Project: Converging Cultures
Grade: 4th
Content Areas:
4th grade CA social studies
4th grade ELA
Enduring Understanding:
There are long-term impacts when cultures converge.
Final Product:
1. Broadcast 2. Podcast 3.Mixed Media google site 4. Documentary
Driving Question:
What is the value of understanding diverse perspectives of those who lived in early California?
What were those diverse perspectices; and how do we know?
How can we celebrate those diverse perspectives by sharing them with our community?
Deliverables:
- Collage
- Dual Diary Entry
- Proposal for final product
Benchmarks:
- Daily life in early CA
-Compare/contrast 6 regional tribes (TCI Lesson 2)
-Daily life
-walking field work
- -Spanish influence/impact
-Exploration
-Mission Life
- Connecting Past to Present
-current events
-Elevating voice, Point of View
To download this project overview click here: Lake 4th grade 22