UTES Social Studies

Today my classroom became a forum for discussing immigration issues. Our guest lawyers were back today and brought along a very special guest, Hana Boston, an immigration lawyer. She did an admirable job of explaining what immigration law is and when her services might be needed. My fifth graders asked insightful questions and demonstrated excellent [...]

This past week, in collaboration with our UTES librarian and some amazing volunteer lawyers, we had an eye-opening class discussion about prejudice. This was the perfect segue from our Constitutional Rights unit into our Civil Rights lessons. After a week of learning about primary and secondary sources, the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement, and [...]