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This analysis captures the diverse interests and backgrounds of students engaged in virtual social studies lessons. From John who loves football and drawing to Fatima who enjoys dancing and chatting, each child's preferences reflect their unique home environments and personal challenges. This exploration highlights how factors like family structure, socio-economic status, and personal abilities influence their academic interests and performance. Understanding these dynamics can inform tailored teaching strategies that foster engagement and learning in the classroom.
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Our Virtual Class Methods of Social Studies
John Loves: Watching football, drawing, swinging. Favorite subjects: PE, Music. Home: English speaking, 2 parents, middle-class. Personal: Biracial, delayed speech, IQ 65, low vision, emergent reader.
Ashley Loves: Reading, soccer, Hannah Montana. Favorite subjects: Reading, Social Studies. Home: Family Shelter, English-speaking, 2 parents. Personal: Caucasian, IQ 130, math reasoning disability, reads 3 grade levels above.
Steven Loves:SpongeBob, basketball, zoo. Favorite subjects: Reading, Art. Home: English speaking, single mom & grandparents, middle-class. Personal: Caucasian, Down Syndrome, IQ 45, low muscle tone, 2nd grade reading level.
Kirsten Loves: Math, choir, cats, history. Favorite subjects: Math, Social Studies. Home: English speaking, 2 parents, upper-class. Personal: African American, IQ 115, reading above grade level .
Mike Loves: Camping, NASCAR, wheelchair basketball, video games. Favorite subjects: PE, science. Home: English speaking, single dad, live-in caregiver, middle class. Personal: Caucasian, IQ 113, Cerebral Palsy, reading at grade level.
Fatima Loves: dancing, stuffed animals, talking on the phone. Favorite subjects: Science, Reading Home: Bilingual- English/Arabic, 2 parents + extended family, working class. Personal: Arab-American, IQ unknown, reading at grade level.
Sarum Loves: Video games, playing at the park, Transformers. Favorite subjects: Math, Science. Home: Bilingual- Farsi/English, 2 parents, middle class. Personal: Immigrant from Iran, Lead poisoning when little, reading below grade level.
Tyra Loves: Watch TV, playing dress-up, making up plays. Favorite subjects: Drama, writing. Home: Grandma, public aid, English speaking. Personal: African American, learning disability: oral expression and written expression, ADHD.
Sunil Loves: Play-dough, animals, storytelling. Favorite subjects: Art, Music. Home: Adoptive family, English speaking, upper middle class. Personal: Blind, recently adopted from India, Hindi speaking, no schooling while in India.
Tanya Loves: Music, dancing, fashion design. Favorite subjects: Music, Language Arts. Home: 2 parents and extended family, working class, Spanish speaking. Personal: Latina, bilingual- Spanish/English, takes care of younger siblings, reading at grade level, lack of homework completion, multiple absences/tardies.
Juan Loves: Reading, soccer, making comics, WWII Favorite subjects: Language arts, Math. Home: single mom, English/Spanish speaking, low income. Personal: Latino, gifted pull-out services, migrant worker family, has Asperger Syndrome with perseveration on World Wars.
Isabella Loves: Playing with dolls, being a teacher’s helper, playing with friends. Favorite subjects: Social Studies, Science. Home: 2 parents, middle class, English speaking, parents only completed 3rd grade. Personal: Latina, slow learner, juvenile diabetes.
Chung Phe Loves: Video games, track, photography. Favorite subjects: Reading, PE. Home: 2 parents, working class, parents well educated in native Vietnam, Multilingual household- Vietnamese/English/ASL. Personal: IQ 117, hearing disability- wears hearing aids in both ears, receives speech services, reading below grade level.
Tao Loves: Geography, cooking, recycling and environmental concerns. Favorite subjects: Social Studies, Science. Home: Single mom & grandma,working class, Household speaks Fuzhou and adults are illiterate. Personal: Bilingual- Fuzhou/English, reading on grade level.
Shaquille Loves: Learning, soccer, snow. Favorite school subjects: Home: Personal: Sudanese refugee,
Carmela Loves: Modeling, acting, gardening. Favorite subjects: Science, PE. Home: 2 parents, upper class, parents well educated, political refugees from Columbia, Bilingual household- Spanish/English Personal: Latina, Bilingual, IQ 100, reading above grade level.
Sam Loves: Writing, skateboarding, air-soft guns. Favorite subjects: English, PE. Home: 2 parents, middle class, English speaking. Personal: History of discipline issues in school, ADHD- treated with medication, IQ 100, reading at grade level.
Cara Loves: Animals, playing with friends, drawing. Favorite subjects: Art, Science. Home: 2 parents, middle class, 3 foster children in home, English speaking, Personal: IQ 120, reading at grade level, often comes to school very tired.
Miguel Loves: Earning money, cactus collecting, bike riding. Favorite subjects: Math, Science. Home: 2 parents, Trilingual-Nahuatl/Spanish/English, middle class. Personal: Trilingual, Latino, reading at grade level.
Sarah Loves: Birds, Barbies, Polly Pockets. Favorite subjects: Reading, Writing. Home: Single mom, working class, English speaking. Personal: Speaks with a stutter, Reading at grade level.
Jason Loves: Skateboarding, woodcarving, baseball. Favorite school subjects: PE, Math. Home: 2 parents, middle class, practicing Jehovah’s Witnesses. Personal: Reading above grade level, IQ unknown but teachers’ report student is gifted.
Maria Loves: Hello Kitty, Build-a-Bear, Hopscotch. Favorite subjects: PE, Social Studies. Home: 2 parents, English speaking, middle class. Personal: Latina, reading at grade level, very shy.
Phong Loves: Playing doctor, origami, computers. Favorite subjects: Science, Art. Home: 2 parents, Bilingual- Vietnamese/English, working class. Personal: IQ 109, reading above grade level, bilingual, impulsive.
Taylor Loves: Math, lollipops, boys. Favorite subjects: Math, Science. Home: 2 parents, working class, English speaking. Personal: Reading at grade level, very social to the point of being a class distraction.
Dan Loves: Acting, the circus, boating. Favorite subjects: Reading, Social Studies. Home: 2 parents and daily caretaker, middle class, English speaking. Personal: Uses a wheelchair due to Muscular Dystrophy, weak respiratory system, mild learning disability in reading comprehension, IQ 100, reading below grade level.