Tiffany Richardson

October 13, 2015

History through a Childs eyes
Historical Pictures Timeline
First Black Women

Harriet Tubman
Rosa Parks

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Mae Jemison
Condoleezza Rice

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Oprah Winfrey
Michelle Obama

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History through a Childs eyes

For my assignment, History through a childs eyes, I decided to interview a student from
Springwood Elementary School. Her name is Janiya Farmer and shes five years old. Janiya is in
Kindergarten and has a behavioral contract with her teacher. She is easily distracted and usually
causes class room interruptions by tantrums and getting off task. Janiya has an elder sister in the
first grade and a smaller brother in Pre-K who also attends Springwood. Janiya and her siblings
are taken care of by her aunt. In addition. Janiya is on grade level learning.
I decided to choose pictures that relates to African American women in History. These
pictures included: Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Mae Jemison, Oprah Winfrey, Condolezza Rice
First Lady Michelle Obama and Viola Davis. Before showing the pictures, I informed Janiya that
this was just a fun assignment and that she should just answer what came to mind and put the
pictures in order from earliest to present as best as she could. After doing the assignment, Janiya
placed the pictures in this order: Rosa Parks, Mae Jemison, Harriet Tubman, Condolezza Rice,
Viola Davis, Oprah Winfrey, Viola Davis and First Lady Michelle Obama.
After the pictures were placed in order by Janiya, I asked her what year she thought the first
and last picture she placed occurred. The years she stated were Rosa Parks, 1980 and Michelle

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Obama 2015. When the assignment was over, Janiya expressed that it was fun but she wasnt
sure who most of the ladies were. I explained that these ladies were the first black women to
accomplish different things in society.

Interview
1. Do we have a king in our country?
A: Yes, King Obama
2. Who is the President
A: Barack Obama (Pronounced Barbrack Obama)
3. What do you think the president does at work?
A: Just sit and watch everybody work
4. How does someone get to be the President?
A: He listens and sit down and did what the teacher tells them to do. Thats why hes
President Barack Obama.
5. What do judges do?
A: I dont know what that is
Who do you think are the most famous people in history?
A: My Mom
6. Tell me something about George Washington
A: He is a boys name
7. Do you know Martin Luther King?
A. No he is not alive anymore, but I saw him on TV once.
8. Tell me something about him
A: He died
9. Can you tell me something that he did?
A: No
10. Who is the most important woman youve ever heard of?
A: Ms. Austin (Vice Principal)
Why is she important?
A: Because she is the principal.
11. When you buy something from the store, who decides how much the price is?
A: Mommy.
12. How do they decide how much to charge for it?
A: When your phone is dead and you charge it up

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13. Where does the store gets the things it sells?
A: The stores
14. Do you know what taxes are?
A: Yes you ride in it
15. Have you ever been to a building called a bank? What is it for?
A: Yes
What are the banks used for?
A: To get money
16. What happens when you put money in a bank?
A: It gets stuck
17. How do you get it out?
A: I dont know, my mommy gets it out.
18. If you put your money in the back and then take it back out later, do you get the same
amount you put in, less than what you put in, or more than you put in? Why?
A: Less than what you put in because someone took some.
19. Can you borrow money from a bank?
A: No Im too young.
20. What city do you live in?
A: Florida State
21. Do you know the names of other cities?
A: Yes, New York City
What country do you live in ?
A: Florida
22. Tell me the name of some other countries
A. Orlando
23. What things are different in other parts of the world?
A: People
Where have you learned about other parts of the world?
A: Ms. Gewanter (Her Teacher)

After conducting this interview, I learned that Janiya was unaware of many of the social science
facts of our country and the world. I assumed because she is Kindergarten she was not exposed
to many of these facts. However, this showed me how important it is to implement social studies
within our curriculum. Our students are oblivious to what is going on in their own country and I
believe that in order to make a difference in society, it is important to know where you come
from and what is happening. This assignment is a great way to assess what students know. I

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would implement it in my classroom as a form of a diagnostic test and also a fun activity. It will
allow me to know where to start when teaching about social studies.

After the interview and activity, I realized that Janiya was not knowledgeable about many
social studies facts and things she should know as a citizen of America. Even though she
is only 5 years old there are certain things I believe she should have known or have an
idea about. This activity gave me insight on how students are uneducated about their
country and being an international student, I take pride in knowing where I came from
and its history. The lack of knowledge presented by Janiya made me encouraged to
implement such a diagnostic interview with my students when I become a teacher. I
believe this activity would be a great form of assessment and will allow me to know what
material I should cover within my social studies lesson. I think students should be
exposed to such information from a young age. We teach our students the pledge of
allegiance but do we teach them anything else? I think social studies is not stressed in the
curriculum enough and it shows with the results of the interview. Nevertheless, I enjoyed
conducting the interview and it was a learning lesson for not only Janiya, but for me as
well.