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What a wonderful project. I am most impressed by it and plan to share it
with some of our teachers. One of the topics reminded me of something I
just have to share with you. I work part time at a local community college
as ref. librarian on Sundays. Many of our patrons are students from the
area schools. One day a mother brought her son in to do research (due Mon.
of course). He told me his subject was the fox in the desert. After
showing him the animal encyclopedias, he said that wouldn't work. I asked
him if his fox was known by another name. His reply--the desert fox or
rommel. He could also do his report on the flying tiger. His mother and I
cracked up and I showed them material on WWII. Never a dull moment working
with kids. Sybil
At 07:34 PM 2/24/99 -0800, you wrote:
>To Judy, Peter, and all,
>I just posted the newest version of The Grandparent Project that Deborah
>and I worked on over the summer. We have now tested the project out with
>4 classes . We are in the final stages of the research papers--the
>students have handed in their rough drafts and are giving their "orals"--
>as an expert, they present their project to the class, receive questions,
>comments, and suggestions for their final papers. As part of the
>presentation, they must have some type of visual (can be poster, artifact
>(e.g. old clothing), video, or even food)
>
>Over the past few days, we have all learned about the following:
>--the strategy of Rommel, the Desert Fox (presented with poster)
>--the development of toys (e.g. Barbie, Play Doh, Silly Putty, Frisbee)
>and the use of marketing (presented with poster)
>--Frank Sinatra's early career (presented with a poster and CD song)
>--the development of Suburbia (presented with a digital slideshow and the
>serving by the designated "housewife" of milk and homemade cookies)
>--the Children of the Holocaust (presented with poster and video taken by
>father at Auschwitz)
>--Chevrolets in Racing competition and the production of the Corvette
>(presented with poster and photos from grandmother who worked for
>Chevrolet)
>--Baseball during the Depression with an emphasis on the Yankees and the
>start of Ladies Day (presented with poster and video of Babe Ruth)
>--Fashion changes from the 30's to the 40's (presented with "fashion book"
>poster and grandmother's clothes
>
>It has been fascinating. We have all learned. And, the students are
>gaining new skills each day.
>
>Carolyn and Deborah
>
>Carolyn Karis
>Urban School of San Francisco
>1563 Page Street
>San Francisco, CA 94117
>ckari@urbanschool.org
>
>
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