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Suggested lesson plan for
"Missouri History Museum asks kids for help with local history stories"

Possible hard words:

Proper names: Angie Dietz, Flickr, Holy Ghost Full Gospel Mission, Voices, Great Depression, Yahoo, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter

Other words: impacted, archivist, interactive, initiatives, digitalized, accessible

BEFORE READING: To help acquaint him or her with the vocabulary to be met in the article have the young reader read the words from the possible hard words list. Provide help as needed. Then ask the child to read the article aloud and be prepared to answer questions about it after the reading.

DURING READING: Provide troublesome words fairly promptly in order to keep the reading fluent.

AFTER READING: Use questions such as the following to check comprehension and stimulate discussion of the article.

  1. What does it mean to you that the History Museum "is moving into the interactive age"?
  2. Why do you think photographs and maps are wanted to go along with stories submitted to the Museum?
  3. What story or stories have you heard about your family's past that might have some historical interest?
  4. Would you be interested in contributing to Flickr for the History Museum? Why or why not?
 

 


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