101521: Heritage (MyBIO Slide)

"HERITAGE"

Please read the following article "What Is Heritage" below and write a Constructed Response GMail (4-5 Sentences) about why learning about your own family heritage should be important to you. Please include a brief description of where your family is from, and how you could spend time in search of your ancestors (What sources could you use to help find out about your Heritage?)

"Heritage is the full range of our inherited traditions, monuments, objects, and culture. Most important, it is the range of contemporary activities, meanings, and behaviors that we draw from them. Heritage includes, but is much more than preserving, excavating, displaying, or restoring a collection of old things. It is both tangible and intangible, in the sense that ideas and memories--of songs, recipes, language, dances, and many other elements of who we are and how we identify ourselves--are as important as historical buildings and archaeological sites.

Heritage is, or should be, the subject of active public reflection, debate, and discussion. What is worth saving? What can we, or should we, forget? What memories can we enjoy, regret, or learn from? Who owns "The Past" and who is entitled to speak for past generations? Active public discussion about material and intangible heritage--of individuals, groups, communities, and nations--is a valuable facet of public life in our multicultural world.

Heritage is a contemporary activity with far-reaching effects. It can be an element of far-sighted urban and regional planning. It can be the platform for political recognition, a medium for intercultural dialogue, a means of ethical reflection, and the potential basis for local economic development. It is simultaneously local and particular, global and shared.

Heritage is an essential part of the present we live in--and of the future we will build."

 - Article taken from the following website: WHAT IS HERITAGE ARTICLE (CLICK HERE)

"HERITAGE" EMAIL (❗️) To Mr. S:

1. Please open your GMail Account. Click "COMPOSE". 

2. Enter Mr. Scribner's Email in the "To:" space. 

3. Write "Heritage" in the Subject Line. 

4. In the BODY of the Email please write at least 3=4 sentences about what the term "Heritage" means to you. Reflect on the information in the article above, and reference the article at least once in your Email. When you have completed the Email, click SEND for credit.

MyBIO Presentation Project Integration:

Create a slide (11) that celebrates your (or your family's) heritage.

1.  Spend time finding out what your (or your family's) heritage is.

2.  Add slide 11 to your MyBIO project.  Include information about your family's heritage and history.  You may include any pictures you find that relate to your search, or your conversations with your family.

Objective(s):  (SWBAT) complete a basic search for information about their family heritage.  They will use interviews and online resources to create a slide to add to their MyBIO project

Essential Questions

What does the term Heritage mean to me?  What can I find out about my heritage by speaking to members of my family and community?  How can I translate what I learn into a brief written statement and add photographs or other digital media to design the slide? 

Academic Standards

PA SAS (BCIT) / ISTE / CSTA / NGSS / PA Career & Work