Archive for the ‘Social Studies’ Category
June 4, 2008
Read about the History of Father’s Day…
The first Father’s Day was observed on June 19, 1910 in Spokane Washington. At about the same time in various towns and cities across American other people were beginning to celebrate a “father’s day.” In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father’s Day. Finally in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father’s Day.
Father’s Day has become a day to not only honor your father, but all men who act as a father figure. Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male friends are all honored on Father’s Day.
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April 6, 2008
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April 6, 2008
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April 3, 2008
April is upon us.
Check out our school calendar for April.
April Calendar
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March 13, 2008
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March 6, 2008
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March 2, 2008
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February 2, 2008
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January 5, 2008
On January 15 we celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday.
I Have a Dream…
Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. We celebrate his birthday on the third Monday in January. Martin Luther King was a Baptist minister who used peaceful methods to counteract the inequalities of laws and society.
MLK Word Search Puzzle
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November 8, 2007
Puerto Rico is located in the Caribbean, an island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of the Dominican Republic.
Puerto Rico
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September 11, 2007
USS New York
It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from theWorld Trade Center.Here is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.Steel from the World Trade
Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite , LA to cast the ship’s bow section. When it was poured into the molds on Sept. 9, 2003, “those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence,” recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. “It was a spiritual moment for everybody there.”
Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the “hair on my neck stood up.” ”It had a big meaning to it for all of us,” he said. “They knocked us down. They can’t keep us down. We’re going to be back.”
The ship’s motto?
“Never Forget”
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June 20, 2007
Schools - Public
1. Elementary - P.S. 6
2. Intermediate - I.S. 34
3. High School - Tottenville
Schools - Parochial
4. St. Joseph St. Thomas
5. Our Lady Help of Christians
6. Gateway Academy
7. St. Joseph by the Sea
8. Monsignor Farrell High
Schools - Colleges
9. College of Staten Island
10. Wagner College
11. St. John’s University
Parks & Recreation
12. Conference House
13. Wolfes Pond Park
14. Great Kills Park
15. Blue Heron Pond Park
16. South Shore Country Club / Golf Course
17. LaTourette Park / Golf Course
18. Silver Lake Park / Golf Course
19. Clove Lakes Park
20. Lemon Park
21. Gateway Park
Shopping Centers & Malls
22. Staten Island Mall
23. Hylan Shopping Plaza
24. Amboy Plaza
25. Tottenville Plaza
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April 27, 2007
Today we read about builders in the skies. The Incas live in South America. They live in the Andes Mountains located on the west coast of South America. The Andes is the highest and longest mountain range. It has a very high altitude. The Incas were great builders, road builders and rope bridge builders. They built thousands of miles of roads. The had people called runners or messengers that would run along the roads carrying packages, things to trade, and communications between villages. They had their own recording system and they used a quipus which was a rope with beads on it to keep records. They built huge fortresses in the mountains and they made little cities within them called pucaras. When the Spanish Conquistadors came they took over and destroyed the much of the Inca civilazation except the Macchu Picchu which they were never able to find.
Machu Picchu, a Photo Gallery by James Q. Jacobs
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April 19, 2007
Today we studied coral and coral reef barriers. We learned that coral is a living organism and that it’s exoskeleton forms reef fences in warm waters. Coral reef barriers are wonderful places for marine life. We also learned they are popular places for scuba and snorkeling and that many people love to visit just for this. We need to conserve our coral reef barriers by practicing conservation. Did you know that jellyfish are also in the coral and sea anemone families?
Great Barrier Reef information pages - Cairns - AUSTRALIA
Coral Reef: Great Barrier Reef
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