UTES Social Studies

Constitution Day is September 17, 2011 and recognized on September 16th. Are you ready? I am feeling pretty jazzed about it this year. The Constitution Day website has resources that I plan to use for the first time: http://www.constitutioncenter.org/ncc_progs_Constitution_Day.aspx or http://constitutioncenter.org/ncc_progs_Elementary_School.aspx I’ve started the year with my fifth graders examining the Constitution and how important [...]

It’s a new school year and another opportunity to make social studies my students’ favorite subject. We will be working backwards through American History this year answering the following questions: 1. Where are we? 2. How did we get here? 3. Does history ever repeat itself? If so, why? What issues today have roots in [...]