Family+stories

To Do

 * get family letters from Ilene
 * send letters to families
 * recruit families to tell their stories on Mon / Tuesdays
 * follow up with families (get Abby involved?)
 * skeleton of timeline up in wall before vacation
 * email families to write their stories down (Carl, who else?)
 * set up classroom visits with Mark, Lisette, Jose, Luana
 * Email Jose and Mark / Lisette if there are people from their communities who have compelling stories who could come tell them

January intro lesson:

 * sort features of neighborhoods into the big headings (provided by teachers) (food, art & music, activism, language, learning, play & nature)

LT: I can give examples of how people make a new place feel like home.

Introduce learning target. Talk about how it connects to their family stories, and to what we’ve observed about what makes a good neighborhood.

Introduce 5 ways people make a neighborhood feel like home: food, art & music, activism, language, learning, play & nature

Students sort cards (with their observations) into these 6 categories. Teach the hand signals for each one.

Some time for sharing their own family stories if possible.

What makes a place feel like home? Restaurants: what kinds are in a neighborhood? What are the ones that make it different from other places? (ie not McDonald's)