The students from Miss Lavelle and Miss Schneider’s second grade classes improved their world history and geography skills with the Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center. The students discussed the geography of Europe, the history of Ireland and the story of St. Patrick. The students shared their knowledge of St. Patrick’s Day and saw a short video about the story of Saint Patrick.
After the video the students discussed the common icons of St. Patrick’s Day and their meanings. This was followed by an interactive story of Jamie O’Rourke and the Great Potato by Tomie dePaola. The students enjoyed the story about the laziest man in all of Ireland and how taking the easy way out of a situation is sometimes more trouble than it's worth. Once the Leprechaun won the gold from Jamie the students discussed American Coins and did a review of math facts by solving some math problems using coins.
The Muskingum ESC did a great job taking the holiday of St. Patrick’s and making it into a multi-curricular lesson of language arts, history and geography. This a great activity that schools should look into especially after State tests.
Great Job Muskingum Valley ESC!
