HERITAGE FAIR
Our annual Heritage fair is an important event! It meets provincial
outcomes in Social Studies and Language Arts but more valuable is the
opportunity to connect to history in a personal and meaningful way!
~This is a required Social Studies project. Each student will be doing one.
~The project must have a Newfoundland theme of history, geography or heritage.
The provincial theme is ALL IN A DAY’S WORK. However the project does not
have to tie directly into this one.
~The project must involve research by the participant. Parents may assist
(they can't really do it well without you!) but much of it should be done by
the student.
The emphasis will be on valid research - NO cutting and pasting from the
Internet will not be acceptable.
Class time will be given to researching different types of material and
writing; however much of the background work that gets the project up and
running will be completed outside school and SOME of the backboard
preparation will also need to be done at home.
~Students need to be as knowledgeable about their topic as is reasonable
given their age and the availability of material at their level of
understanding.
It is important to keep in mind they are presenting it in class for
evaluation.
They will also be sharing it with the school and the public and they need to
know it well enough to discuss it with judges and answer questions from
students and visiting adults.
Remember
~The project will be scored on the written summary, presentation (backboard
and related display of info), research and the interview with the judges.
Possibilities or inspiration for HERITAGE FAIR TOPICS!
http://www.ves.k12.nf.ca/grade5s/heritage.htm
Information about backboard requirements, etc are all here!
http://www.heritage.k12.nf.ca/
When you interview family or community members, here are some
questions you may find helpful!
http://genealogy.about.com/cs/oralhistory/a/interview.htmIDEAS
CHOOSING A TOPIC----- LOOK CLOSE TO HOME!
~Keeping the House Clean
~Hand –Me- Down Clothing - Early Re-using
~Doing the Laundry
~Keeping Warm-One Junk At A Time
~Food On The Table
~Your house? A house in the family? Original ceilings, floors, stairs,
fireplaces?
~Take a look at old photos, letters, scrapbooks, clothing, heirlooms, old
"junk",tools, souvenirs and mementoes from the past - they all tell a story!
~ Family/ local connections to past events?
Seal Hunt American Base during World War 11
Confederation Railway in Bonavista
Tidal wave in 1929
~Connections to Trades/Skills?
Tinsmith Dressmaking/seamstress Embroidery
Coopers Trapping
Making Fish
Carpentry Ways of preserving food for the winter
Making nets/lobster traps Making Hay Making Bread
Blacksmith Sawmill
Gardening
Knitting Making Fences Making Cakes
Postmaster/mistress Boat building
~Our Local Built Heritage!
The Church of England School in Bailey's Cove
Halls (Orange, SUF, Oddfellows, Legion, Masons, etc.)
The Ryan Premises
The train station
Corner stores and shops
LOTS OF OTHERS!
Fishing stages, flakes and outbuildings
~ Place Names Around Bonavista
~A Day in the Life of My Great Grandparents
~ From My Pop (Nan) To ME
~Bonavista - How Windy Is It?
~Where Once They Stood - My Family History in Newfoundland
~ A Family Tradition (could be a talent, interest, celebration, recipe,
trip...)
~Ice Fishing
~Four Generations of ...
~A Famous Newfoundlander
~How Keeping In Touch Has Changed or (Travel/Clothing/Chores, etc. )
~Fishing Grounds
These are just a few possibilities! The above titles may spark another idea
with you. Any question that gets them thinking about how things used to be
done, what things looked like, how things have changed B helps them make
connections between words on a page and the real people whose story is told
with that teacup, faded cap or collection of letters passed down from one
generation to the next!
The goal is to have your child find a topic that is of personal interest and
hopefully through their research they will come to appreciate their history!