History Happenings

This week in Social Studies, the 6th grade students learned about ancient Mesopotamia.  They first made maps to understand why people settled in the area.  Then, they worked in groups to create illustrations that showed the progression of humans from hunter-gatherers to city-dwellers.

 Erin and Maya working on the stages of human progress.

 Eli and Maddie collaborating on their drawing.

Here is an example of the finished product.  This was created by Bess and Jordan.

In 7th grade, we just finished up our Middle Ages unit.  Students played a review game called the fly swatter game.  Mr. Palmieri called out a clue and students had to be the first to swat the correct answer.

 William and Olivia P. find locations on a map of Europe.

Nathan and Diego face off to find names of important people.

The 8th grade class did a simulation to finish up their World War I unit.  They were broken up into four groups that represented the countries that fought on the successful Allied side.  They then sent a representative from each group to debate what decisions should be made during the Treaty of Versailles.  They had to make such decisions as what should happen to Germany at the end of the war and who should pay for war damages.

Hunter, Eva, Jannat, and Sam M. discuss who should take the blame for starting the war.

Isaiah, Nora, Sam, and Lindsay debate what should happen to Germany's colonies after the war.

Ben, Quinn, Hunter, and Lindsay are representing Great Britain.   Here, they are discussing their arguments before they send a representative to the conference with other countries.