August 8-19

Great creativity was demanded from the three fourth grade classes, which
created civilizations from scratch.

Students crafted posters that addressed the key aspects of any civilization
(customs, religion, social structure, etc).

Subsequently, classes began their exam review, using the Concepts being
studied (progress, tolerance, faith, leadership, and conquest) as the lens
through which to reassess the material.

The point was stressed that never have we found such clear descriptions of
civilizations as they had demonstrated in their Projects. In other words,
that history--particularly ancient history--is speculative, and that
archaeologists and historians have to piece bits of information together to
create a narrative.