Stories from the Classroom: Elementary School

For the full teaching materials associated with this project, as well as classroom videos, please visit the Vermont Social Studies Project website at http://www.vermontsocialstudies.org/vssp/ElementaryClassroom.html

We teach the five themes of geography as MR. HELP. M stands for Movement. R for Regions. The HE for Human-Environment interactions. L for Location and the P for Place. All of geography can be taught with those five themes. — Mary Cassarino, Rutland Intermediate School

Teacher	Topic	Video Clips	Teaching Resources
Cynthia Sheehan Wardsboro School	The Westward Movement: Would I Move From Vermont? Grade 3-4		View Unit
Donna Peabody & Anne Adams Orchard School South Burlington, VT	Japan Culture & Community Grade K-1
Janet Steward Morristown Elementary Morrisville, VT	Economics Multiple Intelligences Grade 1
Mary Cassarino Rutland Intermediate School Rutland, VT	Geography Location, Movement Grade 3
Sharyl Green & Ann Adams Jericho Elementary Jericho, VT	Oregon Trail Art, Literature, Movement Grade 3
Mollie Burke Hilltop Montessori School Brattleboro, VT	Sense of Place Geography, Art Grade 4,5,6