Let the Circle be Unbroken Lesson Plan

Families in History: Research

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will be able to contextualize the information they've collected

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.9; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.3; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.7; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.8

Structure:

By now, all students should have conducted their primary interview for the Families in History project. Ask them to move into their small groups and discuss what they learned. What were some of the most interesting stories that their interview subject told? When would these stories have taken place? What was happening, politically and historically, in the time and place that the story occurred?

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