If you haven't read our Tips for using video in the classroom , we suggest you take a look there first, then come back here to choose materials to construct your lesson. After discussing what today's kids like to do for fun, interview someone in your parents and grandparents' generation to find out what kinds of things they did for fun when they were kids. Use this Oral History Interview process to learn how to conduct your own more open-ended interview. Take very good care to pack and move these family treasures gently. For a more complete picture, combine you story with everyone in your class to make one large museum or web exhibit.
Good exhibits combine different types of materials to tell their stories.
Start with the artifacts and photographs you've collected, then write text to tell your story and labels to tie your materials into the story. You might even use edited portions of your interviews on audio or video tape in your exhibit. How were special times like birthdays, anniversaries, new jobs, etc. Adapted from Family Folklife Interview by Susan Donley originally for Toward a Better Balance , Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Center, 1988. 100th Anniversary Map Rick Sebak shows you around the grounds, right here online in our interactive map of Kennywood, illustrated by David Coulson and originally published in Pittsburgh Magazine .