The Sea Lions Build a City And More!
/The Sea Lions have been busy over the past two weeks, working together to envision, name, populate and select leaders for their very own city! Blue River City is a beautiful town full of natural resources including clean water, wetlands and forests. Students worked together to create a mural of their town in the classroom. The mural depicts natural resources, along with a main street dotted with homes and local businesses that help support the local economy. Each Sea Lion has created a character in Blue River City and those characters are assembled into family groups. Each character in the family group holds a special job and contributes to the city in various ways.
As we work to explore the weighty topics of government and civics, the Sea Lions will have a chance in the coming weeks to engage in civic responsibilities including voting, staying informed about issues affecting their community, respecting the rights, beliefs, and opinions of others, participating in their local community, paying taxes, helping to decide how those taxes will be spent, and working with their newly-elected City Council members and Mayor to make decisions regarding the future of their city. Stay tuned for more Blue River City updates as our unit of study unfolds!
To help us think about the importance of history and how the past informs the future of cities, the Sea Lions were lucky enough to take a field trip to the Friends of Historic Forest Grove museum. Our visit gave us a glimpse of the past that helped shape the city that Forest Grove is today. This information will help inform the historical timeline we’ll create for Blue River City next week.
And finally, on Thursday evening the Sea Lions acted as tour guides for their parents (and grandparents!) as they led them through the classroom, sharing the amazing work they’ve already completed over the course of just a few weeks. It was wonderful to see so many smiling parents and proud Sea Lions. What a fabulous community we’ve already created together!
