What else was invented during the early 20th Century? Your job is to find out about one item that was invented between 1900 and 1950. Use the internet to find a picture of it. Then, leave a comment describing the item, when it was invented, and how you think it changed people's lives. Don't forget to leave a link to the website you found it on! That way we can all learn more about it. Have Mom or Dad help you!
We have been learning about Troy history in social studies. We've learned that the period from 1900 - 1950 was a time when lots of things were changing! Troy went from a small pioneer town to a growing farming community. Cars, railroads, and electricity came to Troy during this time, and we are imagining all the ways those inventions must have changed people's lives! In fact, today we learned about several inventions from this time, like the assembly line, the airplane, and the pop-up toaster!
What else was invented during the early 20th Century? Your job is to find out about one item that was invented between 1900 and 1950. Use the internet to find a picture of it. Then, leave a comment describing the item, when it was invented, and how you think it changed people's lives. Don't forget to leave a link to the website you found it on! That way we can all learn more about it. Have Mom or Dad help you! Ding, ding, ding! School's in session, and the year is 1880. Wait, it's 2014! Well...not on Monday. That's because on Monday we went on a field trip to the Troy Historic Village. We went to school at Poppleton, a real one-room schoolhouse from the 1800s. We went there to learn about the past and what it felt like for children in school back then. We learned about the 3 R's, we wrote with chalk on slates, and we played with old-fashioned games at recess. We even had to change our names to names of kids who really went to Poppleton! But if you really lived in the 1800's, you would NEVER want to get in trouble. That's because the punishments were HORRIBLE! If you were tardy, you would have to do your work standing up. If you chewed gum, you had to spit it out, put it on the chalk board and stick your nose in it. Worst of all was the dunce cap! When you didn't do your homework, you had to put it on and sit in the corner, and your teacher would call you a dunce (that means a stupid person)! They could even hit you with a stick! And that's what it was like in the 1800's.
Oh no! The teacher's coming with a stick because we were talking in school! Run to the time machine! Heading to our time machine now! Five...four...three...two...one...1825, here we come! We've been studying pioneers in Social Studies. We're heading back to 1825 because we want to learn what Troy was like when the pioneers came here. Back then, it was a big, swampy forest with lots of trees. The pioneers had to cut down trees to make log cabins, and they had to grow or hunt all their own food. They had to hunt animals and smoke the meat to have food for the winter. They also used the animal fur for clothes. There were lots of wild animals then, and it was dangerous for little kids! Now you know a little about pioneers. Back to 2014
There we were, on the bus, heading to the Morley Candy Factory for a field trip for Social Studies. We got there, and we were so excited. There were different activities we were going to do. There was watching a movie about where chocolate comes from, seeing the assembly line, and visiting the store. (We got to go there first.) We walked inside the door, and BOOM! There it was - candy, candy everywhere! Big candies, little candies, sweet candies, sour candies. All kinds of candies! And of course, choooooocolaaaaate! We got to go shopping there, because in Social Studies, we are learning about how to spend money wisely. We only had up to five dollars to spend in the store, so we had to spend that money wisely. But at least some of the candy was cheap! Everybody got something yummy and had lots of fun.
Hey, have you ever seen polluted water? It's disgusting! We know all about it because we've seen it in our classroom. We'll tell you about it. Well, you might think we had real polluted water in our classroom, but we were just experimenting! We started off with a clear tub of water with a sponge fish floating in it. Then Mrs. Freeman passed out little vials of mystery polluntants. We couldn't tell what was inside. The vials had a label on them. Then Mrs. Freeman read a story called "Who Polluted the Potomac?" We were very interested in it! When you heard your vial label, you had to come up and open the vial and pour it in the tub of water. At first we thought the water was okay, but then it got icky! It smelled like rotten fish! It looked brown! Would you swim in water like that? NO! Would you drink from it? NO! Would you boat on it? NO! We used to think that only bad people polluted, but we learned that everyone pollutes sometimes! Even us! So we need to think before we do things that might pollute!
Hello, and welcome to Troy Island! Do you have what it takes to survive here? In Social Studies, we have been studying all about the environment. We learned that if there was no such thing as nature, humans would not exist! That's because nature gives us all the things we need to survive. After we learned how humans use nature to make things we need, we played Survivor: Troy Island. We had to find things in an island environment to make food, clothing, and shelter. Then, each team got to explain what they made. If the class thought they wouldn't survive, they had their torch extinguished! So far, all the groups have survived! Did you see us? Did you see us on t.v.? We were interviwed by King Community on WRBN Uuuuurrrrban Television! We were telling him all about what it's like to live in an urban community. We told him where we live, where we work, and what we do for fun in the big city. It was so fun because he had a crown and we got to speak into a microphone. That's why he's called King Community. Get it? Some people were late for work because they stopped to be interviewed! But, really, we were just pretending, and King Community is really a puppet! We were just doing it for Social Studies fun!
Did you just drop litter? Pick it up! Do you see someone who needs help? Help them! Did you just push someone? Apologize! Those are some ways to be a good citizen. In our super new Social Studies unit, we're learning all about how to be super duper citizens! Being a good citizen is kind of like being a super hero in your community, except you don't need any super powers. You just need to be kind, helpful, and safe to make your community a better place. So, put on your super citizen suits, and let's go! Super Citizens out!
Hi! Guess who? It's us again! But this time, we're writing to you from inside a factory! Not the candy factory - we're going there on Friday. This is a toy factory! Do you want to know who the workers are? It's... us!!! Who do think the boss is? Mrs. Freeman! Today is school, we did something awesome. We actually got to see what it's like to be on an assembly line. We had to work together to make mazes. Each person had a different job, and we had to pass the maze on to the next worker when we were done. It was kind of a race. We had to see which group got done the fastest, and which had the neatest toys in the end. We noticed that the groups who finished last were the neatest.
Hi, we're back again. But, this time, we just came back from a trip into... history!!! We've been learning about the history of our city, Troy! Before the pioneers came here, Michigan was not the same as it is today. It was like a swampy forest. Can you believe it? Right where you are standing (or sitting) was once an enormous swampy forest. Then, people started to come here because they could get cheap land to farm. But, we are learning that life was hard back then. Today, we went on a journey back in time, through the Erie Canal, across Lake Erie, and through the woods to Troy in 1836. We each had a job that brought us here, and we acted out our jobs for the class. Then, we answered questions about how we got here and what life was like for us. And that's how we traveled back in time!
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