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Summer School
Title:
Missouri History
Timing:
6-8 weeks
Driving Question:
How do we as historians educate others about Missouri history?
Project Description:
Students gain understanding of Missouri history by writing, creating, and producing a documentary to teach others about Missouri history.
Final Product(s):
- Documentary video (class)
- Famous Missourian Shadow Boxes/Biographies (individual)
- Historical Journals (individual)
Essential Standards:
- 3aA)Understand the movement of people from many regions of the world to North America.
- (3aB)Historical perspective/Thinking/Passage of time
- 3aC)Knowledge of the contributions of significant persons in U.S. history.
- (3aE)Political developments and reform movements in the U.S.
- 3aF)Westward Expansion and settlement in the U.S.
- (3aG)Understanding the causes and consequences of the Civil War.
- (5A)Reading and constructing maps
- 5B)Understanding the concept of location to make predictions and solve problems.
- (5D)Relationships within places Human-Environment Interactions
- (5E)Understanding relationships between and among places.
- (5G)Using geography to interpret, explain and predict.
Potential Community Outreach:
- Work with local theater to premiere documentary
- Guest expert speakers on Missouri history topics (Lewis and Clark)
- Rent Lewis and Clark trunk from National Frontier Trails Museum
Teacher Reflection:
- Contact theater at least 2 months in advance
- Reserve trunk from museum at least 4 months in advance
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