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OLYMPIC VIEW ELEMENTARY -
Olympic View's Place in US History


Enjoy the PowerPoint presentation developed by the students.

Project Background

Based on the interviews with community members and a short history pamphlet that they found, students made a timeline of events that happened simultaneously in the world at large and at Olympic View.

One period covered was the Cold War that began in the 1950's. In the 1950's, students walked to school, there was a a cloak room, and there were separate playgrounds for boys and girls. A teacher named Mr. Onishi taught fifth grade. During the Cold War, students at Olympic View had to participate in regular air raid drills because of the nationwide fear of being bombed by Russia. Students also learned about Communism in Russia and about space travel to the moon.

Each student created three slides that linked what was happening in the world during a specific decade, what was happening at Olympic View during that decade and finally, how the event affected students during that period in time. Here are slides of a series of events that happened on The Blue Day.

After creating the slides, the students produced a PowerPoint presentation. At the end of the project, each student received a book entitled, "The Complete History of Olympic View."



Photos by Dean Wong







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