Category Archives: history
McGuffey goes Cairo—come see our work on Friday!
Grades K-6 have been looking closely at the artistic style and cultural contributions of the people of ancient Egypt. We’ve been very busy replicating “gold” jewelry, amulets, hieroglyphic writing, little mummies and sarchaphogi. During all that art-making we talked about … Continue reading
The River of History Flows
In Social Studies, we just finished our models of flatboats and pioneer dwellings as we study “Westward Expansion”. We are following Lewis and Clark on their adventures moving in to the war of 1812.
Posted in history, social studies, upper unit
Remembering the holocaust
Our eighth-grade scholars have taken an interest in the history, literature, and drama of the holocaust and its impact on young people. At the moment, the students are reading The Diary of Anne Frank in Language Arts. In Drama they … Continue reading
