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I don't have any major memories of learning history. I think the first time I recall looking forward to my history class was in 8th grade when we learned about the constitution because I was just really interested in understand the country I was living in and how its government functioned. Prior to this I felt like I didn't know much about the United States and felt self conscious about it because I lived here! The only time after that that I fell in love with history was in college when I literally felt everyday that I was attending a story telling event. My professor told the stories of history in such an animated, colorful and exciting way! I literally couldn't even take time to write notes because I was so drawn into the stories and didn't want to be distracted by writing notes. He taught me how to teach students history. With enthusiasm, passion and ability to paint those images of the past.

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Thinking back, I can't say I love history, nor can I say that I hate it. In addition, I don't remember much about how my teachers taught history.  I do recall learning about the Egyptians, and the civil war in 6th grade. I also remember having to memorize all the states and capitals along with all the countries and capitals in 5th grade.  I enjoyed learning about these topics, so maybe that is why I remember learning about them.  Other than that I don't remember much. What I can say is that I remember taking a history in class in college and struggling. I didn't feel I had the skills needed for the course. Now that I teach history in class I enjoy it more. Maybe it's the research I do before before teaching a subject and thinking of ways to make it fun and exciting.

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I have mixed emotions when thinking back on my elementary history/social studies experience. There were certain aspects that I remember clearly and have very fond memories of, but I also can relate with what others are sharing about memorizing answers for a test and not retaining much informations at all. All of the history/social studies memories that stand out are field trips (Columbia in 4th grade), projects (state project, mission project, country project), and performances (in 6th grade we put on a play about Greek mythology). I always enjoyed these hands on and interactive activities, so I am looking forward to learning how to incorporate more of those into my own teaching practice.

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History  has always been my favorite subject. It's what I majored in at college, but before then, my love for the subject was already growing. I remember very fondly learning history in 4th grade. I enjoyed learning about California history, and was one of the kids who actually enjoyed rummaging through maps and old history books. I also remember visiting the San Juan Bautista mission and being fascinated by all the old artifacts and buildings that were a remnant of the past. I remember my teacher, Ms. Perry, incorporating art lessons and hands-on projects to our curriculum which made the material stand out. In 5th grade, games like the Oregon Trail and Yukon Trail really allowed me to immerse myself (and I'm sure many others) into what it was like for pioneers who were traveling west. Thankfully, I had teachers who made the learning fun and helped immerse us in the content. It was also convenient that we didn't live far from where the history had actually taken place!

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I do not remember much from history accept learning the states and valley days. I remember when I was in 5th grade I did not like doing the states project at all. I liked it at the beginning and then towards the end I was dreading it. I loved valley days. That was when we went to the black smith and watch them make horse shores and we made our biscuits. We had to dress for that time period and we had to bring our lunch in a paper bag or in a cloth bandana.

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History is may favorite subject. I always enjoyed the creative ways in which teachers created through out my educational career. From learning world religions to learning that constitution, it was all exciting for me. I really began to enjoy History during my 10th grade year. My History teach implemented a creative way for students to learn participate. Every friday we would play a mix between Jepordy and and Family Fued. It was such a great way to learn and engage in the content.

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I have always enjoyed history, even when in grade school. I don't remember learning much history in the lower primary years, but rather in the upper grade levels. In particular in 4th grade, I remember visiting Columbia and Mission San Juan Batista. I remember working on making a mission, and remember making a 3d topographical map of California. In grades 5, 6, 7, and 8, I don't remember many projects. I remember more following along in a text book. It might have been boring for some, but for me, since I loved history, it was ok for me.

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I liked History in school.  In fact, I look forward to teaching History.  If I were to look back at how I learned History I could not come up with many ideas or memories.  I remember taking a field trip I think to Sonora to pan for gold.  I believe in 6th grade we had the chance to create a project and I had to build a map of the Country Bolivia with Plaster of Paris, painting it, and present it to my class.  I know in high school one of my favorite classes was Government and I enjoyed Political Science courses.  I was focused more on U.S. History than World History.  I enjoyed information about the Revolutionary War, Constitution, and Civil War not so much Early Civilization.   As with many students I dreaded test day but enjoyed projects.  I look forward to the chance to continue to teach History, though I find many of my current students do not look forward to that subject as much as I do.

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I was one of the rare students who loved social studies. Looking back, I attribute this to some amazing elementary school teachers who went above and beyond to make history come to life. My favorite memory was in fifth grade. While learning about the thirteen colonies, my teacher never made us open a textbook! I can remember the shock and excitement on all of my classmates' faces when she announced that we would not be memorizing anything. Instead, she used literature and performing arts to explore history with us. We worked together on a class play that covered the timeline of the establishment of colonies through the revolution. This was so effective that I can still recall many of the songs and dances that we acted out. All this to explain that how the information was presented left a long lasting impression on my young mind.

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I vaguely remember learning social studies in elementary school. Honestly, I do not recall if I enjoyed it or not. I do, however, remember the mission project. That is something that I really enjoyed and have great memories about. I grew up in San Jose and remember taking a field trip to Mission San Jose in Fremont, Ca. I perhaps have fond memories of that field trip because my Mom was able to join me on this trip. I just remember having so much fun with her and making that memory.
I really enjoyed making the mission project. It was fun seeing all of the missions that my classmates had created.

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My experience with History during my primary years was extremely limited! I don't remember not liking it, or having any bad experiences, but in all reality, I simply don't remember much! I have a few chunked out memories in my head that consist of gold panning in Sonora (?), the Mission project, and of course good ol' Thanksgiving. I primarily remember gold panning, because the awesome candy shop, not because I felt like I learned something that really stuck with me. For Thanksgiving, we learned that Pilgrims and the Indigenous American Indians lived and ate in harmony. We even cut feathers out of construction paper to make native headwear. We walked around school using our hands to hit our mouths while we mimicked native chants... I don't know if it gets much more cringey than that!

Above all, I remember the 4th grade mission project! Not only did I not learn anything, but I stressed my parents out in the process. I remember having to rush to Michael's to get the premade ones just so we could get it done. I even have a battle scar from where the temple with hot glue on it fell on my leg. Good times! ;)

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As I am trying to think back, it is pretty hard to remember how I learned History in elementary school. There are just a couple memories that stick out to me- for example, I remember going on a field trip and getting to mine for gold. I also remember having to do a mission project and getting to visit a monument from my mom's hometown. I also got to do a project where I dressed up like a historical figure and made a huge poster board about that person's life. I think those stick out to me because I actually got to go somewhere and explore outside of the classroom or do something hands-on which is something that I really enjoyed.  I remember being really excited about history classes in middle school and high school so I know that I must have enjoyed more of elementary school history than I remember. I don't remember dreading any part of history in elementary school either.

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In elementary school, I learned history the lecture style way. It was basic facts, then answer questions at the end of each chapter, and then take an exam to evaluate those facts. I only liked one component of it and that was when our teacher had us choose a historical person to become. I dreaded most of history throughout my school life.
I will say the most memorable was when my junior high teacher invited the community to come after school to hear us speak as though we were our historical person. It was as though they were at a historical museum but instead of wax people they were getting the real deal. When a person would approach we would state, "I am ....." then state everything we did to make a difference. Then we stopped talking until the next person approached us. I was Sacagawea and I still remember the difference she made.

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History...well, it definitly was not a curriculum supported in great measure when I was in school.  I often get asked, when something is discussed with me in a historical context, what kind of education did I get in history?  To be honest, it was a one-and-done history lesson.  We were given a topic, it was discussed, and then we were off to the next topic.  There were slaves, it was bad...moving on!  I don't mean to sound insenstive or callous, but I never felt that any sincere effort was made to understand world or US history in an clear and authentic manner.

The one piece of history that I remember the most was a unit we did on the Holocaust through the reading of The Diary of Ann Frank.  It left an indelible mark on my mind.  I couldn't believe that anyone could be that cruel to one person, let alone millions.  (It ended up being a piece that I used as my thesis statement in cologe.)  But to say that we dove deep in to its significance, let along built on it, would be a remiss account  of that history.

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Like most others, I do not remember learning social studies in elementary school. I have some vague memories of doing projects but can’t connect them to the topic we were studying. I have always had a disdain for history because I have a hard time remembering details like years and names. That’s what I thought history was, just memorizing who did what and when! Luckily, I have a better appreciation for it now that I am teaching it and can understand the connections between current and past events.

In fourth grade I have absolutely no memory of social studies. The most memorable thing that happened to me that year was that a bee flew into our classroom and landed on my arm and stung me. It is the only time I’ve ever been stung by a bee and I didn’t even provoke it!

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Michelle Bicknell  I always enjoyed history in school.  Back then social studies was separate so I don't lump them together.  Our social studies was terrible, many of my teachers didn't even use those books.   However concerning history, it is far more similar to how it is taught today.  A lot of framing and not much accuracy with research projects thrown in.  After I became old enough to read primary sources (high school) history looked very different.  All of the crusades' then started because allied nations were being attacked and asked for help instead Westerners trying to acquire wealth.  Native Americans weren't forced to  convert religions.  It was optional; If given the choice of cannibalisms and human sacrifice or valuing all people most dropped the old ways and became Catholic or Protestant.  And Hitler was a Jew who converted to a form of Buddhism.  I'm not saying that Europeans were amazingly kind fair people but in American Society  it is rude to recognize other peoples faults and that is reflected in how we teach.

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Honestly I barely remember how I learned history in elementary school. I vaguely remember having a text book in fifth grade, but I was never really interested in learning about history. I remember hating it through junior high and high school as well.
The most memorable thing I can recall was during sixth grade. We must of been learning about different civilizations, because I remember being put into a group and having to create our own civilization. We had to have a form of government, currency, laws, and more details but I cannot recall them. It was engaging and fun. I remember making our "currency" out of salt dough. It was a great learning project. However, it did not make history my favorite subject to learn at all. I dreaded it throughout the rest of my school career.

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To be honest I can say I do not remember 4th and 5th grade history class at all. I know we had a time in our day dedicated to history because most teachers at my elementary followed the same subject schedule all year. I do remember having a super heavy history book my teachers would read to us while we “actively listen” and since we are being honest there were a couple of times where classmates and I  would fall asleep during this time.

The year that I do remember and has been memorable to this day has to be six grade year. My six grade teacher was awesome. She was very hands on and did a lot of arts and crafts with us. She was very well known for her egyption project at the end of the school year. Everyone including students who were not in her class were looking forward to this project. We recreated pyramids, tombs, hieroglyphs, and made egyptian masks. We made Egyptian masks from scratch. At the end of the month we presented our projects to our parents for our school's open house.  We all work so hard and we were so proud of the outcome.

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When I think back on how I learned history in elementary school, I can't think of the "daily routine" of it.  I do remember the projects and lessons that I seemed to enjoy.  The one thing that these memories have in common is that there was some kind of hands on learning.  For example, when I was learning about the CWL, one of our projects was to find and make a recipe from this time era.  I thought this was so fun, and it was such a cool way to learn about what the soldiers ate.

I typically remember learning about history in grades 4-6. This is also the time where we began to do more projects, and I think thats why I have vague memories of this time. Hands on learning and projects is definitely one of the best ways to go when teaching history!

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I don’t remember a lot of details about how I learned history in elementary school. It has never been my favorite subject to learn, because it has never been taught to me in a "fun way." I can only remember a select amount of projects and some of the books that we read during class. I absolutely dreaded chapter summaries. I do remember writing a ton of summaries on specific topics, though I can’t remember which ones I wrote about. I just know they were repetitive and didn’t help me learn.

The most memorable thing we did in Social Studies was a series of plays. Our teacher let us pick groups and we got to showcase a play presentation where we acted out the different amendments we have in the United States. Each group was assigned an amendment and we had full creative grounds. I remember this, because my group had the funniest play and we had a bunch of props, scenes, and we really put our all into practicing and putting on our play for the class.

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The truth: I DESPISED history. I don't remember anything. I got As on tests, but I found none of it to be interesting.

I remember my fourth grade mission project because I hated it! I did not understand why building a mission helped me learn about history. My neighbor was a single doctor with lots of time and money, and SHE built my mission! I helped, a bit, but not much!