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Big
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Using technology to uncover and record neighborhood
stories, students survey and document sidewalk history. They collaborate
with senior citizens to identify and distribute information on key
figures, organizations, and sites that define community. |
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Details
Art, Language, Social Studies, Math
Grades 1-3 |
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Highlights
Students survey city web pages and local history publications
to identify and invite community members and elders from a local senior
center to participate in an on-line or in-school oral history project.
Using audio recorders and instant cameras to record voices and images,
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Compose questions.
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Gather background information.
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Develop effective oral
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interview techniques. |
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Introduced to word processing and scanning techniques, they prepare
a class publication to share with school and neighborhood. Walks
to historic sites and agencies introduce students to the area’s
proud history of community activism during the sixties and seventies.
A school based Community Service Learning Expo brings together student
researchers and their community resources.
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Teacher Profile
Alma is a first and second grade
teacher at William Monroe Trotter Elementary School where she is a
BPS Lead Teacher, Math Standards Facilitator, and MetroLINC Technology
Pioneer. A Roxbury resident, her awards include Golden Apple, Shattuck
Public Service, World of Difference, and Milken Education Foundation.
awright@boston.k12.ma.us
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Books and Materials
The Town of Roxbury, Massachusetts
by Francis Drake; Lower Roxbury by Ron Bailey;
Witness An Oral History of Black Politics in Boston by Lance
Carden; Images of America Roxbury by Anthony Sammarco;
Exploring Our World: Neighborhoods and Communities
by Kathleen M. Hollenbeck |
Technology Tools
Computers, digital camera, scanner,
audio recorder, Polaroid camera, Microsoft Office, Neighborhood Map
Machine, ClarisWorks, Internet |
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Alma
Wright
