“The students really enjoyed the resources and enjoyed learning about farm life experiences. This was particularly good for our students as they are from a highly populated urban school.”
What were some of the values that the people your students interviewed talked about?
Gaining a work ethic, sense of community and for some returning to the land after leaving as a young person.
“Although I used only a small portion of the unit's resources, the activities and information I used were very useful and interesting from a science and social studies perspective.”
What were some of the values that the people your students interviewed talked about?
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“A great resource with some nice discussion points arising from it. Although it would perhaps be better suited to an urban school, I still found some good ways of using the resources in my own rural school setting and had links right across the Social Studies spectrum (especially with regard to building empathy through a study of the world's '6 degrees of separation'.”
What were some of the values that the people your students interviewed talked about?
Students were focussed to see the value connection between the letters and enjoyed searching for those. They were able to talk to their parents and grandparents as most still live or work on a farm. They all connected to the values which aligned with our
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I used the kit to fit into our school production 'The Way We Were' based on our school and the community hall with my class of Year 4 &; 5 students. Some of the content did not fit and/or was too difficult for the students to action independently. I would like to thank the people who shared their stories growing up on a farm as that was an aspect we enjoyed the most.”
What were some of the values that the people your students interviewed talked about?
The girls noted that many people said that hard work was a value they treasured.
“Our girls really enjoyed the research aspect of Grass roots and were surprised by the whole concept of 6 degrees of separation! We had an afternoon tea where we invited family members and, where possible, the people who had been interviewed.”
