Summary
Learning does not take place in isolation. High School students from Shanghai, China, collaborating with Sentinel High School students, will be given the challenge to discover the identities of these and other ordinary and extraordinary individuals who were children in 1842 when first Opium War ended. Thinking and acting like historical researchers, students will use primary sources to reconstruct life in this community in 1842 through the eyes of children living at that time.
In this project, high school students from Shanghai, China and high school students from Missoula, Montana will deepen their understanding of local history through exciting and exploratory investigations that engage them in the learning process. After virtually visiting historic sites, examining photos, family histories, letters and diaries, creating photos, video, and GPS data, and conducting interviews, students will share their learning with other students and members of the community through multi-media videos that will be linked to the high school websites. Finally, they will create Google Earth Place Tours that will become a story map of their subject’s life.
While this project is just the second step in the Model of Change for the 21st Century by bringing down the walls of classrooms at Missoula County Public Schools, it is our goal to expand this experience to include schools from around the world with a common interest.
In this project, high school students from Shanghai, China and high school students from Missoula, Montana will deepen their understanding of local history through exciting and exploratory investigations that engage them in the learning process. After virtually visiting historic sites, examining photos, family histories, letters and diaries, creating photos, video, and GPS data, and conducting interviews, students will share their learning with other students and members of the community through multi-media videos that will be linked to the high school websites. Finally, they will create Google Earth Place Tours that will become a story map of their subject’s life.
While this project is just the second step in the Model of Change for the 21st Century by bringing down the walls of classrooms at Missoula County Public Schools, it is our goal to expand this experience to include schools from around the world with a common interest.