Recipients of 2010-11 Social Studies Grants by SRP
SRP approved grant proposals from the following 16 schools to participate in the 2010-2011 Social Studies Grants by SRP program:
- Madison Park Elementary School (Phoenix), $2,000: Fourth- through sixth-graders will produce a "traveling Civil War trunk" that will include Civil War artifacts, books and audiovisual items to give students a more in-depth look at what life was like during the Civil War.
- Canyon Breeze Elementary School (Avondale), $2,000: A mobile learning center that includes a document camera, portable screen, multimedia projector and transportation cart will be created. This technology will allow nearly 300 sixth through eighth graders the opportunity to learn history through speeches, images and film clips that they never otherwise would have had the opportunity to experience.
- Desert Winds Elementary School (Deer Valley), $2,000: First graders will travel through American history beginning with Christopher Columbus in 1492 and ending in Washington D.C. in 2009 via interactive, hands-on learning including mapping the journeys of early explorers. Students will identify and explain the historical significance of national holidays and symbols and will apply the lessons of American history to their lives as U.S. citizens.
- Copperwood Elementary School (Peoria), $509.60: Language arts and social studies educators will purchase resources and supplemental materials from the National History Day educational repository to enhance the participation of advanced seventh and eighth graders in National History Day/Arizona 2011.
- Lake Pleasant Elementary School (Peoria), $1993.47: A computer/media center will be created in the kindergarten pod so students can work in small groups to explore interactive maps and experience virtual tours while learning about the continents, national symbols and the Pledge of Allegiance. They will create a multi-media photo book of their explorations.
- Raymond S. Kellis High School (Peoria), $1,850: Smart Board technology will be purchased and utilized in the advanced placement economics class so the students can access Power Point lessons, maps, graphs and interactive economic simulations of the stock market, federal budget and comparative economic structures.
- Scott L. Libby Elementary School (Litchfield Park), $2,000: The school will purchase maps, photographs, artifacts, document copies, documentaries, literature and media with an emphasis on past events and cultures for the Social Studies Research and Resource Center. This will assist educators and students with understanding and applying historical research.
- Kyrene del Milenio Elementary (Tempe), $1,864: Fifth graders will participate in an inquiry-based American Revolution unit. Students will work in small groups as "colonists" to explore events of the Revolutionary War. They will read the historical novels "The Fighting Ground" and "Night Journeys" and will participate in an online discussion with the Newbery award-winning author, Avi. They will also journal, complete a book report and develop an American Revolution-themed Web quest.
- Tempe Preparatory Academy (Tempe), $1,113.65: The ninth grade human letters faculty will create and distribute a book of original source materials to enable students to decide for themselves what people of the past were seeking to convey, rather than being told by a textbook author. This complements last year's grant that enabled the Academy to purchase "The Western Experience" for students.
- Tempe High School (Tempe), $1,380: Students enrolled in the IB program and honors government class will work with Arizona State University to utilize primary and secondary source materials for their studies. Writing tablets will be purchased so students and educators may review essays and source materials in a comprehensive and efficient way.
- East Valley Jewish Day School (Chandler), $1,508.05: Students will learn about the journey of immigration to America by utilizing research skills to interview, map and write about their heritage. A digital camera and digital voice recorder will be made available to students to assist with the creation and presentation of the project.
- Mesa Arts Academy (Mesa), $2,000: Books will be purchased and field trips to Valley museums and education centers will be offered to enhance the third graders' learning of the environmental and social history of both the Salt River Valley and the Nashua River in Massachusetts. At year-end, students will create books to be placed in the school media center.
- Crismon Elementary School (Mesa), $415: Fourth graders will learn about historical Arizonans such as Jack Swilling and Brigadier General George Crook via "History on the Go!" In addition, "Weedflower" will be purchased for students so they can read about the life of Japanese Americans in Arizona during WWII and "The Unbreakable Code" will be purchased so they can study Navajo Code Talkers. Students will create journals and maps as they proceed through Arizona history.
- Combs High School (San Tan Valley), $2,000: A library of humanities and science videos will be created and will include videos of important events in American and world history and will serve as the foundation of an extensive video library.
- Jack W. Harmon Elementary School (Queen Creek), $1,296.78: Fourth graders will create an arboretum to work with plants that come from different areas in Arizona and understand the economic impact of land use. The arboretum will be used by the entire school and student's families.
- Kingman Academy of Learning High School (Kingman), $1050: Students will re-create Civil War soldiers' "Traveling Trunks," filled with uniforms as well as personal and camp effects from the era. Students will also learn about education, art and music during the Civil War. The trunks can be borrowed by any school in the district.