Social Studies Bazaar
Pine Peace School held its first-ever Social Studies Bazaar on Friday, October 12, 2001. Students in grades 3-6 presented a variety of social studies topics to their peers, teachers, parents, and school throughout the day. During the afternoon, the Bazaar was opened up to the school and community as an Open House where people could walk around and talk to the student-presenters directly about their projects.
Some projects included models, costumes, or food. The topics selected by 3rd and 4th grade students, who worked in small groups, represented Native American tribes of different regions in North America. The 5th grade students selected a U.S. state of interest to them for their project and work independently. The 6th grade students were able to select any person, places, time period, or event of their interest to create a project on and worked independently. The projects represented the culmination of a month's research, planning, and designing by the students.
Here are some pictures of the exciting day!
Alex shares his project on the Titanic disaster of 1912 to a group of his peers.
Alexander shares his state project on New Mexico with his peers.
Alexander stands ready to share his project on New Mexico during the Bazaar's Open House.
Juma shares the project his classmates Tristan and Bryce worked on with him about the Native Americans of the Northeast.
Bryce takes a turn at sharing Tristan, Juma, and his project to the group.
Daniel is ready to share his project on the state of Texas. All of the material on Daniel's display was generated using the computer!
Dore is sharing her project on Cleopatra with younger students during the Bazaar's Open House.
Emily is sharing her project on Illinois with her peers.
Emily is sharing information about Illinois with younger students at the Open House.
Ganson is showing his model of the D-Day Battle in World War II during his presentation.
Ganson's model of the battle known as D-Day in WWII captivated the younger students during the Bazaar's Open House.
Gregory dressed as a New York tourist for his presentation on the Statue of Liberty.
Holden and Everett took turns sharing their project on Native Americans of the Plains to the group.
Jesse created a costume for his project on World War II from gear and artifacts sent to him by his grandfather who served during the war.
Jesse's display board was full of pictures he downloaded off of the Internet to give people a feeling of what the war was like and what some of the key people looked like.
Joy's presentation was on the state of Maryland, where she was born! She gave us the tip that one of the best things to do in Baltimore is shop!
Kia's mother came to visit during the Open House. After wandering around to look at projects together, they took a quiet moment.
Mathew shared pineapple with the group during his presentation on the state of Hawaii.
Matty was thoroughly prepared for his project on the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. He wowed the audience with a bunch of trivia and facts!
Juma and his sister, Raina, listen to Matty sharing information about the Battle of Gettysburg.
Matty shows maps of the battles during the 3-day long Battle of Gettysburg he got off of the Internet to younger students during the Open House.
Nick stands back to show people his display of the state of Massachusetts. He shared maple sugar candy and syrup with the group. Some of the audience had never tasted maple candy before, so it was quite a treat!
Sage is ready to share her project on Ohio with the group.
Sage is sharing her project on Ohio with 3/4 grade teacher, Miss Carrie, during the Open House.
Tafari is presenting his project on the state of California to the group.
Zenobia is getting set-up to share her project on New York state to her peers.
Zenobia shares her work on New York state with younger student, Francine, during the open house.
Bryce, Tristan, and Juma pose in front of their project on Native American's of the Northeast and a model house.
Dore dressed up as Cleopatra for her presentation of the Ancient Egyptian ruler.
James did his project on the system of slavery on St. John. He also shared pieces of sugar cane for people to munch on during his presentation.
Jannel poses in front of her display on the state of Virginia.
Jesse smiles with relief after he finished presenting his project on WWII.
Kia, Autumn, and Kelly pose in front of their display on the Native Americans of the Southeast and a model of a Native American home.
Nathan, Alex, and Erin pose in front of their display on Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest. The passed out pieces of bread that Native Americans of that region probably prepared with whale blubber (although they did not).
Timmy shares his project on the state of Florida with the group. He said that there was far too much information to share in too little time!
Photos by Rachel Roberts, Social Studies Bazaar Coordinator