Curriculum Resources for the Alaskan Environment
Subject Areas: current events, social studies
Timeline: 2.5 months
Grade Levels: high school
Purpose: to increase student awareness of the community in which they are living-who lives there, when they came from, how they spend their time; to write a monograph of the village
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K. Ladegard
Your Village
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make a map of your town; draw in all of the households, businesses, public buildings, and other structures; for each household, make a card listing who lives there; this activity will help students to conduct a census of the community; all business and public buildings should also be keyed to a card so students can gain an idea of the number of businesses and public buildings that exist in the community
interview each of the religious leaders to determine the history of their respective churches and the number of people in attendance at their church write up the results of each interview
make a list of all political and economic boards (e.g., city council, community school committee, health board, etc.); interview a member (preferably chairman) from each to determine the group's goals and the amount of participation in local politics
make a list of all social organizations; interview a member of each to determine history, participation, and goals of the group
conduct a series of interviews of elders and parents to determine why and when people arrived and from where
put information together into a book; writing life histories and biographies wili help students to identify critical historical information.
Variations
this may not be feasible if your community school committee does not want students outside the school building during school hours
also, some village residents might perceive the questionnaire to be intrusive and rude; you would have to present your project very gracefully.
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