Stories from the Classroom: Middle School

For the full materials and videos associated with this project, please visit the Vermont Social Studies Project website at http://www.vermontsocialstudies.org/vssp/MiddleSchoolClassrooms.html

For me, citizenship is what social studies is all about. What we do with the legislature simulation contributes to making better citizens. Simulation allows students to become familiar with a framework for issue exploration, vis a vis the legislative process, and also for how they themselves deal with issues and how they feel about those issues. — David Larsen, Wilmington Middle School

Teacher	Topic	Video Clips	Teaching Materials
Ruth Hoogenboom Harwood Union Middle School	Climate, People, & Migration Grade 7		View curriculum
Tom Beach Doty School Worcester, VT	Medieval African Kingdoms, Book Discussions, Humanities Grade 5-6
Marguerite Ames Marion Cross School Norwich, VT	US Revolution, Point of View through Diary Writing Grade 6
Jane Vossler Essex Middle School Essex Junction, VT	Intolerance in History and Now, Surveying Techniques and Data Analysis Grade 6-7
David Larsen Wilmington Middle School Wilmington, VT	How a Bill Becomes Law, Simulation Grade 8