New York Historical Society
by Andy Samuels, 3C
Today the third graders visited the New York Historical Society. We got a chance to discover what life was like in New York 200 years ago.
Our guide told us we were all going to be history detectives.
Each of us was assigned a “mission” to solve. Some of the detectives had to find out what happened to 200,000 orphaned children who were removed from cities between the years of 1854 and 1929.
Another group of detectives had to find out how baseball was played 100 years ago, learn about the different uniforms players wear and research the sport's history.
More detectives had to find information on James McCune Smith. He was the first African American to get a medical degree from the University of Glasgow, Scotland and he later became a doctor in New York.
It was a fun and interesting hands-on experience.
MDS in the News
as seen in the Jewish Press
Habayit Sheli
by Chana Raitman, [email protected]
Reading Coordinator
Our focus in Lashon Class the last couple of weeks has been “Habayit Sheli”. Students are learning new vocabulary words to describe their homes and
different rooms. We spent class time writing drafts and working on creating paragraphs. Some students chose to describe their dream home. Others
actually took pictures of each room and laid out a floor plan of their home. We are now presenting our models/poster boards during class time. Developing students’ basic ability to understand Hebrew is great but our main goal is to allow students to express themselves in it. This is definitely deepening their interest in Lashon Class.