US/NC History
Mr. Eaton, Grade 8 Social Studies
Polk County Middle School
321 Wolverine Trail
Mill Spring, North Carolina, 28722
eeaton@polkschools.org
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Welcome to Mr. Eaton's NC History Page
Welcome to Mr. Eaton's NC History Page
This year you will be studying North Carolina's history within the history of the United States from approximately the 1500s to the present. The story of our state and nation is fascinating. Look at history as a story of adventure with mystery, intrigue, bad choices, good choices, perseverance and triumph.
For most 8th grade students this will be the first year of a true history course. Our studies will follow the North Carolina Essential Standards for Social Studies .
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Parents, feel free to e-mail me with questions related to my class at: eeaton@polkschools.org
Parents, feel free to e-mail me with questions related to my class at: eeaton@polkschools.org
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Students in Mr. Eaton's Class Create Quilt Squares as Part of Grant from Tryon Fine Arts Center
Students in Mr. Eaton's Class Create Quilt Squares as Part of Grant from Tryon Fine Arts Center
As part of a Big Idea Grant (BIG) from the Tryon Fine Arts Center, students in my class created quilt squares after studying the history of quilting and how quilting may reflect cultural influences. Students researched quilting's rich past as well as its connection to math concepts such as transformations.
Check out the project slideshow below!
Quilting Carolina North Carolina History Through Quilts-Final ReportClick above to view slideshow
Student Quilt Squares on Display
Student Quilt Squares on Display
Student Quilt Squares on Display
Garden of Three Cultures Project 🌿
In the spring of 2022 Mr. Eaton's classes will engage in a class project called "A Garden of Three Cultures". Thiswill be a multi-disciplinary learning garden for students that will help them research and explore the food and plants from African, European, and Native American cultures that were found in or came to North Carolina in the 1500s to 1700s. Students will use the gardens for hands-on and research experiences that will connect their study of history to science by having students research the foods of various cultures who settled early North Carolina and how those foods influenced the culture and early settlement of our state and nation. Students will also learn how agriculture as a business has developed in North Carolina into a vital part of today's economy. Science skills will be further developed through plant study and planning for cultivation. The harvest from these gardens will be utilized in life skills classes, school cafeteria, or possibly donated to local food banks.
This project has been made possible through generous grants and support from the NC Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom Grant and the Rutherford Rural Electric Membership Bright Ideas in Education Grant.
This area will be transformed to include 3 garden beds representing Native American, African, and European food crops from the 1700s as well as an area for modern crops that are important to NC's agriculture economy.
The "Doughboy" Statue in Columbus, NC honoring those who fought and died in World War I.
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