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Personal Heritage Project

Published on Nov 19, 2015

Personal heritage project

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Introduction- Purpose

  • Important strategy to increase children's social study understanding.
  • A way to for a student to build off of what they already know.
  • Explore the themes for culture, time and change, and individual development
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Culture

  • Compare similarities between groups and cultures.
  • Explain how informational and experiences may be interpreted by people. 
  • Explain why individuals and groups respond to their physical and social env

Change

  • Identify and use the key components of change.
  • Identify and describe selected historical periods.
  • Develop critical sensitivities such as empathy and skepticism.
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Identity

  • Relate personal changes to social, cultural and historical context.
  • Describe personal connections to a place.
  • Describe ways family, ethnicity, nationality, etc contribute to personal id
  • Identify and describe ways the influence of perception and beliefs contribu
  • Work independent and as a group to accomplish goals. 

what teacher can do

  • Collect postcards throughout the world.
  • Collect family photographs an find family pictures in books.
  • Family Quilt
  • Pen pals from the other side of the world.
  • Baby photo bulletin board
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