There is no homework. Please make sure your child turned in the project listed below.
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May 10, 2011
Dear Parents,
Your fourth grader has learned a lot this year but it is not over yet. There are still many more lessons to be taught. For the rest of the month in Social Studies your child will be learning about effective leaders and individuals who have impacted history. Your child was assigned a project entitled Celebrating Our Leaders on May 2nd. They must research information on this important historical figure and complete the project requirements. I have included the requirements with this letter.
This important project will count as 3 major grades toward your child’s end of the year Social Studies report card average. It is extremely important that your child work hard to make the best use of their time and complete this project effectively and successfully. There are many resources that may help your child with this project including the local library, the school library, and the internet. If you have any questions about this project please call (409) 750-9289.
Sincerely,
JaMika Harris
4th Grade Social Studies Teacher
Odyssey Academy
Celebrating Our Leaders Project
4th Grade Social Studies
Deadline May 23, 2011
Purpose:
The students will gather facts and conduct research on the outstanding citizen and leader listed above. Students will recognize the contributions of a past or present leader. Students will understand the impact these leaders have had on the community including; our city, state or country. Students will gain knowledge of their major accomplishments, achievements and list their leadership qualities.
Requirements:
- Write a 1 ½ to 2 page essay on the life of an outstanding leader. This should include the Early Life or Childhood, Education, Major Events in their life history, and Accomplishments. Students may choose to type their essay instead of hand writing it.
- Create a Timeline detailing at least 8 important events.
- Design a poster board that outlines the life of the person with pictures, drawing and artwork.
- Prepare and present a 3 -5 minute presentation about the person, their leadership qualities, and the major role they played in history.
- Students will explain the impact they believe the person had on the world.
- Students must list the resources used for information to complete this project. Example resources include (library books list author and title, internet list web address, dictionary or encyclopedia list name, year and publishing company).
- Projects will not be accepted before Thursday, May 19.
Study Vocabulary and Prepare for Unit 2 Exam
Homework Week of 1/31-2/4
Alamo Project
- Write an essay about the Battle of the Alamo.
- Paper must include 2-3 paragraphs
- Summarize the events that took place before, during and after the battle.
- Describe why the battle of the Alamo is important to our Texas history.
- Create a portrait/drawing that represents the Battle of the Alamo and what Texas was fighting for. (Many students have already begun this part in class.)
This assignment is a major assessment grade and must be turned by all students.
1/19 to 1-28
Prize for Peace Due Friday
People Celebrate Handout Due Friday 1/7
Previous: Homework Week of Dec. 13-17
Students will us the SS study guide to study for the 2nd Nine Weeks Benchmark.
Social Studies Homework
Nov. 29-Dec. 3
Texas History Handout: Read the passage and learn the history of our great state. Complete the comprehension test on the back. Due Friday Dec. 3
Social Studies Homework
Week of Nov. 15-19
Activity: Kids Tune in Too Much Due Friday
Previous: Week of Nov. 8- 12
Activity: The Flight that changed the world.( Handout ) All about famous explorers and how their expedtions help shape the world. Due Friday Nov. 12th.
Previous Weeks of 10/18/10 - 10/22/10
Early Native American Life – Handout includes the following:
Reading and Discussion, Fill in the blanks, Vocabulary, and Short answer. Students should have recieved it in class. It is due on Friday Oct. 22, 2010.
Previous Week of 10/11/10 – 10/15/10
Survival Skills
Native Americans developed many skills for survival. As a review over the information we discussed in class including adaptations, modifications, and consequences complete the activities below.
Part#1: Choose 1 situation from below circle your choice and write 1 or more examples of the Adaptations, Modifications, and the Consequences. Draw a picture to represent each of the 3 things.
Possible Situations: Bad Soil, Surrounded by water, Limited food, Nowhere to live.
Part# 2: Make a list of survival skills that may have been used for the example you chose.
Part# 3 In 3 or more sentences explain how each of the skills was used for survival by Native American Tribes.
Due: Friday 10/15/10
Previous Week: 4th Grade SS Homework
Week of 10/4 -10/8
Map Skills
Practice your map skills. Create a map of your home, school or neighborhood.
Use symbols; identify streets, signs and landmarks. Include roads and any routes that you most commonly travel.
Label streets and any highways you use. Create a map key, and compass rose to show direction.
Write a paragraph that describes the map of your neighborhood.
Previous: Homework Week of 9/27/10 - 10/1/10
Living Off The Land
Identify what you know about the relationships between where people live and how they live.
Example: Life in the Mountains or cold weather.
Explain how the physical characteristics such as soil, landforms, climate, bodies of water and vegetation played a major role in the lives of early Native American settlers of our state. How did they adapted to their environment?
Compare the way they lived then with the way we live today. Identify the similarities and differences you see.
List those differences and draw out 2 examples.
Previous Week
Homework Week of Sept. 20 to Sept.24
Directions:
Native American Tribes of Texas
You have been learning about the Native American tribes of Texas. Remember what Native American cultures and tribes you have studied in class Caddos, Jumanos, Apache, and Karankawa. Each of the tribes are unique and lived life in a different way. Choose a tribe and give examples of their way of life. This includes customs, traditions, clothing, food, and shelter.
You may want to use magazine images such as National Geographic, photos from newspapers, other newsmagazines and/or drawings.
Identify what you know about the relationships between where people live and how they live.
Explain how the physical characteristics such as soil, landforms, climate, bodies of water and vegetation played a major role in the lives of Native American settlers of our state.
Previous Week of 9/13/10
What’s going on in the world?
Watch the news on television, review the news online or read the newspaper with a parent. Make a list of some of the topics you discovered. Examples may include human interest stories, weather stories about hurricanes or storms, government elections, community news and events from other countries around the world. Choose one that interests you the most.
Write a paragraph that answers the following questions. You may include pictures, cut outs or drawings.
1. Why is this information in the news?
2. Who was affected by what happen?
3. How does this affect our local community? 4. How does it affect our world?
5. What do think about it and how would you handle it.
Review Vocabulary List
Due Friday Sept. 17, 2010
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