Fabsik LA/SS

Today we began learning about the causes of WWI.  The students learned the acronym MANIA, which stands for militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, and assassination.  Then students selected a country to portray during the peace negotiations after the assassination. The Serbians read… Continue Reading →

It has been a hard road for many of the civilizations.  As they domesticated animals, many of them developed diseases and lost large portions of their population.  As they developed religion, the Ancient Indians had to spend so much time worshiping… Continue Reading →

Thank you for helping your students create amazing food for last Friday’s Diwali celebration!  

The sixth grade created plans to solve the problems that existed in the United States after the Civil War.  Some of their ideas are similar to those that were actually instituted by the U.S. government.  The failure of most of… Continue Reading →

Each year when I read Animal Farm, I am amazed and disturbed.  I am amazed that Orwell could create such a brilliant allegory, and I am disturbed to remember that the farm animals symbolize the millions of people who were… Continue Reading →

Both the sixth and eighth graders have just completed projects for LA/SS that required them to use their computer programming skills.  The sixth grade created an interactive timeline of Frederick Douglass’s life, and the eighth grade created games about the… Continue Reading →

7F has been hard at work preparing for next Friday, November 4.  After reading the epic Ramayana, the students will share their knowledge of the epic with the entire middle school.  They will then lead some common traditions.  All 7F… Continue Reading →