SCHOOLS IN THE USA
You are about to learn about the schools in the USA! The following subjects are things you will discover on this website:
- What does the school system look like in the USA?
- What happens on the first day of school?
- What is different to Belgian schools?
- ...
First up: a day in the life of a pupil in the USA
Read Jeremy's story. He is a pupil in the USA. How does Jemery describe school in the USA?
Hi! I am Jeremy! I live in the USA. I am a freshman. I am in the first year of high school or ninth grade. It is a stressful time for me but luckily a senior student helps me to find my way around. I can always text her when I have a question. The school year starts around the third week of August. On the first day of school, the classwork will be discussed and we will get a rundown of the daily schedule.
EXERCISE 1: Create a mindmap with all the information you received from Jeremy about schools in the USA. Click on the button to go to the mindmap. If you noted all the information, come back to this website and continue the exercises.
EXERCISE 2: Connect the words with the right pictures. Click on the button to go to the exercise. If you need some explanation about the content of the exercise, click the second button.
Second: differences with the schools in Belgium
You know what the school system of the USA looks like because of Jeremy. Take a look at the following websites to see the differences between the Belgian school system and that of the USA.
- School system: https://www.ukessays.com/essays/education/comparison-between-american-and-belgian-education.php
- School holidays Belgium: https://www.feiertagskalender.ch/ferien.php?geo=3285&jahr=2023&hl=en
- School holidays USA: https://www.edarabia.com/school-holidays-united-states/
EXERCISE 3: Write down at least 4 differences between schools from Belgium and USA.
Did you finish every exercise? Then you know a lot about the schools in the USA! Now it's up to you to do something with that knowledge. You will be making your own game. You will be using this game to test your fellow pupils' knowledge. To start creating your own game, go to this page.