Archive of ‘Social Studies’ category

Journal #7

For journal #7 we had to answer some questions about the year. We had to think about what has changed over this year or if we learned something new about ourselves. Here are my answers.

 

  • Do you think you’ve changed over the last several weeks and months? If so, how?

 

I do think I have changed a little bit through these weeks. I have changed these past weeks by my attitude on how I do stuff. I have not had as much energy to do as much stuff. I used to have so much energy and now I don’t. I don’t have the energy to put a lot of effort into projects.

 

  • What have you learned about yourself while in lockdown? I have learned that I need to be more patient with others and not jump to conclusions so often. 
  • For instance, what aspects of life have been a struggle?

 

It has been hard for me to not just to be lying down all day and to actually get up and do stuff.

 

  • What has been easy?

 

 It has been easy for me to not take granted of what I have compared to others. 

 

  • Do you have new insights into what makes you happy — or into what makes you scared, bored or angry? 

 

I am happy when I get to go facetime my friends and we play an online game together. I get scared when we go somewhere because we have to be very careful to be as safe as we can. I get bored a lot. Normally on a Sunday or Saturday I will get really bored. I don’t normally get angry.

That is my reflection of the online school year.

Quarantine is a Pain in the Butt.

For journal #4 we were supposed to write about what project we are working on. I chose to do a song about this topic. Now I can’t sing so here is a lyrics to it. It is a parody to Dangerous Woman by Ariana Grande.

During Quarantine

 

Verse#1

Don’t Need no covid, I’m in the house, with my family. It’s my duty, to keep us safe, we’re all so bored, we don’t need no school, I got my mom to teach me, I’m locked in my house, completely safe, my windows closed.

Chorus

All that we gotta do is work on some projects. Something bout this makes me work on a lot of projects something bout something bout something bout this, Something bout this makes me work on a lot of projects something bout something bout something bout 

Verse#2

I’ve been working on my Bat mitzvah, doing the haftorah, getting all the notes, reading some more books, gotta feed my brain,I wanna stay fit, doing my dance class, getting stronger everyday Cuz I’m so busy got nothin left to do I’m working on some projects 

Chorus

All that we gotta do is work on some projects. Something bout this makes me work on a lot of projects something bout something bout something bout this, Something bout this makes me work on a lot of projects something bout something bout something bout this

Those are the lyrics and here is the song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jppqAygqVTc

They match up exactly as the other words do. Try it out

 

 

 

Earth Day

Journal #3-Earth day, for journal number 3 we have to choose two out of ten ideas besides 5,6.I chose number 3 and a cool idea by a class mate which is make a art project with recycled items. I have decided to share my project by a video.

 

Since the video is long I will tell what I did. In the video I made a tree out of egg crates (recycled iteam). It was very fun but still pretty easy so everyone can do it. Here is a picture.

For the one hour no power it was pretty easy or so I thought it would be. I worked on a couple projects and read, then I got bored so I made some slime, cleaned my room, ate, did dances went insane and showed you some tricks. It was hard and my mom moved the camera from the office to my room.

That is how I celebrated earth day for Social Studies.

 

Lunches In Need

          In Social Studies we are doing journal projects. This week we had to go to Time (the website) and choose an article ( that is doing an act of kindness) to write about. I decided to write about an article of people handing out breakfast and lunches to kids in need.  Here is what I wrote about this article.

 

Lunches in Need

 

                 #1 Rural school district of Estacada has given over 1,700 students lunches everyday. They were saying that there are a lot of families who don’t have enough gas money to actually give their kids a nutrition meal that will fill them up. They decided to take over this huge project and started to bring the families lunches. They would have 35 to 40 staff members who prepare 750 breakfast and lunches a day. Kids have been happy to see the school bus roll up to their houses. They say it comforts them. One of the moms said this has been a really tough time for them, but to see her kids smile when they know they’ve been remembered has really touched her heart. When I read that part in the passage my heart sunk, and I realized we are really fortunate to pay for our own meals. There not only school doing this, there are programs around the U.S bringing school lunches to children.  

 

            #2 I really love this article. It is a really touching article to me personally because my mom used to teach kids who needed help in learning. Those students’ parents could not afford breakfast/lunch. So the school serves breakfast/lunch for those kids. Me just imagining them not getting food really wants me to help them out. It is even already hard for them just to learn. It makes me feel spoiled. Like I am taking things for granted and not thinking for others. It really breaks my heart. 

          #3 Silver linings – Positive outcomes during negative times. Right now coronavirus is a negative time. But we want to think on the bright side. What are things that you enjoy staying at home with your family? I enjoy playing a lot of games with my family. It is a great bonding time with your family, siblings, etc… How are you being kind/helpful with anyone? I am helping with chores in my family. My mom loves being neat and tidy. She has a lot of chores to do and is still working from 9:00 all the way to 5:00, no breaks. That is a lot to do. So my sister and I help out with some of the chores. It’s a great way to show appreciation to your parents.  

That is how I feel about this article. If you want to see the article yourself. Check out the website!!!!!

Maytal

Social Studies Famous Canadian Project

 

Social Studies Famous Canadian Project

Some questions about this assignment, Tim Horton.

A. I chose to share my Tim Horton assignment because Tim Horton is an important person.

B. For this assignment, we had to write about a famous person and I chose to do Tim Horton.

C. I am proud of this assignment because I new nothing about Tim Horton and I managed to get all this information.

D. Something I could improve on for next time is to not leave it to the last day.

Tim Horton

Tim Horton was a professional ice hockey player. He was born in Cochrane,ON. His life span was from January 12, 1930 to February 21, 1974. He played defence for 24 seasons in the National Hockey League. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs until 1970, winning four Stanley Cups. Horton later played for the New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres. He was known for his extreme strength and calmness under pressure. Horton was also a successful businessman. Tim was the co-founder of the Tim Hortons fast-food restaurant chain.

Tim Horton’s most popular legacy is his coffee and donut chain.  However, he is also remembered and recognized for his contributions to the Toronto Maple Leafs. He continues to be remembered as one of the strongest players of the game. He wasn’t a showy player. He was strong and reliable.

If I could meet him I would ask him, “If being a professional hockey player did not work out what would you have done?” Since I am not be able to find the answer I will do my best to choose what I think that most relates to him. I could see him as an owner of a sporting goods store, or a hockey store that would sell equipment for hockey.

Bibliography

Tikkanen, Amy. “Tim Horton.” Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 22 Aug. 2019, http://www.britannica.com/biography/Tim-Horton.

“Learn about Tim Horton.” Famous Birthdays, http://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/tim-horton.html.