Historical Snapshot of Wisconsin's Communities

Here We Are, Wisconsin!
Assembling Historical Snapshots
of Wisconsin's Communities

To Participate: Contact Dave Spitzer at dspitzer@madison.k12.wi.us

Product Description: Students will tell the story of their community, both past and present. The information should be accurate and realistic. The project should allow for an interactive component and encourage collaboration across classrooms at the school site.

Goals (what students will know and be able to do)

Understand the history of their community

Engage in the research process

State clearly an information question
Determine possible sources and locate relevant information
Gather, organize and interpret information from more than one source
Record sources of information

Conduct interviews to acquire information about history, people, places, economy, and recreation in the community
Gather photos or create pictures that illustrate community changes over time.

Create and publish documents that tell the story of their community, both past and present

Including historically accurate information about the

Physical Geography (Region/Landscape)
People
History
Economy
Recreation
Places to visit
A Vision for the Future of the Community

List resources used
Give credits
Use proper sentence structure, spelling and usage
Elicit support or feedback on student writing from others
Incorporate Internet links relating to the story (if available)
Integrate an interactive component
Use a word processing program
Create and/or select and manipulate meaningful graphics
Know and use HTML to prepare docucment for the Web (optional)

Reflect on experiences in doing this project (what student has learned about the process)

Resources to Support the Project

To View Student Work: Here We Are, Wisconsin!
To Participate: Contact Dave Spitzer at dspitzer@madison.k12.wi.us
To Connect with Keypals in other Wisconsin Communities: Contact Dave Spitzer at dspitzer@madison.k12.wi.us
This project was developed by Dave Spitzer, a Lincoln teacher in Madison Metropolitan School District, in consultation with Barbara Spitz (Instructional Technologies), Madge Klais (Library, Media & Technology), and Hal Balsiger (Coordinator of Social Studies.) Mr. Spitzer teaches 4th grade, although the project was designed to be adapted to a variety of grade levels.

This site is maintained by Barbara Spitz, bspitz@madison.k12.wi.us and Chris Burch
Madison Metropolitan School District
Instructional Technologies: Coordinator, Joan Peebles
545 West Dayton Street
Madison, Wisconsin USA

Last updated 12/30/97

Here We Are, Wisconsin! Assembling Historical Snapshotsof Wisconsin's Communities

Here We Are, Wisconsin!
Assembling Historical Snapshots
of Wisconsin's Communities