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Post by cadoodlebug on Jul 6, 2016 15:35:45 GMT
We had 4th grade Californians in this family . Field trip to local Mission and they had to do a major project on any other Mission. Both my kids did the project on San Juan Capistano. One did a presentation with a photo board and the other recreated the mission. Using Michael's mission project kits was absolutely forbidden by our district. We also had a "field" trip to Sacremento that included the gold rush (Sutter's Fort?). DD missed the sign up date because we moved to CA a couple of months into the school year, but DS went in 4th grade. First & only school field trip that started at 5 in the morning, involved a flight and ended around midnight. Zombie kids were escorted half asleep off the bus at the end of the day. DS also had an infamous sleep over on the tall ship Star of India as part of the Gold Rush unit. We drove by there today and DS still hasn't forgiven them (7 years later) for treating the kids as the swabbies they were and requiring them to dine on swill while the officers had a nice dinner. cadoodlebug did your DS study the Gold Rush that year? For us it was 50% Missions/50% Gold Rush for CA history in 4th grade. In 5th Grade the kids had to do a major study of any other state, so one of mine did Oregon and the other Washington. DS's class formed a company, elected officers, had an assembly line where they made paper bears stuffed with candy and sold them for $1 each. They had shareholders who put up money to get the company rolling and after they sold all the bears they paid a dividend to those people. The money they made from the company was used for a trip to Sacramento to the capitol, the fort up there and the wonderful railroad museum. I can't remember them studying about the gold rush but they likely did.
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Post by stampinbetsy on Jul 6, 2016 16:22:16 GMT
Texas, yes, in 4th and again in 7th. No big project in our schools but both kids visited the San Jacinto monument in 4th grade. I understand the 7th graders used to go to the Alamo but it got too expensive. The major focus on state history is in 4th and 7th, but I taught a Texas history unit in 2nd grade. Our school district used to send 4th graders to Austin for a day - not sure if they're still doing that.
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Post by Belle on Jul 6, 2016 16:32:06 GMT
My kids covered Washington state history in 4th grade. They did a simulation of the Westward movement over several weeks in the classroom, they put on a very clever play for the parents called "Going West" and they had a field trip to Tillilcum Village where they ate Native American food (clams served on the beach, salmon cooked on cedar planks etc) and got to see Native American dancing.
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Post by artbabe on Jul 6, 2016 16:38:52 GMT
I might be off a year on this:
3rd grade is local history 4th grade is Ohio history 5th grade is American history I can't remember what 6th is. 7th is ancient cultures- Egypt, Roman, Greek, etc. 8th is the founding of the United States up to the Civil War.
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Post by scorpeao on Jul 6, 2016 16:47:58 GMT
Kinda off topic, but kinda not. My dd was born and raised in Ca. Being in the Sacramento area 5th grade history is learning all about the state including the gold rush. My dd is now in the Navy and she said in Florida she and her friends went to an old fort and when she started talking about her gold panning field trips her friends looked at her like she had grown two heads. She said she assumed all kids nationwide learned about the gold rush and gold panning to the same extent that we do here in California. She even called me: Mom, did you know that the kids in Florida don't learn about gold panning and settlers? It was quite an eye opening experience for her.
ETA: My dd could choose from a variety of projects for her Mission projects. She chose to make a scrapbook out of her visit to Mission San Juan Bautista
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Post by oh yvonne on Jul 6, 2016 17:08:20 GMT
did you make a salt and flour map of california, too??? We learned the geography by making a 3d model of the state. I'm also a Californian who did the mission project omg she did that too! That they did IN class thank goodness, and yeah that was in third grade!
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Post by oh yvonne on Jul 6, 2016 17:11:16 GMT
We had 4th grade Californians in this family . Field trip to local Mission and they had to do a major project on any other Mission. Both my kids did the project on San Juan Capistano. One did a presentation with a photo board and the other recreated the mission. Using Michael's mission project kits was absolutely forbidden by our district. We also had a "field" trip to Sacremento that included the gold rush (Sutter's Fort?). DD missed the sign up date because we moved to CA a couple of months into the school year, but DS went in 4th grade. First & only school field trip that started at 5 in the morning, involved a flight and ended around midnight. Zombie kids were escorted half asleep off the bus at the end of the day. DS also had an infamous sleep over on the tall ship Star of India as part of the Gold Rush unit. We drove by there today and DS still hasn't forgiven them (7 years later) for treating the kids as the swabbies they were and requiring them to dine on swill while the officers had a nice dinner.cadoodlebug did your DS study the Gold Rush that year? For us it was 50% Missions/50% Gold Rush for CA history in 4th grade. In 5th Grade the kids had to do a major study of any other state, so one of mine did Oregon and the other Washington. OMG that's awesome, lol! I forgotten about the Sacramento trip in 5th grade! We did that with Marissa already, guess I'd forgotten about that.
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Post by brandy327 on Jul 6, 2016 17:16:47 GMT
4th grade here in NH they did state history. It wasn't very long - maybe 4-6 weeks? But they did have to do a NH counties project.
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Post by 950nancy on Jul 6, 2016 17:43:52 GMT
Kinda off topic, but kinda not. My dd was born and raised in Ca. Being in the Sacramento area 5th grade history is learning all about the state including the gold rush. My dd is now in the Navy and she said in Florida she and her friends went to an old fort and when she started talking about her gold panning field trips her friends looked at her like she had grown two heads. She said she assumed all kids nationwide learned about the gold rush and gold panning to the same extent that we do here in California. She even called me: Mom, did you know that the kids in Florida don't learn about gold panning and settlers? It was quite an eye opening experience for her. ETA: My dd could choose from a variety of projects for her Mission projects. She chose to make a scrapbook out of her visit to Mission San Juan Bautista This is one thing I have always found a bit odd about a whole year devoted to one specific area. If you spend so much time learning about one state or even one area of a state, what about the rest of the country? I understand each state wanting their history taught, but that is a lot of time given to one topic. We had so many military kids that move every year and even more that live in poverty and have to move to find a job that kids who spend a full year on something will probably never use it again. Then again, this might be very specific to my area and not other people's experiences. I guess I was just so used to hearing so many people tell me what schools should be teaching (cursive, bully proofing, technology) that I was really thoughtful of what I taught. Personally, I would like to see kids in elementary school spend more time on government. History is great, but government is so important and it was only a chapter in our history book.
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Post by oh yvonne on Jul 6, 2016 17:53:03 GMT
Kinda off topic, but kinda not. My dd was born and raised in Ca. Being in the Sacramento area 5th grade history is learning all about the state including the gold rush. My dd is now in the Navy and she said in Florida she and her friends went to an old fort and when she started talking about her gold panning field trips her friends looked at her like she had grown two heads. She said she assumed all kids nationwide learned about the gold rush and gold panning to the same extent that we do here in California. She even called me: Mom, did you know that the kids in Florida don't learn about gold panning and settlers? It was quite an eye opening experience for her. ETA: My dd could choose from a variety of projects for her Mission projects. She chose to make a scrapbook out of her visit to Mission San Juan Bautista This is one thing I have always found a bit odd about a whole year devoted to one specific area. If you spend so much time learning about one state or even one area of a state, what about the rest of the country? I understand each state wanting their history taught, but that is a lot of time given to one topic. We had so many military kids that move every year and even more that live in poverty and have to move to find a job that kids who spend a full year on something will probably never use it again. Then again, this might be very specific to my area and not other people's experiences. I guess I was just so used to hearing so many people tell me what schools should be teaching (cursive, bully proofing, technology) that I was really thoughtful of what I taught. Personally, I would like to see kids in elementary school spend more time on government. History is great, but government is so important and it was only a chapter in our history book. After seeing all the varied responses, I'm thinking maybe California is a little unique (not the ONLY) state that has such a huge and varied history so there is a lot to cover and it does take the entire year. They learn cursive and government as well. Our school district is among the top in our state, but I'm pretty sure most districts throughout the state follow the same/similar curriculum. I know I went to elementary school in Los Angeles in the 70's and it was the same back then. I'm in a completely different area now. I remember in the third grade they did learn about the different states. My daughter did GA (they did this via a Flat Stanley project).
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jul 6, 2016 19:58:24 GMT
Was anyone else ever freaked out when you didn't finish a book in school. As in the history book, math book, social studies, whatever. I was always upset thinking I needed to learn EVERYTHING in the book but often we didn't get there. I guess in the grand scheme of life it doesn't matter.
On another note, in 8th grade DS learned all about different religions. Is that common in public schools? This was in the 1999-2000 school year.
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Post by refugeepea on Jul 6, 2016 20:00:53 GMT
I can't remember the grade. It's been so long. I remember they had to pick an important figure in the state history and dress up like them and do a presentation on a poster board.
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Post by alissa103 on Jul 6, 2016 21:09:32 GMT
We did Indiana history in 4th grade. I don't remember everything we did, but I remember thinking it was fun. My grandparents lived near a big oak tree where Indians used to meet, so I took a rubbing from the plaque there for an assignment. DS is still in preschool here so I'm not sure what TN does. I hope they do state history. There's lots of if here and locally down the road Civil War battle fields and homes that you can tour. Hoping to chaperone those trips some day
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Post by alissa103 on Jul 6, 2016 21:17:43 GMT
Was anyone else ever freaked out when you didn't finish a book in school. As in the history book, math book, social studies, whatever. I was always upset thinking I needed to learn EVERYTHING in the book but often we didn't get there. I guess in the grand scheme of life it doesn't matter. On another note, in 8th grade DS learned all about different religions. Is that common in public schools? This was in the 1999-2000 school year. We had World Religion maybe Sophmomore year in HS (this was around the same time as your son, I'm just a few years older than him). I went to a private religious HS though so it wasn't an issue to teach the classes. It was actually probably my favorite and most culturally useful class I ever had in my life - it definitely opens your eyes to other cultures and people in a positive way.
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Post by oh yvonne on Jul 6, 2016 21:29:50 GMT
I love reading about all the different things you all do for your state's history. We are all so spread across such a vast and diverse land.
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Post by hop2 on Jul 6, 2016 22:09:46 GMT
Kinda off topic, but kinda not. My dd was born and raised in Ca. Being in the Sacramento area 5th grade history is learning all about the state including the gold rush. My dd is now in the Navy and she said in Florida she and her friends went to an old fort and when she started talking about her gold panning field trips her friends looked at her like she had grown two heads. She said she assumed all kids nationwide learned about the gold rush and gold panning to the same extent that we do here in California. She even called me: Mom, did you know that the kids in Florida don't learn about gold panning and settlers? It was quite an eye opening experience for her. ETA: My dd could choose from a variety of projects for her Mission projects. She chose to make a scrapbook out of her visit to Mission San Juan Bautista This is one thing I have always found a bit odd about a whole year devoted to one specific area. If you spend so much time learning about one state or even one area of a state, what about the rest of the country? I understand each state wanting their history taught, but that is a lot of time given to one topic. We had so many military kids that move every year and even more that live in poverty and have to move to find a job that kids who spend a full year on something will probably never use it again. Then again, this might be very specific to my area and not other people's experiences. I guess I was just so used to hearing so many people tell me what schools should be teaching (cursive, bully proofing, technology) that I was really thoughtful of what I taught. Personally, I would like to see kids in elementary school spend more time on government. History is great, but government is so important and it was only a chapter in our history book. Here, in elementary school history is not a daily subject, other than the times devoted to the presentations it might be once a week? They don't switch until 6th grade so it's up to the teacher how she disperses the curriculum thru out the year. Same with science. Only daily subjects were math & reading. The smart teachers weave things together as in they will weave a lesson on native people hunting & gathering in with a math lesson or something. My kids had the best 4th grade teacher.
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Post by my3freaks on Jul 7, 2016 22:26:34 GMT
4th grade here in NH they did state history. It wasn't very long - maybe 4-6 weeks? But they did have to do a NH counties project. I was going to reply that I know I had NH history in 4th grade, but it was much longer than that, I think it was most of year. We had a big scrapbook like project that we worked on throughout the whole thing that got turned in at the end. I feel like we were being taught some kind of history in every grade, and took quite a few field trips. I remember going to see The Old Man on the Mountain in Franconia, the state capital and sitting in on something the House of Representatives was meeting on and the Gov. came outside later and visited while we were eating lunch, Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth, Boston at different times for the Freedom Trail, Paul Revere's house, Boston Massacre location, Old North Church, etc, Bunker Hill Monument (and a re-enactment or movie that I think was called "The Whites of Their Eyes", a boat for a re-enactment or something about the Boston Tea Party, The USS Constitution (a couple times), Museum of Science, whale watch and to the Isle of Shoals off Portsmouth NH, multiple Native American sites, Bear Brook State Park (That was for 3 days in 7th grade, I think everyone does this, or something like it too. Here in Colorado, it's 6th grade and they call it Outdoor Education). New England is pretty historical. I wish I'd appreciated it more as a kid. We really got to do a lot of cool things.
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