The students will select a historical site in Spearfish that they would like to put on their quilt block. It would be ideal if the student would be reading at or about 2 nd grade level. If the student had some basic computer background it would help. A lot of my third graders already know how to search the web and have E- mail addresses. Students are reading a various levels, so I would have the stories in Family Album on type for them or they could read with a partner.
Some students have no computer experience.
These students would learn as we go along. When we are doing our family page some students might be adopted or can t trace their family or have a divorce in the family and have so many step sibling that they don t know where to start. In this case I would have the child do what they want to trace or what they can trace. There is no right or wrong answer to this part of the unit. If a child just moved into the city they might not want to research the history of a town they don t know.