Life According to 5/6 Grade Students:
Humour abounds when discussing the “olden days” with kids. Today’s discussion was an introduction to electricity and the role it plays in life. The corresponding assignment required students to think of five electrical appliances, describe their purposes, and then tell what people did before they had electricity. The students took this very seriously...and fortunately I decided to not even glance carefully at the answers until the kids were gone!
Highlights:
(wonky formatting! The responses are in the following pattern:
Appliance
Purpose
What People Did Before Electricity )
(wonky formatting! The responses are in the following pattern:
Appliance
Purpose
What People Did Before Electricity )
Razor
Get rid of facial hair
They didn’t
Toaster
Make toast
Did not make toast
Kettle
Boil water
Didn’t boil water
Microwave
Warm stuff up
Didn’t warm stuff up
Microwave
So you can eat
No way to warm up food
Coffee Maker
Makes coffee
Didn’t make coffee
Internet
Shows funny stuff
They would hunt
Video Games
Play stuff
They built houses
Stereo
Fun
Work
And....my personal favourite...
TV
Shows the world
They probably threw stones
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