Project Timeline
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PLANNING
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
Students will learn skills and how to use tools as the need arises.
IMPLEMENTATION
IMPLEMENTATION - Creating Culminating Products and Performances
IMPLEMENTATION – Assessment
PLANNING
- develop a list of possible research subjects with research potential
- conduct advanced research and project preparation – locate sources of information
- locate technology tools so that students can choose the right tool for the job.
- recruit high school/college students to serve as mentors
- contact adult experts who can assist in historical research
- devise performance based assessments – rubrics, checklists,
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
Students will learn skills and how to use tools as the need arises.
- how to perform Internet searches
- how to locate and analyze primary sources
- how to use a GPS unit as a tool
- how to use a camera to take still photos and video recordings
- how to conduct an oral history interview
- how to
create a photostory or other video production software
- how to use Google Earth
- how to role-play an individual from the perspective of that person
IMPLEMENTATION
- divide class into teams assigned to a research subject
- research identities of “mystery people”
- locate subject’s gravesite in cemetery, if possible
- conduct oral history interviews
- go on field trips to note places significant to individuals in 1883
IMPLEMENTATION - Creating Culminating Products and Performances
- create photo stories that tell story of their subjects’ lives from the perspective of that person in a first person narration
- link the photo stories to the city cemetery website and on the school website.
- create a Google Earth Place Tour that storymaps their subjects’ lives
- geocache to locate local landmarks important to research subjects
- present projects to community members, parents, and peers
IMPLEMENTATION – Assessment
- assess students on 21st skills, products, content knowledge and understandings
- evaluate the project
