Local Courthouse

Hello! 

Today I took the kids on a short field trip the the courthouse to learn about our local government.  The kids began yesterday with exploring our county's government website.  They then saw the offices in action as they took a tour through the entire Davis County courthouse!  I'm glad that the weather held out...because we got our workout walking there from the middle school. This is a picture of our county supervisor, Dale Taylor as he speaks to our students in the courtroom.  I think that the kids really enjoyed it! 

Tomorrow, we have a guest speaked coming into our classroom to talk to the kids about local history! 

Student Teacher Assisting Collaborative Groups

We have a new student teacher.  This is a picture of Mrs. Sprouse answering questions in collaborative group work. 

Declaration Collaborative Projects

Giving everyone an update on the Social Studies classes at the high school.  We are in the middle of learning about the Declaration of Independence.  In this picture, our students got out of the classroom and were learning about their sections of the document through a summarization activity.  Each group had a "chairman" that rotated through the different collaborative subgroups...teaching what they had summarized in their portion of the document!  This was a great way to enable the students to teach what their knowledge was!

French and Indian War Projects (Comic Strips)

French and Indian War Question

What was the French and Indian war?  Where was the turning point leading to an English victory/why?

More Student-Created Graphic Organizors

Student-Created Graphic Organizors