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THE AMERICAN WEST A Changing Cultural Landscape

Time	Activity	Preparation, Materials & Equipment
10 min	Introduction and Overview Overview of the content of the workshop Demo of web-based multimedia about the American West from American Memory Document Analysis with multimedia Describe the purpose of the workshop. Use the demo to introduce cultural concepts.	Binder of workshop materials Mini multimedia demonstration of web-based resources
10 min	Concept Mapping Activity in brief: What do you know? Initiate a discussion What do you know about key events and people of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the American West? Create a concept map Discussion question: How did people survive and thrive in the American West? Debrief and share concept maps Debrief with the concept map Lead a discussion in order to help participants organize the contents of their maps into categories. Introduce the cultural concept of resilience.	Chart paper & markers
50 min	Orientation Activity Investigating culture and document analysis with multimedia The purpose of the orientation activity is to introduce the Document Analysis tool and resilience. Participants will use a specific set of multimedia and documents to practice in-depth analysis of a source. Specifically, this activity will investigate the cultural concept of resilience with multimedia sources. As a whole group Introduce the resilience, the Document Analysis Tool, the sources, and review group roles In a small group Divide into groups of four using group roles. Each group has one Task Card to complete for this activity. As a whole group Compare worksheets and check for agreements. From the discussion elicit a group agreement about the qualities of a resilient individual. The two key aspects of resilience are an individual’s qualities and their network of support. Debrief how to use the Document Analysis Worksheet.	Group #1 Task Card— Clementine Group #2 Task Card— Sweet Betsy Resource - Document Analysis Worksheet Resource Card Resilience Resource Card Group Roles Equipment Computers equipped with sound capability Collection California Gold: Folk Music from the Thirties Clementine lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/ r?ammem/cowellbib:@field(NUMBER+ @band(afccc+a3348b1)) Betsy from Pike lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cowell:@field(DOCID+ @lit(GOLDR)) {print tiff view of page 445 — lcweb2.loc.gov/afc/afccc/images/goldr002.tif} Voices from the Dust Bowl, 1940-1941 Sweet Betsy from Pike memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/ r?ammem/toddbib:@field(DOCID+ @lit(4099a2)) Music for the Nation, 1870-1885 Clementine memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ ampage?collId=mussm&fileName=sm1885/ 04600/04660/mussm04660.db&recNum=0
60 min	Group Activities for Inquiry Independent small group activities provide groups a chance to work independently and produce a product of their learning. The culminating product is shared with the whole group. Divide participants into two groups of 4. Distribute task cards and resource cards to each group. Group 1 — Inquiry Activity 1, Life On the Frontier Group 2 — Inquiry Activity 2, Do Something for Wildness	Inquiry Activity #1– Life on the Frontier Task Card Document Analysis Worksheet Resilience Group Roles Equipment - computers American Memory Collection California As I Saw It: First Person Narratives, 1849-1900 Mountains and Molehills; or, Recollections of a Burnt Journal. By Frank Marryat lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/ r?ammem/calbkbib:@field(NUMBER+ @band(calbk1+010)) The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920 Photo John Bakken sod house, Milton, North Dakota memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/ngp:@field (NUMBER+@band(ndfahult+c061)) Photo Mr. & Mrs. David Vincent and daughter, Martha, by their sod house: near White River, South Dakota. memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/ngp:@field (NUMBER+@band(ndfahult+b007)) Resource #1 —Task Card Resource #2 — Resource cards Computers & CD-ROMs (audio) Document Analysis Worksheet Resource Card Group Roles Inquiry Activity #2 – Do Something for Wildness Task Card Document Analysis Worksheet Resilience Group Roles American Memory Collection Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 (multi-format collection) Equipment Computers & CD-ROMs (audio)
10 min	Group Performance, Group Discussion, Activity Debrief
10 min	Evaluation	Evaluation form

 

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