K Social Studies + Pennsylvania

Jacob enjoyed a variety of project-based and immersive experiences as he learned new historical and social-based concepts this year.

Making homemade ice cream (similar to the pioneers)…
…and enjoying it!

Acellus Online Social Studies Curriculum

Sample lessons and scores:

Sample activities to support the concepts and standards covered in the online learning experience:

Types of Communities Sorting Activities

Immersive Historical Encounters

St. Augustine, FL

Jacob explored St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest city in the United States where he was able to experience a small piece of life as it would have been in 1565. He not only completed the National Junior Ranger Program for the Castillo de San Marcos, but also toured the Old Jail, drank from the Fountain of Youth, and visited the Seloy Village. We explored the legacy of railroad tycoon Henry Flagler, visited the country’s earliest cathedral, and touched actual pirate relics.

Listening to a Native American guide speak about the early inhabitants of the St. Augustine area: the Seloy tribe.
Inside the Castillo!
Official Junior Ranger of the Castillo de San Marcos NM
About to enter the Castillo de San Marcos
Working hard to get his Junior Ranger badge!
Visiting the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park

Pennsylvania Study, Gettysburg, PA

Meeting and Learning from our State Representative, Kathy Rapp
Observing an authentic 1864 cannon on the fields of the Gettysburg Battlefields
We learned so much from this Union Soldier! He shared several authentic artifacts that he had collected over the years.
United States Flag, 1861

Sample YouTube videos watched to support the learning of PA (both past and present):

Georgetown and Charleston, SC

Working hard to complete a scavenger hunt at the Georgetown Maritime Museum
Standing with the infamous “Hunley”
The world’s first successful combat sub (used in the Civil War)
Inside a replica of the Hunley
Figuring out the order of the men as they sat inside the sub
Simulation of the excavation experience