Lesson Overview
Students will listen to Arlein Fransen discuss the early history of Jerauld County, part of the Heartland Region.    

Standards Based Goal
Students will study their local community and its history, analyze their life style and summarize possible reasons for movement /settlement in varying areas, draw conclusions as to why the people supported themselves the way they did, recognize relationship between rights, respect, responsibilities and consequences of citizenship.  

Student Objectives  
Students will compare culture of early inhabitants with present day culture.  They will recognize and discuss past influences on present day culture.

Prerequisite Skills
Self awareness, tolerance of differences and have read article about Early History of Jerauld County on web site.

Time Sequence

Sequence of Activities
Indicators of Engaged Learning

Notes
Technical Considerations Resources

3 min.

1 min.

2 min.

3 min.

1 min.

40 min.

5 min.

5 min.

Play A Legend from intro.page

Role call to present question: "How does our theme song relate to what we have been discussing in the past lessons?"

Discussions and mute

List answers as presented

Introduce Arlein Fransen

Arlein Grasen Interview

Teacher/student interaction response to interview

Teacher/student interaction on future follow up lessons.  What would they like to learn that hasn't been presented? If time does not allow, continue for lesson 10.  Have students, in pairs,  prepare a 5 min. report to begin presenting for the next presentation.

Use worksheets and internet site as backup.

Use VTEL to present lesson and net meeting as backup

Video tape lesson

Special Considerations  
Record for absentees.  Use questions for possible future follow up interviews.

Assessment   
Responses to: "How does the article on the early history of Jerauld County compare with what Arlein Fransen had to say?"
Responses to what students would like to know but didn't have answered is these lessons.

to teacher's site with historical and recent information: http://teachers.k12.sd.us/AT008/

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