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Learning Activity 8-B-1: Local History Project
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Learning Activity 3-D-2: Local Documents, Data, and Cartoons
Megan-You have an interesting list of local resources here. This is a good start to your project and these links appear to tie in well with the topic you have picked. Thanks for sharing them and the description of each one. Could you take students to the Hans Herr House? This could be an interesting part of your project plan. I appreciate how you plan to work in the KWL chart and Venn diagram into the project. Chris Below site is the homepage of Lancaster Counties Historic Hans Herr House which is the oldest original Mennonite meeting house still standing in the Western Hemisphere. I hope to have students use it/access it as the main site/resource for the webquest part of my final project. **http://www.hansherr.org/Home**

This site is organized by the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society and Hans Herr House and is dedicated to educating people about the past 300 years of Lancaster History & people with a focus on Mennonite History. I plan to also include this site in the webquest part of my project.
 * @http://www.lmhs.org/Home/Get_Involved/Lancaster_Roots_300**

This is a link to an Architectural Data Form of the Hans Herr House which was also found in the LOC Photo Collection. I was thinking of having students use this as their very first resource and possibly complete a KWL chart about it. It gives great basic info about the Hans Herr House which I think is a good starting point/initial resource.
 * @http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhdatapage&fileName=pa/pa0500/pa0536/data/hhdatapage.db&recNum=1**

Below is a brochure I found in the 2nd site/resource listed above. It's a brochure about events, tours etc around Lancaster County (mostly history based) and it lists brief, historical summaries about each event, tour, etc. I'm not exactly sure how I will apply this to my project but I definitely want it "on file".

[[file:Back_to_Our_Roots_Brochure.pdf]]
The settlement map below was also found in the 2nd site I have listed in this section. It is a basic map of the 1st few "recorded" settlements surrounding the Hans Herr House. I plan to use this project/unit prior to 4th graders taking their classroom field trip to the Hans Herr House so I thought this would be a neat thing for them to take with them so they know "who's land" they're near or would have been near back in the 1700's.

Learning Activity 4-D-1 Local Photos & Posters
The link below is a photo of a Mennonite Church in Germantown, PA taken sometime between the dates of 1900-1906. I thought this would be neat to include in the Mennonite research portion of the project. I would also like to include current pictures of Amish schools as they (present day) look a lot like this historic Mennonite Church. I would most likely have students complete a NARA photo analysis as I prefer the detail of the NARA over the SEA & a Venn Diagram if I have them compare this photograph to present day Amish schools. @http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/det1994000890/PP

I found the PDF below in the archives of the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. // Hi Megan, I think this specific link would really be helpful for 4D1 .// [] // I found it in the link you posted in this paragraph .// It contains statistics of current Anabaptist churches and congregations in Lancaster County and surrounding areas. At this point I'm not exactly sure how I will use it in my final project perhaps when we research what the Mennonite faith studies/believes. It would be interesting for students to see how many people/churches are presently practicing this religion. I also thought it may be neat for partners or groups to email or write questions they may have to the Gentleman who organized the study/statistics as indicated at the bottom of the PDF.

This PDF is a proclamation that recognizes the 300th anniversary of the Hans Herr Settlement. It's an excellent informational piece about why the "Hans Herr" settlers came from Europe including William Penn's promise, where they arrived when they got here, how they got to what is now known as Lancaster County & who followed, settled in the Lancaster area after them. I think a KWL chart would be a good way to assess/analyze a document of this nature.

The following 2 links are to photographs of the back & front of the original Hans Herr House found in the Library of Congress Photo Collection. I would like for students to use them to compare similarities and differences between the structure then & now maybe via a Venn Diagram.
 * http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/displayPhoto.pl?path=/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa0500/pa0536/photos&topImages=135112pr.jpg&topLinks=135112pv.jpg,135112pu.tif&title=2.%20%20NORTH%20%28REAR%29%20ELEVATION%20AND%20WEST%20ELEVATION,%20FROM%20NORTHWEST%20PHOTOCOPY%20%3Cbr%3EHABS%20PA,36-WILST.V,1-2&displayProfile=0**


 * http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/displayPhoto.pl?path=/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa0500/pa0536/photos&topImages=135111pr.jpg&topLinks=135111pv.jpg,135111pu.tif&title=1.%20%20GENERAL%20VIEW%20AND%20FRONT%20ELEVATION,%20SOUTH,%20FROM%20SOUTHWEST%20%3Cbr%3EHABS%20PA,36-WILST.V,1-1&displayProfile=0**

Learning Activity 5-D-1: Local Audio and Music
This site offers recordings of a variety of Colonial Music. I thought it would be neat for students to hear and analyze music from the time period of this project. I would first have them access & analyze via the SEA analysis worksheet the songs listed below followed by 1 or 2 songs of their choice from the site. @http://www.halcyondaysmusic.com/colonialmusic // A lot of options can be selected by students from this site. CK .// Successful Campaign - Title of this song could lead to research about the success of specifically what campaign? German Dance Saw You My Hero George - Could lead into discussion & research about George Washington & his influence/impact on Anabaptism and or the time period in general.// These are easy to use, direct sources that students can use in an easy way. CK .//

The site below is an article of the Hymnology of the Anabaptist found in the Online Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia. It is an excellent informational piece I could have students access for general Mennonite/Anabaptist historical information as well as specific information about the first hymnal & music of this culture. This site also includes a picture of the title page of the "Ausbund" which is one of the 1st hymnals. I would say this site is one of the better (informational) resources I've found for my Local Histroy project. @http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/H95ME.html // Informational site. CK .//

Learning Activity 6-D-1: Local Video and Maps

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A lot of the resources I found prior to this section reflect the Anabaptist beliefs, ideas, etc that the Hans Herr settlers would have practiced. I wanted to find examples or resources of the actual lifestyle these people probably led and I feel as though these video reflect that fairly accurately. The first link below contains 6 video segments I would like to show when discussing the (potential) lifestyle of the Hans Herr settlers. The second link contains 4 segments I plan to show. Each segment is anywhere from about 1-3 minutes which should be just enough time for them to get/see a general idea of what it was like but not too long that "boredom" will set-in. Some of the segments I may show back-to-back but most of them I would like to use as an introduction to that aspect of Colonial life. A brief description of how, why or when I would show the segment is listed after each segment title. I would asses or have students analyze these videos via questions from the blackline masters pdf also listed below. I would pick & choose the questions that pertain to each segment. The pdf is based off of the content in the second link but I found it pertains and can apply to all of the video segments. I would also like to use or show again the Hans Herr Settlement Map listed above in 3-D-2 when Colonial lifestyle is discussed.

Video Link 1 @http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=890D4CBF-A50B-40A2-A243-DF539B4F35E0&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US __Life on the Colonial Farm__- One of the 1st segments I will show as it gives/shows a brief description of the colonial farm/country lifestyle __Religion in the Colonies__- I plan to use/show this during one of the Anabaptist lessons as it discusses the different religions of the Colonial time. Students will get an idea of what was practiced apart from the Anabaptist beliefs/ways of the Hans Herr settlers __Pioneers Conquering the Wilderness__- Through their research the 4th graders will discover that the settlers had to travel through & endure the wilderness in order to get to where they settled __Life in Colonial City Philadelphia__- 4th graders will find out that the Hans Herr settlers traveled from Philadelphia to Lancaster where they settled. I plan to use this video segment and the "Conquering the Wilderness" segment together so students can get an idea of what Philadelphia was like at that time & what their travels may have been like from Philadelphia to Lancaster __Diversity in the Colonies__- This segment explains that though the colonies were made up of many different kinds of people the colonies/settlements in general ran about the same way. It would be neat for students to see "who"/what kinds of people predominately made up these settlements.

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Video Link 2 @http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=86BD3923-C402-40CF-BE1D-4A28592A3AD2&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US __Building Homes__- Students would be able to see how homes like the Hans Herr House were built, what they were made out of, etc __From the Garden: Raising and preparing food & medicine__- This segment shows the making/planting of crops & the kind of medicine they relied on __Livestock, Food, Clothing & Labor__- I would like to use/show this segment with the "From the Garden" segment when we discuss "resources" that were available to the settlers __The Hardships of Colony Life__- This segment emphasizes the hardship of the colonial country lifestyle... what all the settlers had to deal with. That their religious freedom did not come at an easy price.

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