“May the Fourth Be With You!” ZOOM CHAT AT 10AM. Social Studies and Writing: During Zoom, we watched a quick video clip (see the link below it you want to watch it again or share it with you family) and discussed the events that “define” our generations. My grandparents (your great-grandparents) had the Great Depression and the War, my parents (your grandparents) had Kennedy’s assassination and the Vietnam and Korean Wars, my generation (your parents) had the Challenger explosion, the Gulf War, and September 11. Now your generation has this Pandemic and the economic fallouts. We read about the above events in history books and our Studies Weekly newspapers. So your Social Studies assignment is to take all that you have learned and experienced and write an article (much like our Studies Weekly articles) about the Covid-19 Pandemic. This is something that is meant for students to read 10 years from now. The students who will be in 5th grade in 10 years are not old enough now to know what is going on, so what will you tell them. Include FACTS about what is going on. But also look at both sides of what has been happening: tragedies and triumphs. Your article should be at least 3 paragraphs long and have 3-5 GOOD 5th grade sentences. Send me your final article. Reading:
Login into Clever and then choose Newsela and read the article, “Doing Good During Coronavirus”. Take the quiz afterwards. Now make a list of 10 things you can do or you’ve heard about others doing to “get through this”. What have people been doing to shine a light on the GOOD going on, to bring happiness to others, to help a friend or neighbor? Send me your list.
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