Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Meet Mr. Palmieri

This week, the middle school students had a new face in the classroom.  Mr. Caleb Palmieri is a student teacher from North Park University.  He will be in our classroom until December.  He has already started teaching in the 6th and 7th grade classes.  Welcome, Mr. P!

                         Mr. Palmieri working with the 6th graders on a lesson about early human migration.

                        Sean is working on his migration activity and is showing on a map where he would migrate if he lived in a time where glaciers covered the earth.

Mr. Palmieri also taught the 7th grade a lesson about the Black Plague in the Middle Ages.  Watch the video to see the 7th graders theatrically demonstrate some of the symptoms.  If you have a weak stomach, it might make you a little queasy!





The students learned that 1/3 of Europeans were affected by the plague.  To show just how many people that was, Mr. P had a third of the class leave the room as if they were affected by the plague to show the impact.  These are our students who aren't feeling so great.

We are excited to see what else our student teacher has in store for us!