
1. In addition to being a teacher, I also work part time as a freelance balloon twister.
2. I love to travel, and I have a blog all about global education:
3. This past summer, I hiked into the crater of a volcano in Indonesia.
What are some fun facts about you? Email me with yours! skrakauer@innovationcharter.org
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What else are we studying this year?
Quarters 1-2: Discovering Early America
Just like the explorers and settlers who discovered early America, students will get a chance to “discover” the motivation behind, and the effects of, European life in the New World. Students will try to figure out “who really discovered America?” They will study Native American civilizations in both North and South America. From the early Maya, Aztec, and Incan people to the Wampanoag of Massachusetts, how did Native Americans interact with the land?

Quarters 3-4: Holy C.O.W. (Cultures of the World)
In this project, students will explore how they can become true global citizens. Through this lens, we will study world geography, religion, and culture. This year, the geographical regions that students will focus on are Asia, Europe, and Oceania. Throughout the quarter, students will research one country and one of the five major world religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam or Judaism. Becoming experts on a single country, they will prepare a self-directed study about an aspect of life in that place. Products will be created based on the guiding themes of geography: location, place, human environment interaction, movement, and region.Overview of Our Curriculum:
5th and 6th Grade Social Studies Two Year Cycle
2015-2016 Quarters 1-2: Discovering Early America ~ U.S. History I
Native Americans, Early Explorers, Economics, African American history, and the Thirteen Colonies
2015-2016 Quarters 3-4: Holy C.O.W. (Cultures of the World) ~ World Geography & Culture II
Religion and Culture, Focus on Europe, Asia, and Oceania
2016-2017 Quarters 1-2: Reaction, Revolution, Reform ~ U.S. History II
The American Revolution – Causes, Battles, Key Players, Early Government
2016-2017 Quarters 3-4: The Global Action Project ~ World Geography & Culture I
International Development and Change, Focus on Central & South America, and Africa
For more information, get in touch!
Sara Krakauer
skrakauer@innovationcharter.org
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