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Time of Remembrance Oral Histories Project |
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English Language Arts,History-Social Science |
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4,5,8,11 |
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The Time of Remembrance Oral Histories Project is an on-going project supported by the Elk Grove Unified School District. Through the growing collection of interviews and teacher-created lessons, students across the state and nation now have access to the living voices of Japanese-American citizens, who, following the outbreak of WWII, were removed from the West Coast - forever changing the history of farming communities along the West Coast.
I warmly invite teachers who would like to incorporate any of the interview clips into additional lessons to contact me.... |
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Title: |
The Dust Bowl In Human Terms |
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History-Social Science |
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5,8 |
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This lesson is intended to assist students in gaining an understanding of the Dust Bowl era as an important part of American history from which critical lessons can be learned. Studying this period will assist students in understanding the negative effects humans had on the landscape of the Great Plains region (human-environment interaction). It will also assist them in appreciating the negative effects the Dust Bowl had on the people who lived in that region of the United States (Empathy). Students will also gain experience using multiple sources of information, including primary documents, to learn about an important era in United States history (Historical Analysis). ... |
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Title: |
Family History |
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History-Social Science |
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5,8,11 |
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Description: |
This assignment is designed to get students involved in an activity in which they can work closely with their family, identify their ancestors, appreciate their ethnic backgrounds, understand the concept of immigration, connect events in history with the movement of their ancestors, become more cognizant of their own unique individual makeup and its cultural origins, and develop a better understanding of the United States as a melting pot.... |
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Title: |
Slavery in America |
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History-Social Science |
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5,8,11 |
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Description: |
This unit, aligned with 5th and 8th grade History/Social Science Standards, encourges students to learn about the institution of slavery in America. This Project Based Learning unit builds background knowledge and facilitates students to create a learning project to demonstrate their learning.... |
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