Remember When

Main Curriculum Connection:  Language / The Arts

Learning Objectives 

1. To gather information about how others travelled to and from school. 
2. Use a variety of mediums to report school travel stories. 

Resources Needed

It all depends on how the students choose to present their stories. 

Instructions 

1. As a class, brainstorm questions that could be asked when interviewing someone about how they travelled to and from school when they were in Grade 3 or 4. 
2.  Invite the school principal or another adult from within the school to come for a class interview. (Alternative: invite 4- 5 staff, parents, volunteers.)
3. As  a class, interview the adult (or divide the class into small groups to interview one of the invited guests) using the questions brainstormed.
4. Ask students to compare these modes of travel with how students travel today. 
5. As a group, have students present their comparisons to their classmates (or other classes). Each group can be encouraged to present their work in different ways (e.g. PowerPoint, diorama, posters, etc).