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If your students enjoyed the activities on this web site, here are some more fun ways for them to learn Scottsville's history: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions: Building Trivia As an extension to the online 'Getting To Know Your Town' activity, the teacher or students could formulate questions such as these: 1. What is the oldest church in Scottsville? Answer: Scottsville Presbyterian Church, 1827. Click on all the churches and compare dates or read captions to find out which one claims the title. 2. Why is the Chester building called by that name? Answer: Its architect was from Chester, England. Social Studies 4.7 and 5.9: This activity would promote group learning and active use of primary resources and highly refined analytical skills.
Activity: Street Names Go to the search engine on the main website and have the student type in some of the last names that are associated with many of the buildings and streets around town to understand how streets get their names. What can you learn from street signs? Answer: The origins of the people, who first settled your town, may be included in a street name. In certain parts of the country, there are streets that have Spanish or Native American names. In Louisiana, street names are in French because the French first settled that area. Streets are often named after well-known members of the community, like mayors and important business people. You also can find more information about every street name by going to the local clerk’s office. They’ll either have your answers or be able to refer you to someone who does! C/T 5.3 use search strategies to retrieve electronic information using databases…, use electronic…indexes and catalogues
Activity: Before and After You can also have the student compare and contrast what buildings are currently in Scottsville today and which buildings they replaced. If you have the ability to print in color, you could print out a bunch of the pictures and make a memory game! Simply right-click on any picture you see in the online photo archives and go to “save picture as.” Name the picture what you want and create a folder on your desktop in which to save them. You can adjust the size as you see fit, but try fitting about 9 pictures on a page which makes a good sized memory game. VS.1.e: make connections between past and present SOL: 4.1: location and growth of cities ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Activity: Challenge Your Friends! As a class, or a small group, create clues and make letterboxes to hide around your school playground, or your backyard. Use cardinal directions and create a map to guide future explorers on the way. Include historical information such as, “This is the track where Jane broke the school record in the mile.” Then hide your boxes and stamps and trade clues with your friends to see if you can find each other’s! Social Studies 4.2, 4.7, 5.9; English 5.7 and 5.8: Promotes group learning and active use of analytical skills; incorporates concepts of absolute and relative location. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Activity: Reconstruction Get a clay pot and draw/paint a few pictures on it. Then break it, much like you would a piggy bank or other object. As a safety precaution you can put the item in a pillow case or sock to break it so that the pieces don’t hit anyone in the eye. Dump the pieces out and have the students try to glue the pot back together, just like a conservation team would. Find some sea shells, or small rocks which have natural holes in them, or small soft seeds which look like beads. Using a needle and strong thread or fishing string, string them onto the thread and make a prehistoric necklace. The Monacans and other native American tribes used things from nature to create fine jewelry and art, see how well you can do. Art 4.3, 4.5, 4.10, 4.22, 5.5, 5.7: Explains art as evidence of our past. Interdisciplinary connections between Art and Social Studies. Emphasizes group learning. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any activities that you think other teachers, parents, or students might benefit from (as well as any other comments you might have for this website), please send them our way, and we'll continually update this page for you! Send all questions, comments, and concerns to: smuseum@avenue.org
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