Excerpt from the Scituate Historical Society
At the turn of the 20th century, Scituate needed a new school. Charles and Emeline Jenkins offered the town land to build a school and $5,000 towards a portion of the construction cost to build it. The town of Scituate would benefit from a new school and the Jenkins were happy to give to their community with one important stipulation-that the land would never be used for any other purpose than a school.
The reason for their gift to the town is two-fold. The couple believed wholeheartedly in education and they also wanted a meaningful way to memorialize Charles Arthur Jenkins, their son. The first Jenkins School was built and served the town well for many years. In 1954 Jenkins II was built, and in 2001 a third Jenkins School was rebuilt and opened-all on the same plot of land, as Charles and Emeline wished.
The reason for their gift to the town is two-fold. The couple believed wholeheartedly in education and they also wanted a meaningful way to memorialize Charles Arthur Jenkins, their son. The first Jenkins School was built and served the town well for many years. In 1954 Jenkins II was built, and in 2001 a third Jenkins School was rebuilt and opened-all on the same plot of land, as Charles and Emeline wished.
Hello everyone this is Matt Poirier and welcome to my Jenkins Elementary School 6th grade website. I have taught in a number of schools and academic environments during my teaching career, but have found that teaching here at Jenkins one of the most rewarding and challenging vocations anyone could ever have the honor to pursue. I have had so many great kids come through my class over the years I could not count them all. I hope both they and my future students along with their parents will visit this site. Please take a look. For those of you who do not know me, please take a look below. You might figure out that I am very proud of Jenkins and my Scituate community. Thank you and lets discover why they study of human prehistory, ancient history and geography are not a mystery and why it is never, ever dull or boring."
Introduction Unit: Time Lines, Class Key Vocabulary & Geography Review
Unit 1: Research: How do we know what we know?
Unit 2: Human Prehistory: 2 Million-3500 BC (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic Eras)
Ancient History Units: 3500 BC to 476 AD
1. Mesopotamia Civilizations: Sumer, Akkad, Neo-Sumer, Amorites (Babylonians), Hittites / Kassites, Assyria, Chaldeans (Neo-Babylonians), Persia
2. Ancient Egypt (Kemet) including Nubia (Kush) - Unification to Roman Occupation (Old, Middle and New KIngdoms)
3. Ancient Greece (Hellas) - Ancient Greece (Minoan & Mycenae), Dark Age (Dorian Invasion), Classical Period (Sparta & Athens), Hellenistic Age
4. Ancient Rome: Republic to Empire and the Fall
5. Surveys: Ancient China and Ancient India
Final Unit: Class Project: Ancient Civilization Research Project
Unit 1: Research: How do we know what we know?
Unit 2: Human Prehistory: 2 Million-3500 BC (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic Eras)
Ancient History Units: 3500 BC to 476 AD
1. Mesopotamia Civilizations: Sumer, Akkad, Neo-Sumer, Amorites (Babylonians), Hittites / Kassites, Assyria, Chaldeans (Neo-Babylonians), Persia
2. Ancient Egypt (Kemet) including Nubia (Kush) - Unification to Roman Occupation (Old, Middle and New KIngdoms)
3. Ancient Greece (Hellas) - Ancient Greece (Minoan & Mycenae), Dark Age (Dorian Invasion), Classical Period (Sparta & Athens), Hellenistic Age
4. Ancient Rome: Republic to Empire and the Fall
5. Surveys: Ancient China and Ancient India
Final Unit: Class Project: Ancient Civilization Research Project
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1. Create Study Habits that will benefit Jenkins students throughout their academic career and beyond. Yes, the subject matter of the class is as fascinating as it is important and yes the subject allows us to learn from the achievements and the mistakes of our ancestors, but overall the content of the class is not as important as learning to study to understand the content. Do you understand? Please learn to study this year and learn to study a little bit at a time, each night. Studying the night before a test or quiz is a mistake and not the point of this PROCESS. Your study habits, either one way or the other, will either be a reason for your future academic success or will be a "stumbling block" or obstacle. Take steps, create habits this year that will benefit you throughout your academic career. You can do this!
2. Create Effective & Successful Writing Habits that will benefit Jenkins students throughout their academic careers and beyond. Learning to be effective and successful writers is not going to be an easy accomplishment. Any skill, any worthwhile achievement will require a PROCESS. A process means that you have to be willing to improve taking small steps, one at a time over a long period of time. Whether we are answering short answers, open response or long compositional informational / explanatory essays, our goal will the same: Write effectively and successfully.
Common Core Standards: Reading – Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:
7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
Writing Standards
2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
3. Understand the Role of Geography in Human Prehistory / Ancient History. Geography is the study of earth, the influence of earth on humans and human influence on it. Geography shaped human culture and provided resources necessary to allow our ancestors to reach a state of development known as civilization. Culture is the way of life a people live including their customs, beliefs, language, religion, traditions etc. The website will help you understand what exactly civilization means. The 5 Themes of Geography (Movement, Location, Place, Region, Human & Environmental Interaction) will be introduced, we will review geography skills/fundamentals, but be ready to study geography differently. Geography is not just about locating where a place is on a map. I hope you will enjoy studying where human life and the first civilizations on our planet blossomed in Africa, Asia and Europe.
2. Create Effective & Successful Writing Habits that will benefit Jenkins students throughout their academic careers and beyond. Learning to be effective and successful writers is not going to be an easy accomplishment. Any skill, any worthwhile achievement will require a PROCESS. A process means that you have to be willing to improve taking small steps, one at a time over a long period of time. Whether we are answering short answers, open response or long compositional informational / explanatory essays, our goal will the same: Write effectively and successfully.
Common Core Standards: Reading – Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:
7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
Writing Standards
2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
3. Understand the Role of Geography in Human Prehistory / Ancient History. Geography is the study of earth, the influence of earth on humans and human influence on it. Geography shaped human culture and provided resources necessary to allow our ancestors to reach a state of development known as civilization. Culture is the way of life a people live including their customs, beliefs, language, religion, traditions etc. The website will help you understand what exactly civilization means. The 5 Themes of Geography (Movement, Location, Place, Region, Human & Environmental Interaction) will be introduced, we will review geography skills/fundamentals, but be ready to study geography differently. Geography is not just about locating where a place is on a map. I hope you will enjoy studying where human life and the first civilizations on our planet blossomed in Africa, Asia and Europe.