Binder 1: Folkwriting: Lessons about place, heritage and tradition for the Georgia classroom, September 2003
Scope and Contents
Edited by Diane W. Howard and Lauria Kay Sommers with educators from Cook County public schools (Vanessa Mitchell, Judith Philips, Margo Harris, Trina Brown, Adam Hathaway, and Jeremy Williams). Section 1 Folkwriting Project's Background Overview -- A Narrative of the Connecting Homes, Schools, and Communities Project -- The Writing Process -- Folklife as a Subject for Writing -- An Introduction to Folklife -- Fieldwork and Interviews in the Classroom Section 2 Folkwriting Lesson Plans and Activities -- Folkwriting Lesson Plans and Activities (Lower Elementary) -- Welcome to the Neightborhood (Upper Elementary) -- Exploring Holiday Traditions (Middle Grades) -- Student Writing about Everyday Lives (Middle Grades) -- Scrapbooking My World (High School) -- Plays about Place (High School).
Dates
- Created: September 2003
Creator
- From the Collection: English Department (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 2.0 Boxes
From the Collection: 17 binders
From the Collection: 1.0 Electronic Records
Language
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
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