| Different Social Studies Activities
9-12 |
 Martha
Ballard's Diary (Grades 10-12)"DoHistory invites you to explore the process
of piecing together the lives of ordinary people in the past. It is an experimental,
interactive case study based on the research that went into the book and film A
Midwife's Tale, which were both based upon the remarkable 200 year old diary of
midwife/healer Martha Ballard. Although DoHistory is centered on the life of Martha
Ballard, you can learn basic skills and techniques for interpreting fragments that survive
from any period in history. We hope that many people will be inspired by Martha Ballard's
story to do original research on other "ordinary" people from the past."
 Discuss with your teacher expectations
about assignments regarding this activity.
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 New Takes
on Old Tales (Grades 4-12)Your mission is to rewrite a classic fairy
tale so that it takes place in today's world. Buchenbruder Books (a wholly
imagination-owned company) has a problem. For years, their best-seller in Germany was Grimms’
Fairy Tales. But now every family in the country seems to own a copy, and sales have
plunged. So they’re trying something new—modern versions of the classic tales.
You have been hired to write the first of these modern adaptations. Use the interactive
site Grimm's Fairy Tales to find the tale you want to rewrite.  Open a Word document to rewrite your fairy tale. |
 Clicking Anastasia (6-12) "The
story begins in the summer of 1918. For more than a year, Nicholas Romanov, former Tsar of
the Russian Empire, his wife Alexandra and their five children, have been captives of
Communist revolutionaries." Learn all about the Romanovs with this interactive
adventure.  You will need an e-mail address to receive dossiers and documents from the
people who are going to help you solve this mystery. Discuss this with your teacher if you
don't have an e-mail address you can use.
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