Having finished their primary and secondary research, students write a series of journal entries, from the perspective of an immigrant traveling to the United States via Ellis Island. Students write reports, including a summary of their research findings and their historical journal entries, to be shared with friends and families. As part of their social science work, students will monitor current events via on-line and traditional resources. Periodically, students will choose a news article to critically examine using statistical resources available on the Web. Current Events Research .
Students monitor current events using on-line and traditional resources.
Fact Checking . Students choose a news article to analyze using on-line statistical resources. As part of Earth Day clean up activities, students will inventory the types of garbage that they picked up and generate statistics on what they found. Students will then develop a survey to be distributed to other classrooms to see what type of garbage they were most likely to find. Earth Day Participation .