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Category Archives: History
The Mysteries of Mohenjo-Daro
We have been studying the mysterious ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro, which means “the mound of the dead”. This city was the center of the Indus River Valley civilization that thrived 4,500 years ago in modern day Pakistan and India. Students … Continue reading
Reminder: The Eastern Hemisphere Museum is Thursday, March 11 2010
Eckstein’s 6th grade humanities teachers would like to invite you once again to attend the Eastern Hemisphere Museum on Thursday, March 11 2010 from 6 – 8pm. Students will be turning in their artifacts on Wednesday morning. They have already … Continue reading
Heroes of Modern Africa Topic Selection Survey
Update: the survey is now closed. Click this link to go the topic selection survey
Artifact Caption Template
Use the file below to format the caption for the Eastern Hemisphere Museum Project. Right-click and use “Save target as…” to save the file your home folder Directions Right-click on the icon above. Select “Save target as…” When the save … Continue reading
Artifact Caption and Design Rough Drafts
Today we began writing rough drafts of the caption that provides contextual information about the artifact for the Eastern Hemisphere Museum project. The rough draft of the caption is due Friday, February 12, 2010. After turning in the captions, students will begin … Continue reading
African Artifact Notetaking
On Friday, students showed the signed EH Museum Topic Selection Letter to Ms. Falls and I. We initialed the letter to let students know if we approved their topic choices. In order to get a variety of artifacts in the museum, … Continue reading
EH Museum Family Letter and Topic Selection
During the next month, all 6th graders at Eckstein will be converting their social studies and language arts classes into museums. Each team will focus on a different region of the Eastern Hemisphere, including Egypt, Greece, Rome, and China. Our team … Continue reading
Ancient Egypt Report Final Edit due Thursday
The final edit of the Ancient Egypt report is due Thursday, March 4, 2010. More information about the project is available in this previous post. Students will not be turning in a printed draft of the report. Instead, they must … Continue reading
Ancient Egypt Research Writing
Most students have complete the research phase of the Ancient Egypt research project, so we will begin writing the reports on Monday, using the Eck208 wiki. We will be using our laptops in class on Monday and Tuesday/Wednesday to write … Continue reading
Ancient Egypt Research Project
We have begun work on a research project about Ancient Egypt. Students will select a topic and take notes in class for the next week. We are going to work on the skills of narrowing a topic, writing a research … Continue reading