HCPS Middle School

Our 7th grade Social Studies teacher Mr. Berry used Mash-On, an online website, to enhance digital pictures that students took in order to show their understanding of the Great Depression. There were 10 questions that students needed to answer for this assignment. The questions were:

1.    How did the stock market crash affect investors?
2.    How did tariffs affect the US economy?
3.    What role did the Federal Reserve play in the Great Depression?
4.    How did foreclosures affect people?

5.    What happened to banks during the Great Depression?
6.    How did the Dust Bowl affect farmers on the Great Plains?
7.    What were breadlines and soup kitchens?
8.    What was the goal of the New Deal?
9.    How was American society affected by the WPA and CCC?
10.    What ended the Great Depression?

Students then answered these questions in picture form. For each answer,they took one picture and added a caption that answers the question.  Each student created his or her own comic strip about the Great Depression.  The results were fantastic!

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Miss Mosier created a group for US I teachers across the county in SchoolSpace. Teachers share lesson materials through this group. Miss Mosier showed teachers how to publish quizzes by SOL for their students. Students have to get a 100% on each quiz as part of SOL review. Teachers get valuable data from the quizzes and learn how to use SchoolSpace even better!

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Ms. Heesen’s class logged onto SAS curriculum in order to identify the three West African Empires that dominated trade between 1200 A.D. to 1600 A.D. They accomplished this feat by using SAS’s interactive atlas.  The atlas allowed them to create overlays and add text to the map.  When the students finished their work they were able to download a .pdf and email a copy of their work to Ms. Heesen.

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6th Grade students in Ms. Cannon’s Social Studies classes utilized Google Earth to create a virtual tour of the Continents, Oceans and the US Regions, and Waterways for SOL USI.2a, b, and c. Click on the link below to download and example of the  their adventure.

Take The Tour!

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Ms. Tyson’s 8th grade Civics and Economics classes used Voice Thread to illustrate and narrate the civic responsiblities of American citizens.  The students used iPhoto and Voice Thread to complete their projects.

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