Summary: Student research the architecture and history of the houses, buildings and monuments of their town.
Description: Forum entries start with a brief description of their town, including its population and its geographical location. Students are encouraged by their teachers to study buildings with historical significance, as well as their own houses. Photos and drawings can also be sent to the facilitator for the web page gallery. Students are encouraged to correspond with each other and ask each other questions about their buildings and houses. If it is desired partners can be arranged with another school.
- Facilitator(s): Christine_Kolstoe
- Country: United States
- Languages: English
- Student Age Level: 5-11, 12-14, 15-18
- Contributions: Understanding of our own history. Students are also encouraged to participate in making the world a better place by contributing to projects such as Habitat for Humanity http://www.habitat.org/
- Outcomes: visiting speaker, interview with local historians, photographs or drawings or scanned pictures of people and places included in the article. Questionnaire and oral interview accounts, Web research
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