Josie explains the three tribes project that my social studies students recently finished. Recently in social studies, Ms. Simonek has been leading her students through the history of historic Arkansans. This study of Arkansas history has covered the prehistoric Indians of Arkansas to the more current tribes and cultures. The three tribes my students have…
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We have had a very unusually start to the new semester here at Woodland…so far we have been in school for six weeks and of those six weeks we have only had one week that we have gone to school on all five days. The reason for this? Snow…and lots of it. Sure enough this…
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Hey everyone, since we haven’t been in school since last Monday I thought I would drop a quick line to remind everyone about what’s coming up this next week. Don’t forget that we will have our unit 1 test on our first day back to school…on that note, your completed study guide can be found…
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Today in class we took at look at recreation and attractions within our state. In order to accomplish this task my students were asked to work together using a jigsaw activity. Jigsaw is one of the many Kagan Learning Strategies and provides students with the opportunity to work together in small groups. Here’s how we…
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Students, as we take a look at the many different aspects of Arkansas that make it the great state it is, we need to recognize music as being a majority component of what gives Arkansas it’s personality. Arkansas has a very rich music tradition that is centered around folk and delta blues. Our state and…
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Yesterday we concluded our watching the documentary Little Rock Central 50 Years Later. In this movie my students were introduced to the harsh reality that racism and racial separation still exist today even after 50 + years of racial desegregation. Today my students and I had a conversation about Little Rock Central and the problems…
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My Arkansas History students are currently learning about the 1957 desegregation of Little Rock Central High School here in Arkansas. In 1957 Little Rock Central took center stage as a country watched 9 African American students fought for their right to attend an all white school. This process was not easy and required action from…
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Today we will be beginning a webquest that looks at The Great Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. Students, for this activity you will need to use Google Docs and the following link New Deal Webquest After you click on the website you and your group will assign jobs; you will be either an historian,…
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