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Academic learning at home resources have been created to provide opportunities for students to engage in meaningful learning experience during the school closure. Below you will find a list of activities that your child can complete both independently and with your support.
Learning Logs are to be completed each day when work is done. These logs will be turned in at the end of the week to your teacher. Your teacher will be in contact with you this week. If you have any questions, please contact your teacher.
Government/Economics
Government/Economics
Create a powerpoint or booklet for third graders that explains how governmental economic policies influence the economy. The assignment should include at least six slides/pages with illustrations and explanations of how the U.S. government generates revenue, the expenditures of the government, and how government policies affect economic growth.
US History
US History
After analyzing the Counterculture created during the Vietnam War (follow the lesson below) explain in a well developed paragraph whether the Counterculture or Hippie generation had a positive or negative impact on America and define whether you are a modern day hippie!
Counter Culture Lesson Students will examine a counterculture timeline, as well as images of the Beatles and various sound clips to see what the Counterculture movement was and what it looked like.
World Geography
World Geography
“In India, monsoons are a matter of life and death.” If you lived in India, do you think you would agree with this statement? Why? How would you feel about living with India’s monsoons? Explain your answers.
National Geographic - Monsoons (3:22) A video clip from National Geographic that explains what monsoons are and why they are both deadly and vital to South Asia.
How monsoon rains lift India's spirit and economy BBC article describing the effects of the summer monsoons on India and the importance to the Indian culture and economy.
World History
World History
Write a letter from the point of view of someone living in an absolute monarchy in seventeenth-century Europe. Include in the letter your demands for political and social change. Justify your demands by including supporting evidence from the Enlightenment philosophers and from developments in England that resulted in limited government. A well-written letter would address any counter arguments an absolute monarch may make.
Primary Source Louis XIV A comparison reading of the average day account of Louis XIV’s day told by Louis XIV and Saint-Simon: A Noble’s Appraisal of Louis XIV.
Evolution of the Palace of Versailles Youtube video explaining the elaborate expansion of the Palace of Versailles
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