Category: venn diagrams

• Ancient Greek Women & Gender Norms

  I am very excited about this lesson I created for my 5th grade and I wanted to share it with you.  As a world history teacher in addition to teaching American history, I find it difficult in many cases to find ways to teach Ancient history from different lessons.  Ancient Greece, however, is turning out…

  CherylAnne Amendola

  May 17, 2019

  5th grade, ancient greece, lesson plan, venn diagrams

  ancient greece, gender norms, gender roles, women

• African & American Folktales

  

  World history in 5th grade took an (even more) exiting turn prior to leaving for spring break.  Having just finished our Egypt research papers, we decided to travel to countries in East and West Africa as well as to the Carribean and Southern United States to explore how and why histories intersect through folktales.  I…

  CherylAnne Amendola

  March 21, 2019

  5th grade, Africa, black history month, reading, reading strategies, slavery, social studies, venn diagrams

  africa, blackhistorymonth, folktales, slavery

• Non-Fiction Reading Techniques

  I find that my students do their best reading when given strategies that help them navigate through text book sections. Simply saying to a thirteen year old child (or any teenager for that matter) “Read pages 13-19 this evening for homework” doesn’t provide enough instruction. In order to get a student to think carefully and…

  CherylAnne Amendola

  November 12, 2008

  education, graphic organizer, graphic organizers, highlighting, margin notes, non-fiction reading strategies, reading, reading strategies, venn diagrams