Each year the 4th grade at Kings Beach Elementary participates in Living History Day. This event is the culmination of our year long social studies curriculum based on California history, pioneers, and the Gold Rush. The students participate in 7 hands-on stations in which they create items like the pioneers

Students in the 4th/5th grade Brisbin and Hansen Crews spend half of their school year examining and learning about Pioneers and Adventurers who traveled overland west via covered wagons in search of Manifest Destiny. Our two expeditions, "Gold Dust and Grit: Adventurers, Outliers, and Mining in the California Gold Rush,"

Studies Weekly is a weekly publication (similar to Scholastic) specifically focused on Social Studies and aligned to California Social Studies standards. Studies Weekly includes lesson plans, extension activities, and diverse reading, listening, and learning strategies to meet the needs of all students, including English Learners and students with learning needs

Living History is a comprehensive, day-long immersive simulation of the California Gold Rush. Fourth-grade students will move beyond their textbooks to engage in a "living history" environment at the Tahoe Donner Campground. The program features ten rotating stations where students perform the actual labor of the era, including gold panning

These units of "Exploring our World", and "Mapping it" is an integrated science, literacy, math and social Studies unit designed for 1st-grade students to explore Earth’s diverse biomes and basic cartography. Students will use high-quality non-fiction mentor texts to research specific habitats (rainforests, deserts, tundras, etc.) and then apply their

Sports Illustrated for Kids, Spider, Zoobooks, The Week Jr. and National Geographic for Kids are long standing resources used in a variety of academic settings. I would be utilizing these resources, along with a few new additions (Brainspace, Kazoo and Honest History) in order to provide grade level appropriate reading

I am requesting a grant to purchase these Geography materials that will supplement the first grade social studies curriculum. The goal of this initiative is to transition the First Grade Social Studies curriculum from abstract instruction to a kinesthetic, inquiry-based model. By integrating a these tactile maps, we aim to

The 8th-grade team seeks to establish an annual experiential learning initiative centered on the Stewart Indian School in Carson City. This program bridges the gap between Social Science curriculum and local history by providing students with a primary-source encounter with the Great Basin tribes’ experiences in the late 19th century

Renew subscriptions for weekly newspapers covering Social Studies, Science and current events to enhance our ELD program. The topics all correlate with what is being taught in kindergarten. The magazines have been used in the past and were utilized consistently in our weekly routine.