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 Title: Adirondacks: A Place For Healing
Grade Level: 8th

Author: Stacy LaChapelle, Peru CS and Nicole LeClair, Northern Adirondack CS

Email: slachapelle@perucsd.org; nleclair@nacs1.org
 Adirondack Curriculum Content Area
___ Natural History
_X_ Human History
_X_ Culture & the Arts
___ Government & Civics
___ Economy
___ Health, Recreation & Life Skills

Investigative Question or Issue: What would make hundreds of terminally ill patients flock to the remote wilderness of the Adirondacks?

Challenge:  
In groups of two, make a collection box that expresses the way people came to Saranac Lake to cure for Tuberculosis.

Context for this Challenge:
This Challenge is a culminating activity for the lesson of Curing in the Adirondacks.  After thorough research and reading by both teacher and students, students will create a product that represents their knowledge of the subject matter

Quality Standards:

  • Box contains at least 10 items.
  • Each item must show tools or procedures used in the curing process.
  • Items must be colorful.
  • Boxes must be shoebox size.
  • Box must be visually appealing.
  • Items must be hand drawn, computer generated, or creatively made models.
  • The box and items must be neat in appearance.
  • Each item contained in the box must have a neatly hand written or word processed explanation naming the item and its use in curing.
  • Box must have an appropriate and interesting title.
  • Box must be completed on time.
  • Both group members must participate equally in preparing and explaining their product.
  • All writing must have correct grammar, spelling, and word usage.
  • Group members will present final product to the class.

Adapted for the Adirondack Curriculum Project from the work of Education By Design TM and Leading EDGE, LLC ©ACP 2002

   Product Quality
Checklist
Date: ________                                                                     Class Period: ________
Product Author(s):

 
 Adirondacks: A Place for Healing
Evaluator Name(s)
 
 Observed Standard/Criteria
Possible
Points
Rating
   Box contains at least 10 items.
 10
 
  Each item must show tools or procedures used in the curing process.
  15  
  Items must be colorful.
 3
  
  Boxes must be shoebox size.
 		3
  
  Box must be visually appealing.
  2
  

Items must be hand drawn, computer generated, or creatively made models.
 		10   

The box and items must be neat in appearance.
 5

Each item contained in the box must have a neatly hand written or word processed explanation naming the item and its use in curing.
 10

Box must have an appropriate and interesting title.
 2

Box must be completed on time.
 5

Participate equally in construction and preparation.
 10

All writing must have correct grammar, spelling, and word usage.
 10

Group members will present final product to the class.
 20
 
TOTALS
  100  

nyga Produced at the 2008 Adirondack Geography Institute
Comments: ELA Standard 1 Performance Indicators:

  • Interpret and analyze information from textbooks and nonfiction books for young adults, as well as reference materials, audio and media presentations, oral interviews, graphs, charts, diagrams, and electronic data bases intended for a general audience
  • Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information and between fact and opinion
  • Develop information with appropriate supporting material, such as facts, details, illustrative examples or anecdotes; and exclude extraneous material
  • Use standard English for formal presentation of information, selecting appropriate grammatical constructions and vocabulary, using a variety of sentence structures, and observing the rules of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling
Geography Performance Indicators:
  • Investigate why people and places are located where they are located and what patterns can be perceived in these locations.
  • Describe the relationships between people and environments and the connections between people and places.
  • Use a number of research skills to locate and gather geographical information about issues and problems.
  • Present geographic information in a variety of formats, including maps, tables, graphs, charts, diagrams, and computer generated models
Research Section: