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'''Teaching Goals''' | '''Teaching Goals''' | ||
*Help class members understand the alternatives for creating a personal history. | *''Help class members understand the alternatives for creating a personal history.'' | ||
*Help class members understand how to start writing a personal history. | *''Help class members understand how to start writing a personal history.'' | ||
*Help class members identify and resolve challenges to writing a personal history. | *''Help class members identify and resolve challenges to writing a personal history.'' | ||
*Create an awareness of other issues involved in finishing a personal history. | *''Create an awareness of other issues involved in finishing a personal history.'' | ||
*Help class members learn what resources are available. | *''Help class members learn what resources are available.'' | ||
'''Preparing to Teach''' | '''Preparing to Teach''' | ||
*Contact class members and learn their expectations for the class. | *''Contact class members and learn their expectations for the class.'' | ||
*Bring samples of personal histories by others. Try to include examples of alternatives to a written history. | *''Bring samples of personal histories by others. Try to include examples of alternatives to a written history.'' | ||
*Consider the ages and life stages of the class members, and plan accordingly. For example, if your class members are all under age 30, you don’t need to teach about writing about retirement and other issues that do not concern them. | *''Consider the ages and life stages of the class members, and plan accordingly. For example, if your class members are all under age 30, you don’t need to teach about writing about retirement and other issues that do not concern them.'' | ||
'''Teaching Ideas During the first class''' | '''Teaching Ideas During the first class''' | ||
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*Discuss different types of personal histories and their advantages and disadvantages. | *Discuss different types of personal histories and their advantages and disadvantages. | ||
*Explain how to gather personal artifacts that will help recall life events. | *Explain how to gather personal artifacts that will help recall life events. | ||
*Share the following brief story with your class members: “My mother really didn’t want me to be born on April Fool’s Day, so she convinced her doctor to induce her labor in the morning of March 31. Things have changed a lot since 1951, but in those days it was almost unheard of in London, England, for a birth to be induced for the mother’s convenience. The young Scottish doctor was willing to be innovative, and I was born three hours before April Fool’s Day. The doctor was given the privilege of choosing my name, possibly as part of the inducement deal, and I was given the good Scottish name of Lindsey Mary to go along with my family name, Adams.” | *Share the following brief story with your class members: | ||
“My mother really didn’t want me to be born on April Fool’s Day, so she convinced her doctor to induce her labor in the morning of March 31. Things have changed a lot since 1951, but in those days it was almost unheard of in London, England, for a birth to be induced for the mother’s convenience. The young Scottish doctor was willing to be innovative, and I was born three hours before April Fool’s Day. The doctor was given the privilege of choosing my name, possibly as part of the inducement deal, and I was given the good Scottish name of Lindsey Mary to go along with my family name, Adams.” | |||
'''Activities''' | '''Activities''' | ||