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  • Roebuck Elementary School
  • Roebuck, SC
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Today in education, educators are learning the importance of integrating literacy (reading and writing) into all the content areas of a school day. The more a student reads and writes, the better they become at. Just like an athlete practices their sport, a reader and writer has to practice their skill all day. Reading and Writing can be practiced in so many way, and one of the best ways is through research. My students will have a great opportunity to research Westward Expansion through the books of this project. In our unit of Westward Expansion, students will get to experience moving west and setting up a new life on the frontier through their research. To make social studies more interesting to students, the students form into wagon teams. These teams have to prepare for the "move west." This means they have to "buy" supplies and build a wagon. Students have to research what life was really like on those wagon trains. Students have to know weather, natural obstacles, and people they may encounter along the way. After the student make it west, it is their job to make a plan for a sustainable life for their team. That also requires students to know what life was like for people living in the west: job opportunities, conflicts, and environmental hardships. In the resources of this project, my students will be able to gather information to perform the task mentioned earlier. From the resources, my students will get primary sources with visual representations that helps them understand the content. I want to make this learning experience as authentic as possible for my students, and the best way for that to happen is they have the information right in front of them with these resources!

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Today in education, educators are learning the importance of integrating literacy (reading and writing) into all the content areas of a school day. The more a student reads and writes, the better they become at. Just like an athlete practices their sport, a reader and writer has to practice their skill all day. Reading and Writing can be practiced in so many way, and one of the best ways is through research. My students will have a great opportunity to research Westward Expansion through the books of this project. In our unit of Westward Expansion, students will get to experience moving west and setting up a new life on the frontier through their research. To make social studies more interesting to students, the students form into wagon teams. These teams have to prepare for the "move west." This means they have to "buy" supplies and build a wagon. Students have to research what life was really like on those wagon trains. Students have to know weather, natural obstacles, and people they may encounter along the way. After the student make it west, it is their job to make a plan for a sustainable life for their team. That also requires students to know what life was like for people living in the west: job opportunities, conflicts, and environmental hardships. In the resources of this project, my students will be able to gather information to perform the task mentioned earlier. From the resources, my students will get primary sources with visual representations that helps them understand the content. I want to make this learning experience as authentic as possible for my students, and the best way for that to happen is they have the information right in front of them with these resources!

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