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Mike Heneghan

What was school like long ago?

Grades: Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 1st Grade
Subjects: Multilingual Learners, Home Learning, History

Student Instructions

Interview a grandparent/neighbour For this activity, you will interview a grandparent or elderly neighbor about what school was like long ago. Here are some prompt questions: • Where did you go to school? • What were the teachers/principal/children like? • Did they have computers/whiteboards in class long ago? • Where did they put the books? • What was the yard like long ago? • What did the classroom look like long ago? • Did they have toys/pictures on the wall? Once this is completed: 1. take a picture of you and your interviewee using the photo tool 2. use the mic tool to record 3 things that you found out from the interview. Good luck!

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