Recipients of 2009-10 Social Studies Grants by SRP
SRP approved grant proposals from nine high schools to participate in the 2009-10 Social Studies Grants by SRP program.
SRP awarded grants to the following schools:
- Abia Judd Elementary School (Prescott), $1,470: Fourth grade students will identify a historical time period of an ancestor's immigration and will interview family members and write an essay to share with the class. Students will also graph the distances travelled from the countries of origin and their own location in Arizona by utilizing maps and atlases. They will also identify topographical features on a physical map, create family trees in a power point presentation.
- Sun Canyon Elementary School (Phoenix), $651.24: ELL (English Language Learners) students will learn core concepts of reading, vocabulary, grammar, writing and speaking/listening through the use of manipulatives. Students will work with timelines, models of artifacts and authentic literature sources to study world history.
- Canyon Rim Elementary School (Gilbert), $1469.16: Third grade students will learn elements of Social Studies (geography) through hands-on manipulative mapping/geography projects. The grant funds will supply maps and atlases for the classrooms.
- Kyrene de la Sierra Elementary (Kyrene/Tempe), $497.90: Second graders will experience Social Studies through a "World Activity Chest" and "Social Studies Resource Boxes." They will also use easy-reader biographies to learn about famous Americans and produce power point presentations. They will also make maps and 3-D models accurately labeling their landforms.
- Canyon Springs Elementary (Deer Valley), $500: Purchase nonfiction books for the fifth grade class to assist students in understanding and comprehending nonfiction text.
- Scott L. Libby Elementary (Litchfield Park), $2,000: Establish the "SRP Social Studies Resource and Research Center" with primary source materials to help third - fifth grade students understand and apply the basic tools of historical research, including chronology and how to collect, interpret and use information form historical materials.
- Jane Dee Hull Elementary (Chandler), $1676.57: Fourth grade students will explore the Grand Canyon (geology, geography, plant and animal life and ancient people) through a series of hands-on activities from creating a 3-D geologic timeline to creating rock art, from writing exercises to creating split twig figures.
- Tempe High School (Tempe), $1,088: Students in the IB courses will learn about primary and secondary research sources through a partnership with ASU Department of History and the purchase of a LCD projector for further online research.
- Kiva Elementary (Scottsdale), $560: Sixth grade students will work with Kathy Stephenson (Research Historian and Costume Archives) from ASU and Herberger College of Arts and Theater to work on a project of studying Ancient Grecian/Roman Civilization through clothing, and presentation of research work. Students will create a historical theater and a "Cultural Crate" to share with other grade levels.
- Carol Rae Ranch Elementary (Gilbert), $1,100: Second grade students will learn mapping skills and lifestyles of these areas through a series of interactive maps and books.
- J.O. Combs High School (Queen Creek), $2,000: High school students will re-create a prehistoric site and create a detailed description of how these native ancestors evolved culturally and socially.
- Brimhall Junior High School (Mesa), $2,000: Purchase of a document camera and projector so that students may analyze primary documents related to the American Revolution through the creation of the U.S. Constitution.
- Showlow Junior High School (Showlow), $1,764.94: Purchase of three laptop computers and twelve flash drives for teacher and student use to conduct research for in-class projects (National History Day, etc.). These computers will allow students the opportunity to conduct research at off-site facilities.
- Laveen Elementary School (Laveen), $2,000: Students will explore "In God We Trust, A Government for the People" through a series of programming through field trips, mock constitutional convention and reading materials.
- Tempe Preparatory Academy (Tempe), $1,980: Purchase a series of text books "The Western Experience" by Mortimer Chambers for use in the ninth grade Humane Letters class.
- Rim Canyon Elementary School (Gilbert), $577: Purchase of Scholastic Readers magazine for second grade students. The weekly issues sheet will be used for a Current Events grade.