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 Teacher Tips for This Project
This project can be
done in a team format or as an individual project. You might even assign some
parts to be individual assignments and others as a team. These directions are written as an individual project with
teamwork in the final presentation.
Beginning
the Project
1. Kennewick
Man Introduction: Who is Kennewick Man Worksheet
This is
a document made from World Book Online. It is followed with questions to answer to guide
students’ reading and a list of vocabulary words needed for further
study. Use the worksheet as a
good overview of the issue.
This worksheet helps to motivate students’ thinking and wondering
and begins to develop a knowledge base before starting the project. (Suggestion: use a reading strategy
with this worksheet.)
2.
Before beginning the project, walk the students through or teach
each step of the research cycle.
Then walk your students through each step of the project, show them
how the project is organized.
Test students' knowledge of the research cycle before or after the
project, or while continuing with the project.
3.
Before you begin the project, but after reading and discussing the
answers to “Who is Kennewick Man?” teach students the procedure a judge
follows in making a decision that is fair and legal. You may use the following link to a
scenario that takes students through a decision making process. This process also mirrors the
research cycle. Making a Fair and Legal Decision
Scenario
4.
Hopefully you
have taught persuasive writing skills and genre before hand. If not you may need to teach or
review the elements of persuasive writing.
5. If you would like your students to work as a
group and jigsaw the project, here is one suggestion. Use the Roles and Requirements worksheet
that contains directions for this type of learning activity.
Vocabulary
Critical Vocabulary Words This
is a link to a vocabulary worksheet you might choose to use to teach or
introduce before beginning the online project.
Create a Work Collection Folder
If you want to create a “work folder of assignments”
for your students, here is a sample of an assignment sheet you could use. Assignment
Sheet. This
assignment sheet shows the
activities students are required to complete. In this folder you might also put a copy of the document YOUR
JOB, which
informs students of the task(s) to do for each step of the research
process.
Final Presentation
Ideas
Divide into groups of 4. Each group will be a
jury. Each student will read their legal brief to their group. After
hearing the opinions of all group members, the group must come to a
unanimous decision regarding the ownership of the Kennewick Man and share
that decision with the class and give the reasons why.
Invite a guest from the legal field, such as a
judge or lawyer, to hear your presentations. Before the guest arrives,
divide the class into three groups. One group for each claimant group: the
Asatru, the archaeologists, and the Umatilla Indians. Each group will
compile reasons why they have claim to the bones of Kennewick man and why
the others do not. Then organize the information into a decision statement
that is well supported. After that, each group will select at least one
member to make the presentation to the class and the legal
professional. Finally, ask the legal professional to write and send to the class a decision
based on the presentations and the facts presented.
Invite A Guest
Speaker
Ask
a person from the legal field to participate with you who may be willing to
understand the project and who will teach students a simple form of a legal
brief. When students have
written papers, allow the volunteer to evaluate the briefs choosing several
that are exemplary for various reasons.
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