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Dr. Elaine Kanas, SuperintendentDr. Danielle Gately, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction & Personnel
In addition to the daily activities, there is a Living History Interdisciplinary Challenge for grades 7-12 that can be completed at your own pace throughout the week.
The COVID-19 Challenge
The COVID-19 Challenge
During this unprecedented time, it is important for us to reflect and share about some of our common experiences. In the future, these reflections can serve as primary sources that can be shared among future generations.
There is a new challenge posted for each day with a link where you can share your response with us and with each other.
While none of these challenges are required, if you choose you may do some or all of them. We hope you find them a fun and interesting way to fill some of your time at home while making a contribution to history.
You may work on these challenges in any order and go back and add to any previous day's answers.
Each day's challenge is for all students in grades K-12.
Extension activities are included with some challenges that may be more appropriate for older students and some are from a recent collection of prompts published for young people in the New York Times.
Daily responses can be submitted in written form, photos, drawings, videos - however you are most comfortable answering the daily question. You can choose to answer differently every day!
This is a family-affair - get your siblings and parents involved in each day's challenge!
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Archaeologists are social scientists who study history and culture through artifacts or man-made objects. If archeologists were studying the time we are currently living through, what artifacts would help tell our story? Consider what items you would place in a time capsule!
Share your posts here:
Extension Activity:
Choose one or more artifacts and explain why they would be important enough to place in a time capsule?
Post your responses on the Padlet link above.
Friday, April 10, 2020
Friday, April 10, 2020
Mr. Rogers reminded us to look for the helpers when he said, “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
During this time, we have seen incredible stories of human kindness. Share your favorite story, or inspire us in your own way!
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Extension Activity:
What makes ordinary people act in extraordinary ways? Share stories of everyday heroes from history.
Post your responses on the Padlet link above.
Monday, April 13, 2020
Monday, April 13, 2020
During challenging times, Americans have had to get creative with their food choices having access to fewer food ingredients. Post a favorite recipe that you have made or eaten during your time at home. Maybe you want to model your post after a favorite celebrity chef and create a video of you making your recipe!
Share your posts here:
Extension Activity:
Find more recipes you can cook using the ingredients you have in your pantry. Be creative and substitute ingredients where you can so that you can practice social distancing!
Here are some Self-Quarantine Recipes from NY Times Cooks. Share any additional posts on the Padlet link above.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
April is National Poetry Month! Have you ever made a poem from the titles on the spines of books? Book Spine Poetry is a form of “found poetry.” Gather the books around your house and use them to reflect your thoughts in poetry. Feel free to share more than one!
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Extension Activity:
Throughout history, we have learned from young people who have kept a journal or a diary about their daily experiences.
Commit to keeping a journal throughout this period and since this kind of writing is often personal, we invite you to share one line from your journal with us. We will continue this throughout our time at home, so please try to post one sentence daily.
Share your posts here:
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Let's take a virtual walk around the neighborhood - share views from your window...or porch...or front door. Take a series of photographs, draw pictures of what you see or "paint us a picture" with your words using descriptive language to share your views.
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Extension Activity:
Read the articles below and share a typically crowded-place that you have dreamed of having to yourself.
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Thursday, April 16, 2020
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Journalists are helping to keep people informed and connected during this time. Everyone is experiencing this pandemic in a different way. Use this time to interview someone who is older and someone who is younger than you about their experience. Remember, you can use online tools and/or the telephone to reach out to people beyond your immediate family. Share video clips; write a news article or create your own news broadcast to share these experiences. Don't forget to include your own perspective!
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Extension activity: Read the article, Is the Corona Pandemic Bringing your Extended Family Together?. If your Grandparents, or other relatives were running an "academy" as referenced in the article, what lesson(s) would they share with you?
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Friday, April 17, 2020
Friday, April 17, 2020
Each week the New York Times publishes an article focusing on traveling and spending 36 hours in different cities around the world. Read the article, "What are some ways to 'travel' without traveling during the pandemic?" While we can visit places virtually, we are all spending time at home. Write about, create a video diary, make a timeline or draw pictures of your favorite things to do over 36 hours at home!
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COVID-19 Living History Interdisciplinary Challenge, grades 7-12
COVID-19 Living History Interdisciplinary Challenge, grades 7-12
Respond and work on this throughout the week at your own pace.
After reading the linked article, 7 Ways to Explore the Math of the Corona Virus, and looking at the data from https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases, answer the following questions based on the data provided and other outside sources you may find.
We keep hearing of "flattening the curve." What curve are they talking about?
Based on the data we have so far, what is the best regression we can use to model the data? What are the limitations of this model? How can we improve upon the model?
How does social distancing help "flatten the curve"?
What are logarithmic scales and moving averages? Why are they being used to report the data to the public?
Compare and contrast the Corona Pandemic to other historical pandemics.
What might be the short and long-term economic impacts of the pandemic.
To share your answers, post a link to a shared google doc or slide show to the Padlet link:
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