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Longfellow Middle SchoolInspiring excellence in learning through academics, life skills, and service to others, so all students will achieve their maximum potential.
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Longfellow History Department
Welcomes you and your children!
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Jason Small
• Would like his students to leave his class in June with a better understanding and appreciation of the story of America!
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Cindy Wagner
•After taking her class, her students will have a greater understanding of American history and hopefully will develop a love of both history and learning as a whole.
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Anna Southworth•Finds the
Longfellow students “knowledge hungry” and offers them a “voice” in her classroom.
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Christy Myren
Loves exploring the “stories” of the past and making the pieces of our world today come together with its roots in the past!
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Elaina Bafaro
•Would like her students to leave in June with a joy of learning.
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Stephanie Haley
•Believes learning happens in many ways and it doesn’t have to be boring.
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Sara Conyers
•Enjoys the enthusiasm her students have for learning and the willingness of middle school students to be creative and take risks.
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US History 1865 - Present
• Focus Questions• Content• Skills• Online Textbook
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Units of Study
• Geography• Reconstruction• Westward Movement• Industrialization• Immigration and Urbanization• Progressive Movement• Imperialism
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Units of Study
• World War I• 1920s• Great Depression• World War II• Cold War• Postwar Consumer Culture• Civil Rights Movement• Globalization
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SkillsStudents will:
• Be able to acquire information from a variety of sources, including primary source documents
• Be able to organize information in a variety of forms
• Be able to analyze information• Be able to interpret information• Be able to communicate in a variety of written
forms• Be able to communicate orally• Be able to communicate using technology
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Longfellow Middle School
• Our goal is to inspire excellence while meeting the needs of all learners
• Extensions, enrichment, and accommodations are provided
• SOL Test in May that covers content learned over the course of the school year
• Students will have an option at the conclusion of 7th grade to choose General Education or Honors for 8th grade Civics
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Amazing Activities!
• One teacher has students research different European countries involved in WWI and students debate which country is to blame for starting the war
• Another teacher has her students interview an immigrant and then write a 5 paragraph essay
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More Amazing Activities!
• Another teacher has students create a Prezi presentation based on a relative who immigrated to the United States
• Last year all History teachers, as part of our study of the Great Depression, had students prepare a dinner for their family one night!
• One teacher had students write additional lyrics to the Billy Joel song, “We Didn’t Start the Fire.”
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Online Textbook
• To support our curriculum and to maintain FCPS commitment incorporating technology in the classroom, all students have personal access to The American Journey online textbook
• Students will be guided through the process of accessing the online textbook during the first weeks of the school year with their History teacher
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