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An Adventure to the New World. Fifth Grade Activity. Schools of California Online Resources for Education (SCORE): Connecting California's Classrooms to the World.
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Boilon, Susan – 2002
This activity plan for fifth graders posits that the student is an agent for the King and Queen and are authorized to make a journey to the New World on behalf of the kingdom. The mission is to claim all land for the monarchy, locate a new trading route across the ocean, look for the Northwest Passage, and bring back gold, silver, spices, new…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Role Playing
History Day in California in Today's Classroom--Meeting the California Content Standards. Revised.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation, Los Angeles, CA. – 2003
In its 20th year, History Day in California, a statewide program, is a history-based learning experience for students from grades 4-12. Through participation in History Day, students not only learn about issues, ideas, people, and events in history, but they apply what they have learned through creative and original productions and by developing…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Geography, Intermediate Grades, Primary Sources
From the Classroom to the Community: An Interview with Alan Haskvitz.
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Hayes, Bill – Social Studies Review, 1997
Details a series of service learning projects conducted by a California middle school social studies class. Creative, inexpensive, and substantive, the projects included writing to Manuel Noreiga in prison, creating a feed-the-homeless garden, and translating city documents into other languages. (MJP)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Experiential Learning, Intermediate Grades