Idaho Social Studies 3.SS.1.3
The Standard
Conduct interviews with family members, neighbors, friends, or school staff to discover why they call Idaho home.
Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students interview someone who calls Idaho home. They ask why, listen to the answer, and record the person's reason.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student asks an open question and a follow-up question when they need more detail. They can tell what the person said without adding their own guesses.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume everyone who calls Idaho home was born there. They may write what they think the person meant instead of what the person said.
How to Assess It
- Invite a willing school staff member to answer students' questions about why they call Idaho home. Collect each student's question and a note naming one reason the staff member gave.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs clipboards to interview a willing school staff member, then have them jot down one answer and a follow-up question.
After interviews, ask, 'What different reasons did people give for calling Idaho home?' List the reasons without naming interviewees.
Sort question cards into open questions, such as 'What makes Idaho feel like home?' and yes-or-no questions, such as 'Were you born here?'
Send home the question 'Why do you call Idaho home?' for a willing adult, with a school staff interview as another option.
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