Our Project Sound Bite Linking students with the community, history, and curriculum in order to reach out beyond the classroom walls was a powerful and rewarding experience for all. The community leaders expressed enthusiasm and appreciation for this opportunity to share their knowledge of our rich cultural past with a wider audience. This project brought together people of all ages that took pride in their community and the project will continue to be updated as more people become involved. Project Elements 1. Discovering our past and traditions.
Third graders can begin to think about continuity and change in their locality and nation.
To understand changes occurring today, children should explore the ways their locality continues to evolve. Through viewing and evaluating other sites, students learn to compare and contrast their community with other parts of the world. In addition, our curricular goals were to enhance reading, writing, listening, and thinking skills across the curriculum with emphasis on critical and creative thinking. This integration of content curriculum was achieved through the reading information from a variety of sources, interviewing local experts, and writing about what they learned. Students also acquired new skills in the use of technology and using the Internet to access information and share learning.