| American Memory & Me Birthday Project |
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Connecting students to American history & culture |
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Overview
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Project Participation Form |
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Overview
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Students
are naturally looking for connections between themselves
and what they are learning. This project* connects students
to historical events that happened on their birthdays, helping
them to recognize that each person is part of and contributes
to the ongoing American memory.
To complete the project students will . . .
• identify one or more historical events that took place on the same date as their birthdays.
• describe the Library of Congress website and the primary sources found there.
• create a newspaper page to illustrate that events in the American memory are unfolding everyday.
• appreciate that they are part of our nation's collective history known as the American memory.
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Teacher Project Pack (materials targeted to grades 3-6)
Contains project overview, goals, objectives, guidelines,
and directions for project implementation as well as extension activities. It also lists the Illinois State Learning Standards
fulfilled through project implementation.
Adapt this project for older students by having them complete additional research,
write it in another language, or create their own newspaper template.
View/Print Project Pack (.pdf, to view or print you
will need the free Adobe® Reader® software)
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Project Prize Kit
Any
Illinois teacher wishing to implement this project in the
classroom is eligible to receive the BEF American Memory
Project Kit. The kit provides small prizes to be distributed
to students when they complete their project. The prizes
vary, but include things like pencils, erasers, key
chains, etc., all with a patriotic theme.
To request a free project kit, send us an email
with the following information:
• name,
address, and phone number;
• school,
subject area(s), grade(s), and approximate number of students
participating in the project.
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