[RSCT] Obama Inauguration Ideas

[Bob Peterson]

Friends,
This idea is from Michael Charney from Ohio.
I am going to use it in my fifth grade classroom.
Sincerely,
Bob Peterson


Obama Inauguration Teaching ideas

Through the Governor's Initiative for Increasing the Graduation Rate  
of African American boys, ninth grade students from high schools in  
Cleveland, Akron and Canton are interviewing people in nursing homes.  
Their introductory question, "What does the election of Barack Obama  
mean for you?" often opens up long narratives. Students are also  
interviewing their relatives.  In many cases these interviews are  
being videotaped.

A few of the interviewees over the ago of ninety commented that they  
are trying to hang on so they will be alive when Obama takes office.

Thousands of high school students from Cleveland, Akron, and Canton  
will gather at the Convocation Center at Cleveland State University  
on Inauguration Day   for a program that will highlight these videos.  
and have the students in the Governor's Initiative present their  
interviews. They will then watch the Inaugural ceremonies from  
Washington.
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