The Start of it All

Today we met with our after-school group to introduce ourselves and get to know each other.  First, we had the students design their own name tags.  After we met all the students and the teacher candidates introduced themselves we had the students take a per-assessment on the three topic areas we will be teaching:  Ancient China, Ancient Rome, and Ancient Greece.  When the students were done with the assessment we played a game called Kahoot!  This was a quick game to assess the students basic social studies knowledge.  The students really liked this form of assessment because it was fun and there was no pressure on answering.  When the game was over we moved into each group giving a small overview of their topic. My group which is Ancient China talked about the Chinese New Year and in what year each student was born in.  Then, we moved onto making Chinese lanterns out of paper.  The second group was Ancient Greece.  They spoke about Greek mythology and Medusa.  The students they created a mask of Medusa.  The final group was Ancient Rome.  This group talked about the architecture of Rome and mosaic creations.  This group had the students create their own mosaic pieces.