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| Unit/Task Title:Finding Friendship | Grade Level:6 | Course(s):Oral History | Author:Gigi Hynd |
| Content Area(s) addressed in this unit/task: Career Preparation English Language Arts Social Studies |
Content Standards and Performance Indications. These standards refer to the Maine Learning Results: CP: A4, B3, D1, D5 ELA: E1, E3, F1, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10, G10, H1, H2, H3, H8, H9, H10 SS: IIA1, IIB7, IIC3, IIIB1,IVB5, IVD1, IVD2 |
| Guiding Principles taught and assessed in this unit: Self-Directed Learner Involved Citizen |
Assessment criteria (how will you know when they know): Thoughtfully carried out interviews, complete and presented on a multimedia computer program (Hyperstudio, Powerpoint or iMovie). |
Students will learn interviewing process and carry out interviews with community members associated with lobstering industry to learn folklore and actual workings of lobstering. They will use tape recorders and take pictures of interviewees and be able to analyze information gathered to ask follow-up questions and possibly pursue further sources for interviews. They will then collate information into a presentation form to save for archives of local historical museum and for school website.
Students will be learning first-hand what history is and how historians gather some information.
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| Time neeeded to complete unit: All year |
Resources needed: Friendship Village School ME Folklore Collecting Oral History for Maine |
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