Presentation for Vermont Alliance for the Social Studies

1. 7th & 8th
Grade
Inquiry
Project
3 Stages
•October -- Field &
Classroom
•January -- Classroom
•May -- Field &
Classroom

2. Objectives
•Connect Students to
their Communities
•Explore a national
event through a local
lens
•Construct a history
using primary sources
whenever possible

3. Project

4. Developing The Plan:
Brainstorming

5. Developing The Plan:
Sorting

6. Developing The Plan:
Categorizing

7. Rebekah’s Plan

8. Scott’s Plan

9. Primary Documents

11. Reflecting
on the
Process
•What have you learned
so far?
•What has been
frustrating?
•What are you going to
do next?
•http://mvhistoryproject.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?user=05nl1fx9ce5wb
•http://mvhistoryproject.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?user=3„qvp7b1sxlp

12. Stage 1: Final Product
• Rebekah
• http://screencast.com/t/
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13. Stage 2
• Gaining a sense of life and
war from primary
documents
• Continued Blogging
• A second screen cast

14. Stage 3
• Second field visits to
cemeteries and towns
• More work on primary and
secondary sources
• Final Imovie projects