn J. Neel] Students learn about the use of tapestry in the Middle Ages and then weave their own tapestry.

Reading Without Seeing: Louis Braille and the Braille Alphabet 3/2/2000 [Special Education, History Grades 3 - 5, 6 - 8, 9 - 12 Submitted by VaReane Heese] In this lesson, students explore the Braille alphabet and the contributions Louis Braille made to society.

Communication Comparisons 06/20/2001 [World History, Language Arts Grades 3 - 5, 6 - 8 Submitted by VaReane Heese] VaReane Heese, a teacher at Springfield (Nebraska) Elementary School submitted this week's lesson in which students use online and print resources to research different methods of communication, use graphic organizers to compare the methods, and share their findings with classmates.

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Elementary and older students» knowledge of American history has improved in recent years, but while younger students also have made gains in civics, performance in that subject in the upper grades remains flat, test results released today show.

My Hero — A Class Mural 06/09/2000 [Ed Technology, History, Mathematics Grades 6 - 8, 9 - 12 Submitted by Linda Scudder] Students gain a deeper understanding of the concept of heroism, create a biographical lesson about their chosen hero, and work collaboratively to make a mural.

Students here are full - time, online learners about to enter 6th grade, which means more world history and fewer animated activities, and a series of teachers to correspond with, rather than just one.

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And the Streets Are Paved With Gold 09/28/2000 [Language Arts, American History Grades 6 - 8 Submitted by Brenda Dyck] Using the links provided, students explore the immigrant experience at Ellis Island, New York, at the turn of the century, and answer questions that challenge them to use thinking skills from various levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.

All BASIS students are required to take six AP exams, including at least one in each core subject (English, Math, Science, and History) in grades 9 - 11; in our legacy schools, student's average ten exams.

Already, high school history students are recording reports on Chinese dynasties, while first graders are narrating paragraphs about their classs star of the week, and fourth grade classes produce a weekly news bulletin.

An extraordinary experience - based education project enables a group of seventh - grade students in Washington to live their Native American culture history curriculum.

Jeff Schwartz, an eighth - grade U.S. history teacher at Lincoln (where Monastero used to teach), says Private Watkins's presentation gives students «something they don't get from a textbook.

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William Scott's eighth - grade students, for example, recorded oral histories about violence and subsequently created a play based on them.

Giving Tangibility to Mathematics (Grades K - 8): As the two lessons in this issue of Smithsonian in Your Classroom demonstrate, explorations of art, history, and science collections can help young students make connections between numbers on a page and physical things.

This year's recipients are Marisa Bober, a mathematics teacher at Charlestown High School for grades 9 - 12; Elise Cucchi, a seventh grade humanities and French teacher at the Mary Lyon K - 8 in Brighton; Xavier Rozas, who has built an integrated media program to support and highlight staff and student achievements at The English High School in Jamaica Plain; Christopher Tsang, a sixth, seventh, and eighth grade humanities teacher at The Harbor School; and Tanya Milner, an eleventh grade United States history and freshman Advancement Via Individual Determination teacher at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.

The state curriculum mandates that third - grade students learn local history, and in Woodstock, the vintage school is an important teaching tool.The original Old Quasset schoolhouse was built some time before 1738.

Using Realia to Teach English Language Learners (Grades K - 12): Help students learn vocabulary in context by using images of different shoes in the Smithsonian collections to inform descriptive or compare - and - contrast conversations, encourage students to make personal connections, or explore the history of objects.

Imagine there's this bit of information that a student needs to know for their unit test in eighth - grade history:

Ninety lawmakers, all but four of them Republicans, have signed on as co-sponsors of a resolution that asks the House to disapprove of the proposed standards outlining what students in grades 5 through 12 should know about history.

Corey Engstrom's fifth - grade students built an early American colony this year, populating it with figures from history — but instead of using clay, cardboard, and glue, they made the colony digitally, inside a virtual world.

As a rookie high school history teacher, with the best of intentions I often told my students that a single upcoming test or assignment would significantly impact their overall grades.

Sixth - grade students study ancient civilizations, seventh graders examine European history, and eighth graders investigate United States history to 1945.

As Winters, who teaches eighth - grade history, explains: «We hope that by participating in past events, students will learn not only about their historical figures» lives and achievements but also about the times when those people lived.

Massachusetts, for example, has a statutory requirement to develop student assessments at three grade levels in five subject areas (English, math, history, science, and foreign languages).

Our study is based on student - level data from Chile's national standardized test, Sistema de Medición de la Calidad de la Educación (Educational Quality Measurement System — SIMCE), which assesses students in grades 4, 8, and 10 in language, mathematics, history and geography, and natural sciences.

Students in grades 9 through 12 took tests in reading, writing, math, history and social sciences, and science.

Throughout the school year, Dekmar introduces her seventh grade students at Brooklawn Middle School in Parsippany, New Jersey, to note - taking and test - taking strategies and study skills tricks that complement her American history curriculum.

As Winters, who teaches eighth - grade history, explains: «We hope students will learn not only about their historical figures» lives and achievements but also about the times when those people lived.