Legacy Project: Sondering

We started our week with a short clip that I hoped would further express the importance of meaningful conversations.

The students also got into groups and wrote a group contract, assigned tasks, and began the process of selecting and scheduling an interview. I was surprised by how quickly most groups scheduled their interviews. There are some students who are definitely ready to hit the ground running with this project.

Mr. Mecham visited on Tuesday. From him, we got excellent tips for collecting an oral history. He also shared actual examples from the times he's sat down do collect stories from community members. He brought an expertise that I would have not been able to provide these students.

We did a jigsaw reading of The Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide, then each group presented on the section they read. Then we did a quickwrite to take some time to reflect on what we had discovered so far in this process.

We also talked about the rubric. Next year, I think I will do a student developed rubric (created with their input). What I ended up doing was taking various elements from PBL rubrics to create one rubric that will assess collaboration, creativity, and presentation.

Finally, groups started putting together questions for their interviews. Most interviews are scheduled for next week, so stay tuned!

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