Students applied their knowledge of 1950’s culture, Civil Rights, & the Cold War to create a seating chart for 8 influential people of the decade. Students explained the connection between each dinner guest & what they might talk about. #OnePrep#CharlottePrepMiddleSchool
Group gallery walk while remote learning? ✅ Students visited 8 exhibits, completed digital sticky notes, and made inferences about life during the Great Depression. #OnePrep#CharlottePrepSocialStudies
Lots of critical thinking today: Students examined quotes from a mystery text, shared with partners, and made predictions as they gathered more info. By the last round they were able to infer the article was about Al Capone providing soup kitchens during the depression. #OnePrep
Muckrakers of the Progressive Era turned into superheroes working to expose the villains of political & economic corruption, social hardships, inequality, & working conditions of the Gilded Age. #OnePrep#CharlottePrepSocialStudies#CharlottePrepGrade8
More presidential press conferences today! Such a fun, interactive way for students to demonstrate their comprehension of FDR’s policies & the beginning of WWII. #OnePrep#CharlottePrepSocialStudies#CharlottePrepGrade8
Students worked in groups to write & perform a mock presidential press conference to demonstrate their knowledge of FDR’s Four Freedoms speech, the Lend-Lease Act & US neutrality at the beginning of WWII. #OnePrep#CharlottePrepGrade8#CharlottePrepSocialStudies
Calling all tourists! We have been busy creating Hollywood style bus tours of the 1920’s. Students designed a route with 10 stops to showcase important people, places, & events from the decade. Here are a few examples... #CharlottePrepGrade8#OnePrep#CharlottePrepSocialStudies