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Who-Am-I? : What Are My Roots?
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My grandmother is Nicoletta and she is 75 years old. She is short and fat.
She has white hair and brown eyes.
My grandmother likes pizza. Her hobby
is Knitting. I LOVE HER.

Samanta from Italy , 2000

Participation in the "What Are My Roots?" module will allow your students to practice many skills and concepts in a variety of subject matter areas.

Language Arts/Writing

  • Using the steps within the writing process
  • Writing for different audiences and purposes: to inform, to express personal ideas, to persuade
  • Writing in different forms including informative essays, play scripts and lineage poems
  • Comparing and contrasting ideas from several sources
  • Researching local folklore, fables, legends, tales and family traditions
  • Conducting interviews
  • Creating a Family Tree
  • Sample links to Jordan's English curriculum

Math

  • Analyzing and interpreting data using charts and graphs
  • Calculating basic mathematical operations
  • Classifying information into categories
  • Using graphic organizers such as a Venn Diagram
  • Sample links to Jordan's math curriculum

Social Studies

  • Learning about recreational activities and sports in other countries
  • Describing holidays, festivals and local customs
  • Collecting regional recipes
  • Using maps to locate countries
  • Researching local and national heroes
  • Making timelines for historical events
  • Relating family history to the events found in history books
  • Sample links to Jordan's social studies curriculum

Science

  • Discussing environmental issues
  • Applying information for problem solving
  • Sample links to Jordan's science curriculum

Technology

  • Practicing the use of a word processor
  • Accessing and utilizing e-mail
  • Locating a web site
  • Participating in an IRC and/or KidSpace

Other Languages

  • Engaging in conversation with students in languages other than the native tongue
  • Practicing grammar and syntax in a real world situation
  • Increasing vocabulary
  • Creating dictionaries of phrases in other languages

Art and Drama

  • Making a collage or bulletin board display
  • Using paints, crayons, chalk, ink, water color
  • Writing plays and skits
  • Making dioramas - three dimensional scenes in small (shoe) boxes

Public Speaking

  • Justifying and defending their opinions
  • Expressing ideas in a real time situation using IRC and KidSpace
  • Communicating results of research

Library Science

  • Searching for information using printed and electronic media
  • Evaluating reliability of information
  • Gathering ideas from human sources - peers around the world

Health Education

  • Dealing with interpersonal relationships, accepting students from different cultures
  • Planning an International Dinner
  • Exploring multicultural recipes

Physical Education

  • Learning about and playing multicultural games

Life Skills

  • Self-awareness; understanding own needs & desires; increasing self-esteem and self-responsibility.

  • Make informed choices (decision making skills; goal setting.)

  • Critical thinking

  • Dialogue to understand

  • Negotiations (Learn to convince)

  • Empathy (developing positive social skills.)

  • Reflection (thinking back on beliefs or motives)

  • Praxis (a cycle for taking action: making informed choices, taking action based on choices, reflective thinking about the effectiveness of choices).

  • More...

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