Hello all!
I wanted to update you on what we are working on in Projects, as well as catch you up on what we've been working on the past few weeks.
Students worked on their Great Depression Websites and turned them in right before Spring Break. I was so impressed with all of their hard work! If you haven't yet, I would encourage you to have your child show you their website. They spent a lot of time and put a lot of effort into building beautiful websites, as their grades reflected!
After Spring Break we started learning about World War II. First we reviewed the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I and how it contributed to causing World War 2. Then we reviewed which countries were part of the Axis Powers and which were with the Allied Powers. On Thursday, students worked to label a map of Europe and the Pacific that showed which countries were Axis Powers, which were Allied Powers, which were controlled by the Axis Powers, and which were neutral, along with where major battles took place. Students will finish this map tomorrow (Tuesday).
Today, students will hear from Ollie Slonaker, who is a former History and Geography teacher who went to Dachau and other sites important to World War II. We are so excited for students to have the opportunity to hear from someone who has actually been to and studied these significant sites and times.
For the rest of the week, students will be studying Adolf Hitler in an attempt to gain a better understanding of this man who made a radical impact on history.
As a quick reminder, the Middle School Student Council is raising money for the Fallon Youth Club. Each classroom has a container to collect money, and the class with the most money at the end of April will be rewarded with a movie and Taco Bell for lunch. So if you have any spare change laying around the house, please consider sending it with your student so that they can donate it to Fallon Youth Club and potentially win a lunch party!
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