Tentative Plans for the I-Search

Notes 1/10/95
Tentative Plans for the I-Search

Activity to illustrate basic economic concepts using candy
General overview of the project and the four phases of the I-Search Unit
Parent notice of volunteer time
Discussion of upcoming immersion activites

Friday 1/27

1. Give out map of New England and homework assignment to bring in an item from the coastal town the student has visited.

Monday 1/30

1. Do the coastline mapping activity where students map identify coastline places they've been and bring in a show and tell of this place and what they've done there.
   
2. Discuss jobs, industries, and businesses?
   
3. Present web of theme and overarching concepts, brainstorm each thread and post it in the room.
   
4. Go over background of Georges Banks (Mini Lesson). Use a map if possible.
   
5. Give brief orientation to movie (Captains Courageous) and what is a CLASSIC? How does it get to be a classic film and novel?
   
6. Start watching movie. Give a brief amount of time at end of period to start the scavenger hunt.
   
7. Use Search Organizer to input what they learned that is new.

Tuesday 1/31

1. Finish watching Captains Courageous.
   
2. Fill in the scavenger hunt.
   
3. Connect the web to the movie.
   
4. Fill out the Search Organizer on a hard copy.
   
5. Develop questions related to the web.

Wednesday 2/1

1. Read articles (possibly Down The Drain article).
   
2. Pose questions.
   
3. Class 6-3 input into the Search Organizer  and debrief.

1. Speaker day
   
   • Richard Wheeler
     
   • Paul Erikson‹Maritime Academy
     
   • Meg Tabasco
     
2. They've seen fishermen in the past, can they make a prediction about how they are the same today. Background knowledge about Georges Bank and the oil drilling.

Friday 2/3

1. Context setting for the video; specific cooperative groups zeroing in on the items given to them by the teacher.

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