Where
I am From...A Semester of Self Discovery
by Marianne
Leek
Hayesville High School - Hayesville, NC
Adventure of the American Mind - Western Carolina University
Unit Plan
Library of Congress
Clay
County Chamber of Commerce
My
History - program closed
(email link to the National Endowment for
the Humanities)
Smithsonian
Institution
NC Department of Instruction
This
is a semester long unit plan that gives students the opportunity
to discover their heritage and make connections between their
past and their present. Students will also examine the effects
of the Depression on Clay County, NC and the nation, and will
read Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird as well
as other related novels, short stories, and poetry. All
literature read during the semester will focus on finding one's
place in a community and in the world, and discovering one's heritage.
Students will use the Library of Congress web site to conduct
a self study and will conduct and document interviews with their
two oldest relatives. They will again use the Library of
Congress web site to find where their relatives fit in history.
Students will create a writing keepsake which details their self
discovery and reflection.
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