Sep 30

Sod House 2

USII Students,

Choose a few of these links and skim through the information to further investigate the adaptations settlers used on the Great Plains.  Write a response that tells me two new facts you learned and which website you liked visiting the best and why.

Enjoy!

  1. Barbed Wire
  2. Sod Houses 1
  3. Sod Houses 2 (Check out the links at the bottom, too!)
  4. Cattle Ranching (Also see the barbed wire and windmills sections at the page’s bottom.  Try out the games as well.)
  5. Windmill Pics
  6. Wheat Farming (Click on the photo by the paragraph called, “The Age of Machinery.”)
  7. Transcontinental Railroad
  8. Steel Plow
Sep 24

PopUps

Wow, we’ve gotten a lot done in the last few weeks!  Each student now has his or her own Social Studies Pop-Up Book, decorated and laminated. They look awesome, but that’s not all they’re good for.  These books will be our tool each day for organizing our knowledge and understanding new concepts.

Please take 5 minutes to write a clear response to this post.  Answer the questions below, and be sure to follow the check list before submitting.

  1. What do you like most about your Pop-Up?  How do you make your Pop-Up unique each class? Why?
  2. How do you think your Pop-Up will help you be more successful this year than you’ve ever been?  Why?
  3. What suggestions do you have for me about how we could make our Pop-Ups even better?

Before submitting, check this list:

  • Does your response include your first name and last initial?
  • Does your post have correct grammar and spelling?
  • Did you clearly answer each question in a complete sentence and is this your best work possible?

Click submit!