Susan Dusute

Geography 7

Grosse Ile Middle School

734-362-2517

Mrs. Susan Dusute received her bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan-Dearborn. She majored in Early Childhood Development and is also certified in 6-8 social studies and reading. She received a Master of Arts in Education from Central Michigan University.

Mrs. Dusute has been a teacher at Grosse Ile School District since 1997. She taught second,third and fourth grade at Parke Lane Elementary before moving to the middle school in 2005.  Prior to that, she taught at St. Anselm's in Dearborn Heights and St. Stanislaus in Wyandotte.

Mrs. Dusute is actively involved in the middle school Builder's Club. This club encourages students to get involved with community service projects. They raise money for St. Jude's Hospital, cancer research, and UNICEF to name a few.

She helps out at many after-school activities. In the fall Mrs. Dusute enjoys coaching the middle school cross country team. In the spring she can be found at the track coaching the middle school girl's track team. She has participated in the Free Press Half-marathon and likes to run in local 5K races.

Mrs. Dusute has the opportunity to teach ELA and geography.

Seventh Grade Geography is a fun and exciting class. A wide variety of learning methods are used throughout the year. Our text book, World Cultures and Geography, starts as a foundation for the class. From there we further research using computers, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias and movies. Students are working by themselves, in pairs, groups and sometimes as a class on any number of topics.

Our curriculum covers Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Other Islands in the Pacific and Antactica. Our studies include geography, history, economy, government and culture. We also research current events in these countries.

In ELA, students keep journals and participate in many writing activities. They complete one major research paper toward the end of the year.  Students also read several books and complete a variety of book reports. These are shared with the other students. Poetry is also covered in this class with students using modern music to complete a poetry search.

Just as in geography, students are working by themselves, in pairs, groups or as a whole class on different topics. Technology is encouraged and used often.