Rachel learned about Japan

So Rachel had this incredibly huge unrealistic report/poster for a second grader to complete. Not only in my opinion is this stuff that is really above my daughter's ability, too much "research" for a second grader...but they were given 5 week days to complete this and still had normal homework to do on top of it. Needless to say...no one wanted to be my friend that week I was so angry about the assignment. But she worked for over 3 hours every night and stayed up past midnight the night it was due. That was in addition to the fact that I did the entire "research" part of the project and many hours I spend writing the project for her to copy my paragraphs.



This is what we recieved and were expected to have a second grader do, assigned on Monday and due on Friday!!!! Also can we note that one of the options for a second grader to do is a power point presentation??? Seriously? What second grader is doing that? A parent is doing that not the kid!!! So there is my final rant about this project. Rachel did have wonderful handwriting for her project. I decided that was all I cared that she got out of the assignment!

Dear Parents,
Our next Social Studies unit focuses on the countries of Japan, India, and China. Each student will be responsible for designing a poster or Power Point presentation on one of the countries. The country your child will present will be assigned at school. Your presentation must include the following:
• Elements of Culture
• The countries Flag
• Traditions
• History of trade
• Maps and photos
• Art, architecture, and/or inventions
• Time line of historical events

Other things you may want to include are food, clothing, climate, family, and any other interesting things you find in your research.

On the other side of this sheet is the rubric of the expectations for grading. Don’t forget that 10 points will be deducted for each day the project is late. The due date is Friday, February 5th. Students will present their finished project to the class. It may help to practice the presentation at home.

We hope you have fun working on this together and are looking forward to seeing your finished projects.