The last couple of weeks have learned about explorers. At first, we read stories about explorers that came to the New World, the Americas. It made it fun that we learned about an explorer in literacy on the same day. Here's a link to the online bulletin board we made on the explorers (Explorers of the New World Padlet).
Next, we studies the Columbian Exchange, or the things that came from the Old World to the New World and from the New World to the Old World. Some things that came were good, like horses to the New World and potatoes to the Old World, and some were bad, like diseases.
We also did a simulation where in teams we made our own colonies.We had to name our colonies first. There was KEJAKE, The Republic of Pink Bananas, Pickle Wickle Island, and Miss Bad's Bad Country. We used paper to create food, shelter, luxuries, and clothes that our colonies would need. They had to be exact measurements and cut out of bigger pieces of paper. The supplies you needed were a ruler, scissors, glue, and certain colors of paper, but no colony had everything they needed. So each colony had to exchange or trade with the other colonies for supplies. The colony of KEJAKE had a lot of supplies, so they finished first. Everyone got a job. There was a leader, 2 ambassadors, and 3 workers.
These two weeks helped us learn about how America was started. I did not know America is named after an explorer, Amerigo Vespucci. What is something new you learned the past few weeks in social studies?
Next, we studies the Columbian Exchange, or the things that came from the Old World to the New World and from the New World to the Old World. Some things that came were good, like horses to the New World and potatoes to the Old World, and some were bad, like diseases.
We also did a simulation where in teams we made our own colonies.We had to name our colonies first. There was KEJAKE, The Republic of Pink Bananas, Pickle Wickle Island, and Miss Bad's Bad Country. We used paper to create food, shelter, luxuries, and clothes that our colonies would need. They had to be exact measurements and cut out of bigger pieces of paper. The supplies you needed were a ruler, scissors, glue, and certain colors of paper, but no colony had everything they needed. So each colony had to exchange or trade with the other colonies for supplies. The colony of KEJAKE had a lot of supplies, so they finished first. Everyone got a job. There was a leader, 2 ambassadors, and 3 workers.
These two weeks helped us learn about how America was started. I did not know America is named after an explorer, Amerigo Vespucci. What is something new you learned the past few weeks in social studies?