Social Studies

On Thursday, February 28, 2008, the Social Studies Cluster teachers staged a production for African American History Month. The play was written and directed by both Ms. A. Peralta and Ms. Bonfanti and was performed for Grades 3-5. The play dealt with important events of African American History, through the lives of slaves, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. The classes that performed were from 4-3 (Mr. Cortes), 5-2 (Ms. Castellone), 5-3 (Ms. Ramlal), and the understudies were from Class 4-4 (Ms. Sarjeant). The Chorus was from Classes 4-2 (Ms. Lorentz) and 5-6 (Ms. De Lustro). We have received a lot of positive feedback from both faculty and students who were touched by this performance. We treated the cast to a pizza party the following week for a wonderful performance. The students’ rehearsals really paid off. We hope to present another Social Studies themed play next school year, hopefully including the younger grades in the audience as well.

The Social Studies Cluster program involves enrichment of the Social Studies curriculum through all Grades Pre K to 5^th grades. The lessons are aligned with the NYS standards and core curriculum. The lessons & activities include the social studies skills of Geography, Sequence & Chronology, Research & Writing skills, Comprehension skills, Technology, Presentation skills, and Organizing information. Also, both Ms. Bonfanti and Ms. Peralta communicate with the classroom teachers as to what topics the students are or should be learning and any ways to support them.

This is what the Social Studies clusters are currently working and will cover next per grade:

Pre-K & Kindergarten: Ways we can help (at home, school, community), How families are alike and different, Different community workers, Neighborhood maps

1^st: Community Workers, Types of communities (City, Farm, Town), Different types of Transportation (air, land, water), map skills, changes over time

2^nd: Making various maps to show where they live (in a Neighborhood, Town, State, Country, Continent), Landforms (Land and Water), How people depend on their environment, Pollution (Land, Water, Air)

3^rd: Exploring the culture and ancient civilization of Egypt and then China. Possible field trip to The Metropolitan Museum of Art for the Egyptian exhibit –tentatively scheduled for April.

4^th: Slavery, Civil War, Map Skills, Helping to focus on the writing skills and Social Studies content for the 5^th Grade Social Studies Test which is November of their 5^th grade year.

5^th: States and regions of the U.S., Exploration of the Americas by European countries, Early Colonization and government forms, Westward expansion, Canada

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