social+studies

This my social studies page.
Over the course of this fifth grade year, in social studies, we studied many ancient civilizations. Some of these include, ancient China, ancient Greece, the Maya, ancient Egypt, and Mesopotamia. Each one of them is very interesting. It was fun learning about how the first civilization arose in Mesopotamia, it was interesting learning about the different Chinese forms of government, I liked learning about all of the mysteries of the ancient Maya, and I enjoyed learning about the Egyptian royalty, and their relationship with the gods. All of those civilizations are great, but I think by far the most interesting civilization was ancient Greece. It was great to learn about their gods, buildings, and customs. There is a lot of information about Greece because they wrote everything down. I think that is one of the reasons why I was so interested in ancient Greece. To study these civilizations you have to have some skills to help you do it. I have got a lot better at some of these skills during this school year. Before this year when I read I just thought about the sparkly facts. Now after fifth grade I think I can do a whole lot better at identifying the big ideas in a piece of writing. This helped with my note taking, although it still needs a little work. I have gotten so much better at writing down my thoughts. I look at some of the essays I wrote this year and think about how I could have never done it in fourth grade. Geography is one think I don't think I really improved on. I already knew everything about the geography we learned this year. I also learned a lot about correcting information. So over all I have learned as ton about social studies this year.

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My Research project
I think the most successful part of my project was my final paper. In my opinion it was pretty well done, and interesting. The most difficult part of the paper for me was taking notes and then getting them on note cards. I did not concentrate that well while I was doing it. I feel I need to get in the habit of turning in better first drafts. It had to many mistakes. The thing I most need practice in is note taking. Although I think I took notes effectively from what I did do. Another thing I think I am good at organizing my note cards, I only messed up a couple of times. I also did well at making changes beyond what Mrs. Eiteljorg suggested. I thought of some better wording instead of what I had at first. Both of my projects, the diorama and the essay complement each other and go well with the topic.

This is a picture of my diorama