Student Compliment Project

Rome "Insta" Posts

We challenged the sixth graders this week to make Instagram style posts based on our studies of ancient Roman leaders and Roman landmarks. They did a fantastic job! Check them out here:

https://padlet.com/mmeindl/ibh736p5ejjc511x

Covid 19 poems by LE 6th graders

April is Poetry Month 2020

If we could time travel ~ Leading Edge 6th Graders

Eleazar 

I would travel to ancient India around the year 2600 B.C. I would travel back then because the Indus valley was supposedly the most peaceful of all the ancient civilizations. Around this time period was the peak of this civilization. What interests me is the civilians, never had a war or some other conflict. They had no weapons or other objects that would be crucial in a battle. Instead, they had peaceful lives and farmed. They also had interesting cities, each building was around tow stories tall. Another fact that I found interesting is that there is no evidence of having social levels. That means that everyone was equal, more or less. I would like to see the Raja during that time. I want to see how the civilization was built.




Saket

I would rather go to Ancient Greece than the Ice Age. First, Greece in my opinion is more beautiful, this is because Greece had very nice cities like Athens after Percilies renovated it. While the Ice Age did not have civilized cities. I would like to meet Perciles because he was Athens ruler in the golden age. I would also like to meet Alexander The Great because he was one of Greece's greatest military commanders. (And maybe in the Ice Age i would like to meet a mammoth.) In Greece I would like to see Athens, (something is was going to see until covid.) And is the Ice Age I hope to see ice, and to sleding.

Abigail

I would rather go back to Ancient Greece than the Ice Age because I love the type of architecture they used back then and because of the golden age. Ancient Greece was very beautiful. I would like to meet Pericles and Ulysses. I would like to meet Pericles because he led them to the golden age and I would ask him questions. I would like to meet Ulysses because of how courageous and brave he was. If I were to go back in time to Ancient Greece, I would like to see them building the Parthenon.




Megan

If I had a choice to go back in time to an Ice age or Ancient Greece I would pick the land of the mythical gods, Greece. I say that because I would like to learn all about the legendary myth, about heroes, tragedies, and romances. Durning to time of 500 to 300 BC in the city of Athens was the Golden Age, and in the Golden Age, the Greeks had architecture, art, and their own civilization. While in the time of the Ice Age people had to travel and they didn't have as many resources for food and warmth. The Ice Age also didn't have cities and communities. But in Greece's time, they had many important people in life that made important things for today. For Example democracy and architecture. But the one person I would have liked to meet is Ulssyes because I would have loved to hear his voyage from the Trojan war and back. As I said before architecture was a big thing back in time and if I were to do to any place to see in ancient Greece is Athena's temple. There I would love to learn scalping and archery.

Tania Khan

We have learned about many ancient civilizations but ancient Greece interests me the most. Ancient Greece, 750 BCE-130 BCE. Ancient Greece was one of the most influential civilizations to have ever existed. This time period interests me the most because of the developments it has made such as drama, geometry, war, and theater. I personally love watching shows and drams and I am happy they created such a thing. I like how they were great with there wars and daily lives. Such as being able to win a war and to enjoy their time by watching comedic and tragic dramas. I would also like to watch the Olympic games and see how they were played. I would also like to see the Pollis and just examine how it looks. I would like to meet Herodotus, "Father of History". If I could ask him one question I would ask, what was the most important historical event to have happened in the ancient Greece civilization?




Noah

I would travel back to Ancient China in 221 B.C., where it was first unified by Emperor Qin Shi Huang because China at that time was very strong and safe. Something that interests me most about the time period is the philosophies since they were so interesting and I would love to learn more about them. The first person I want to meet is Emperor Qin's advisor, Li Si to ask him why he punished scholars so harshly. I would like to see the Great Wall of China under construction so that I can visualize how much hard work it took.



Akith

I would travel back to ancient Mesopotamia because of how calm it seemed to be. Not many wars and the life back then was very simple, not too many restrictions and the invention of irrigation and other different strategies on how to find food. I would like to meet The Ruler of Babylon, Hammurabi. I say that because I have so many questions to ask him. Like how he got the idea to make of code of conduct and many more! I would like to see the many jobs that the people have and see what the irrigation systems look like too. I also want to see how they used domestication. Is it how we do it now or is it a different way. That's why I want to go back to Mesopotamia.

6th Grade Historian Journal Project by Akith

At the week two mark of Distance Learning, 6th graders started a journal to log in their own life updates and how they respond to COVID-19. They are asked also to record things they see or hear around them. They can also put a social media post they created, a picture or video they created, a picture or video they saw online, a playlist of songs to capture this time, a news report they have read, an artifact or document that shows how the event has affected their family: a grocery receipt, or an email from their teacher.

Students can add to the slideshow presentation once or twice a week. Students are also given some questions to answer if they can’t think of anything. For example, for my journal, I put in a picture of an empty IKEA parking lot because I saw that lot empty one day. I also recorded what my mom, her friends and I did to prepare and how we are keeping up with the news. I also mentioned how the past week and this one has been “crazy.”

^ This is my project ^

I really love this project personally because it is like a diary and I get to jot down my feelings about this virus and how I am dealing with it. Some things that I couldn’t put down on the journal is that I don’t like that we can’t go out and visit our friends or go to gatherings like parties. It is more boring at home now but at least I get to spend more time with my family. One other thing I like is that I can manage my time where I can do more work than needed for one day and I can use the rest of the next day to watch something. All in all staying home has a bunch of Pros and Cons.

Blog Post:Ulysses By: Alexander

Ulysses is a book about a hero that has to save his people and survive the torture of the angry sea god, Poseidon that is mad at him for what he did. It takes Ulysses 10 years to return home, because of 1. Poseidon is making the sea harsh and with all the power the sea has and 2. He has to go to wars, and he gets very tired because of all of the wars he fought. Almost every day, someone has to do a reflection of the chapter that was given to them. Then about every 1 to 2 weeks, we have a quiz about the chapters we have read during that week. Also, there are many chapters in the book, and by the end of the trimester, we hopefully will finish this book that is filled with many adventures and a little romance upon the book.

This book is not the same cover as ours, but it is the same book we are reading. This book is action because from what I’ve read, I’ve seen that this individual is a legend somehow by surviving the terrors of Poseidon with the sea, and encountering a cyclops, so this character is very interesting to look upon and in some way, he has some power because eventually, he returns to his home and away from the sea god, Poseidon. That is what I wanted to post a blog on. Hope you liked how I described this character in an interesting way. One last thing before I end this discussion. Maybe we’ll be able to do activities with this book. :)