Washington GT Magnet Elementary School

K-2 Electives

Social Studies

ACROSS THE OCEANS – AG
Do you know where China is? What about Spain? Want to learn how to speak other languages? Love to cook and try new foods from around the world? This elective will take you on a journey using atlases, computers, cooking and literature to teach you about some of the places in our world.

DESTINY TRAVEL AGENCY
This course will provide learners the opportunity to discover ten different cultures located around the world by “traveling” to Brazil, Mexico, England, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, Israel, Russia, and Japan. The learners will be receiving a passport that will enable them to travel to the different countries. They will also be receiving a suitcase in which to keep all of their “souvenirs.” During each trip to a different country, the learners will be experiencing the following activities: recognizing different seasonal changes and times between their country and the country they are visiting, making clothes (paper dolls) to be worn during their trip, drawing simple maps of the homes and communities that are located in the country, cooking and tasting food, experiencing holidays that are celebrated in the country, exploring that country’s different customs, playing games, listening and dancing to music, replicating art, familiarizing themselves with any famous people who live there, and responding to their visit through a postcard that will be sent “home” after each trip.

LET’S CELEBRATE!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to attend an Igbo Festival in Nigeria? Or eat sweets during the Candy Festival in Turkey? How would you like to participate in a May Pole Dance? Or march in a Bastille Day Parade? Well, join us on a trip around the world as we learn about many wonderful celebrations and festivals of different people, cultures, and countries. We will experience music, recipes, language and multi-sensory activities; as well as practice geography skills while we study holidays around the world. Come celebrate with us as we learn to appreciate the many differences and, more importantly, the similarities between so many diverse and interesting cultures.

SEE THE U.S.A.
Come and see the U.S.A. without ever leaving Washington Elementary! This integrated curriculum will allow students to participate in activities in various content areas as they learn about the U.S.A. Historical and famous landmarks will be explored as they tour the fifty states.

TREASURE ISLAND
This course will provide students experience with maps and globes. Directions will be emphasized in the study and location of basic landforms.

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