WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY IN ACTION!

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To celebrate the end of our Washington State History Unit, the students and I ventured to downtown Seattle.  We did a scavenger hunt at Pike Place Market, took a tour of Underground Seattle, and finished with lunch at Ivar's on the waterfront!  It was a lot of fun and very educational!

For the first assignment of the year, students were asked to go home and find a symbol of Washington.  The symbol had to be something that would help someone from a foreign land understand what Washington is all about.  From Starbucks cups to salmon eggs, we had a wide variety of symbols!

Testing their understanding of Washington State landforms and regions as well as demonstrating their map skills, students created a 3-D map of Washington, including bodies of water, major road ways, cities, and fun places to visit.  The results were good enough to eat!

Using their knowledge of both Plateau and Coastal Native Americans, students were asked to draw or create a scene in the day of the life of a tribal member.

After studying the various Native American tribes of Washington State, the students were divided into cooperative learning groups and were asked to create their own tribe.  Each tribe had to choose a side of the state to live on and create a way of life that reflected those of the tribes around them.  We danced, ate salmon, crawled in long houses, and even had a real totem pole!

After visiting Mt. St. Helens, students used their science and history skills to create a replica of the mountain before the eruption.  It was a lot of fun to "explode" Mt. St. Helens all over again!

THE LIVING MUSEUM!  Students dressed up and held poses through out the library... when an unsuspecting audience member pressed their "button", they came alive as a Washington State Explorer!  The entire experience was very fun and highly entertaining!