How can we share our knowledge of historical Haudenosaunee life so that others learn about this important culture?
How can we best share and teach about a culture that is not ours without excluding the voices of that culture?
Task:
You will work with your Topic Group to write a shared Feature Article. Our whole class will create a Haudenosaunee Magazine!
Your entry will contain:
A careful, detailed hand-drawn illustration that connects to your topic
1-2 paragraphs about your topic, that connect with your other group members’ work.
Process
First, research your topic by finding:
10-15 helpful images connected to your topic
5-10 more key terms/important vocabulary words connected to your topic
Important facts about your topic in the following areas. You might not have facts for every question, but you should have many facts for most areas:
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
How?
Next, with your Topic Group, plan the subheadings/parts of your Group’s feature article.
Your article will be about the topic of your group, but each member will write about a different subtopic.
Decide which graphic/image each member will create to go with the group’s article.
Next, create a first draft of your feature article contribution by:
Creating a careful, neat and accurate black and white drawing connected to your subtopic that includes some labels of important parts.
Writing 1-2 paragraphs of important information about your topic that includes key terms/vocabulary
Each paragraph should include a clear topic sentence and supporting details
After that, you will complete a feedback/revision cycle by:
Sharing your first draft with a Feedback Group. They will give you kind, helpful and specific feedback about what you did well and what you can improve.
Looking at the entries of your Feedback Group and giving kind, helpful and specific feedback about what they did well and what they can improve.
Use the feedback from your Feedback Group to create a second draft (you might also need to do some more research before creating your second draft, that’s okay!)
The feedback/revision cycle repeats until you have a third and final draft.
