Folklife Resources for Educators
Materials Related to Illinois
There are 4 items in this list. Indivisible Educator's Guide
by Center for Creative Photography http://www.indivisible.org/resources.htm
An educator's guide for K-12 students that combines photography and first-person narratives to explore community life, identity, and civic action (72 p. PDF). Lesson plans are available on taking documentary photographs, collecting oral histories, and analyzing gathered fieldwork documentation. It includes descriptions of twelve community documentation projects undertaken throughout the United States. Created in 2000 in connection with a national documentary project called "Indivisible: Stories of American Community." A selection of slides and an audio cd of excerpted project interviews accompanies the lessons.
Sponsoring Organization: Center for Creative Photography University of Arizona Libraries Tucson AZ 85721-0103
(520) 621-7968 http://www.creativephotography.org/
Other Organizations:
Center for Documentary Studies Duke University Durham NC 27705
(919) 660-3663 http://cds.aas.duke.edu/
Ghetto Life 101
by Sound Portraits Productions http://soundportraits.org/on-air/ghetto_life_101/
In 1993, two teenagers from Chicago's South Side collaborated with public radio producers to create the radio documentary "Ghetto Life 101," based on audio diaries of life in the Ida B. Wells housing projects. A study guide (24 p. PDF) was written for classroom use to accompany the audio segments. It adds new voices and historical perspectives to the original radio documentary. Topics covered in the study guide include growing up in the ghetto, the character of urban neighborhoods, and responding to violence in the inner city. In addition to the study guide, the Ghetto Life 101 web site includes the original audio documentaries, their transcripts, and photos.
Grade Level: 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Language Arts; History and Social Studies |
Resource Type: Primary sources; Lesson plans; Audio recordings; Activities |
Language: English |
Subjects: Illinois--Social life and customs; Sound recordings; Violence; Neighborhoods; Community life; African Americans; Fieldwork (Educational method); Interviewing; Inner cities; Urban folklore; City and town life
Geographic locations: Illinois |
Sponsoring Organization: Sound Portraits Productions 80 Hanson Place, 2nd Floor Brooklyn NY 11217
(646) 723-7020 http://soundportraits.org/
Harvesting the River Lesson Plan: Taking an Oral History
by Illinois State Museum http://www.museum.state.il.us/RiverWeb/harvesting/pdfs/OralHistory.pdf
Lesson plan for students in grades 5-12 to introduce them to recording and writing up an oral history from a family or community member after hearing and/or reading oral histories. Materials include a link to "Harvesting the River," an online audio, video, and image archive of the Illinois State Museum, based on research done on communities and activities found along the Illinois River. Lesson includes interviewing guidelines and procedures, as well as information on how to use the materials documented by the students. Addresses the Illinois State Board of Education Standards and Goals for History and Social Studies. (3 p. PDF)
Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture |
Resource Type: Primary sources; Lesson plans; Audio recordings; Activities; Video recordings |
Language: English |
Subjects: Fishing; Oral history; Interviewing; Inquiry-based learning; Community life; Family--Folklore; Family--History; Illinois--Social life and customs; History; Boats and boating; Rivers; Transportation
Geographic locations: [No specific location]; Illinois |
Sponsoring Organization: Illinois State Museum 502 South Spring Street Springfield IL 62706-5000
(217) 782-7386 http://www.museum.state.il.us/
Prairie Activity: Prairie Quilt
by Illinois State Museum http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/pdfs/pr_quilt.pdf
K-8 unit on prairie life and quilting that introduces students to the prairie, including fauna, flora, land forms, settlement, and cultural life, linking it to its representation in traditional quilt patterns. Students are guided in using digital cameras to document images of the prairie that can be used in quilt blocks. Unit addresses Illinois Board of Education Goals and Standards in the Arts. (2 p.PDF)
Grade Level: K-2; 3-5; 6-8 |
Curriculum: History and Social Studies; Art and Culture |
Resource Type: Activities |
Language: English |
Subjects: Decorative arts; Illinois--Social life and customs; Quilts; Quilting; Prairie; Needlework
Geographic locations: [No specific location]; Illinois |
Sponsoring Organization: MuseumLink Illinois 1011 East Ash Street Springfield IL 62703
(217) 782-7475 http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/
Other Organizations:
Illinois State Museum 502 South Spring Street Springfield IL 62706-5000
(217) 782-7386 http://www.museum.state.il.us/
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