(DOWNLOAD) "Let the Fun Begin! Dynamic Social Studies for the Elementary School Classroom." by Childhood Education " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Let the Fun Begin! Dynamic Social Studies for the Elementary School Classroom.
- Author : Childhood Education
- Release Date : January 22, 2003
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 186 KB
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Mrs. Holzwarth's 4th-graders in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, were about to wind up a thematic unit on their state when Naisha brought in a newspaper story about the state of Maryland having recently adopted the monarch butterfly as the state insect. The idea of a state insect captured the students' interest and provoked them to ask whether Pennsylvania also had a state insect. That was all it took to launch Mrs. Holzwarth's class on one of the most rewarding social studies learning adventures it had ever tackled. The students began the process by looking up information about Pennsylvania in various books and pamphlets; they learned that Pennsylvania had a state flower, a state song, a state tree, a state nickname, and various other official state symbols, but no official "state bug." At first they wanted to write to the President of the United States to have him declare a state bug. After Mrs. Holzwarth explained that it was a state matter, they directed their efforts to their district legislator in Harrisburg (the state capital).
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