DISCOVER THE SECRET PATH TO A PIONEER PAST:
Caper-Related Newspaper Activities
We are delighted to bring you the 13th edition of the WCEU-TV/Daytona Beach News-Journal local history project. We are sure you and your class will agree that this is a fun and educational adventure!
PURPOSE – The purpose of our project is to improve the reading, writing, research, social studies and critical thinking skills of students in grades 3-6 through involvement in a multi-media project to include printed materials, public television, the newspaper and the Internet.
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS – Prepare yourself for the project by viewing the FOR TEACHERS ONLY portion of the video at your convenience.
The project works successfully if spread over a 5-week period. We suggest you spend the introductory week preparing your class. Play the short video promo featuring our own Super Sleuth two or three times for the students. Check with your media specialist about obtaining a copy of this promo from ITV, or call (386) 254-4415. You should also read the introduction with your students sometime during the introductory week.
Create a FLORIDA QUEST corner in your classroom. Post maps, clues and other related resources. Encourage students to use your media center and online resources for their research. Encourage class groups to use the media center to complete any extra-credit activities you may assign them during the week.
Write each week’s riddle on the chalkboard or bulletin board so your students have an easy reference. You may also want to take the opportunity to talk about how a poem is composed.
Monday is when each weekly caper begins. Students should begin by reading the story and then stopping to solve the clues when required. The newspaper clue will appear in the Monday edition of The Daytona Beach News-Journal and the TV clue should be played in your classroom when called for. Students should be able to solve the caper by Friday. If students have the correct answers, please initial the coupon for that caper in the back of the book. If the student has an incorrect answer, this would be an ideal time for working in groups and working with students until all students get the correct answer.
SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS – On pages iii and iv of the Teacher’s Manual there is a listing of the many Sunshine State Standards that this project satisfies. Language arts and social studies teachers have taken the time to list specific standards that are met by using the project in your classroom. The best part is, the students will have so much fun, they’ll not realize until the end just how much they are learning.
EXTRA ACTIVITIES – This project lends itself beautifully to a host of other assignments. Check out the newspaper and TV activities listed at the end of this book. You should also take advantage of the additional resources on THE FLORIDA QUEST web site: www.nieworld.com/floridaquest
Several related lesson plans are available from the Florida Department of Historic Preservation. Check your media center or call 800-847-7278 for more information.
Correlation of Sunshine State Standards
with The Florida Quest
Grades 3-5
READING
Standard 2: The student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts.
» 1. reads text and determines the main idea or essential message, identifies relevant supporting details and facts and arranges events in chronological order.
» 5. reads and organizes information for a variety of purposes, including making a report, conducting interviews, taking a test and performing an authentic task.
» 8. selects and uses a variety of appropriate reference materials, including multiple representations of information, such as maps, charts and photos, to gather information for research projects.
LISTENING, VIEWING AND SPEAKING
Standard 1: The student uses listening strategies effectively.
» 1. listens and responds to a variety of oral presentations, such as stories, poems, skits, songs, personal accounts, informational speeches.
» 2. responds to speakers by asking questions, making contributions and paraphrasing what is said.
Standard 3: The student uses speaking strategies effectively.
» 1. asks questions and makes comments and observations to clarify understanding of content, processes and experiences.
SOCIAL STUDIES - Time, Continuity and Change (History)
Standard 1: The student understands historical chronology and the historical perspective.
» 2. uses a variety of methods and sources to understand history (such as interpreting diaries and letters; and reading maps and graphs) and knows the difference between primary and secondary sources.
» 3. understands broad categories of time in years, decades and centuries.
Standard 2: The student understands the world from its beginning to the time of the Renaissance.
» 3. understands the various aspects of family life, structures and roles in different cultures and in many eras.
Standard 5: The student understands U.S. history from 1880 to the present day.
» 1. knows that after the Civil War, massive immigration, big business, and mechanized farming transformed American life.
Standard 6: The student understands the history of Florida and its people.
» 1. understands reasons that immigrants came to Florida and the contributions immigrants made to the state’s history.
» 2. understands the influence of history and geography on the history of Florida.
» 3. understands the perspectives of diverse cultural, ethnic and economic groups with regard to past and current events in history.
» 4. knows how various cultures contributed to the unique social, cultural, economic and political features of Florida.
SOCIAL STUDIES - People, Places and Environments (Geography)
Standard 1: The student understands the world in spatial terms.
» 1. knows how regions are constructed according to physical criteria and human criteria.
» 2. knows ways in which people view and relate to places and regions differently.
Standard 2: The student understands the interactions of people and the physical environment.
» 1. understands how human activity affects the physical environment.
» 2. understands how the physical environment supports and constrains human activities.
SOCIAL STUDIES - Government and the Citizen (Civics and Government)
Standard 2: The student understands the role of the citizen in American democracy.
» 3. knows that a citizen is a legally recognized member of the United States who has certain rights and privileges and certain responsibilities (e.g. privileges such as the right to vote and hold public office and responsibilities such as respecting the law, voting, paying taxes and serving on juries).
SCIENCE - How Living Things Interact with Their Environment
Standard 1: The student understands the competitive interdependent cyclic nature of living things.
» 1. knows ways that plants, animals and proteists interact.
» 2. knows that living things compete in a climatic region with other living things and that structural adaptations make them fit into the environment.
Standard 2: The student understands the consequences of using limited natural resources.
» 2. knows that the size of a population is dependent upon the available resources within its community.
Grades 6-8
READING
Standard 2: The student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts.
» 1. determines the main idea of essential message in a text and identifies relevant details and facts and patterns of organization.
SOCIAL STUDIES - Time, Continuity and Change (History)
Standard 1: The student understands historical chronology and the historical perspective.
» 1. understands how patterns, chronology, sequencing (including cause and effect) and the identification of historical periods are influenced by frames of reference.
Standard 2: The student understands the world from its beginnings to the time of the Renaissance.
» 3. understands important technological developments and how they influenced human society.
» 4. understands the impact of geographical factors on the historical development of civilizations.
Standard 3: The student understands Western and Eastern civilizations since the Renaissance.
» 1. knows how physical and human geographic factors have influenced major historical events and movements.
Standard 4: The student understands U.S. history in 1880.
» 3. understands the impact of significant people and ideas on the development of values and traditions in the United States prior to 1880.
Standard 5: The student understands U.S. history from 1880 to the present day.
» 1. understands the role of physical and cultural geography in shaping events in the United States since 1880 (e.g., Western settlement, immigration patterns and urbanization).
Standard 6: The student understands the history of Florida its people.
» 1. understands how immigration and settlement patterns have shaped the history of Florida.
» 2. knows the unique geographic and demographic characteristics that define Florida as a region.
» 3. knows how the environment of Florida has been modified by the values, traditions and actions of various groups who have inhabited the state.
» 4. understands how the interactions of societies and cultures have influenced Florida’s history.
» 5. understands how Florida has allocated and used resources and the consequences of those economic decisions.
SOCIAL STUDIES - People, Places, and Environments (Geography)
Standard 1: The student understands the world in spatial terms.
» 1. uses various map forms (including thematic maps) and other geographic representations, tools and technologies to acquire, process and report geographic information including patterns of land use, connections between places and patterns and processes of migration and diffusion.
» 2. understands how factors such as culture and technology influence the perception of places and regions.
Standard 2: The student understands the interactions of people and the physical environment.
» 1. understands the patterns and processes of migrations and diffusion throughout the world.
» 2. knows the human and physical characteristics of different places in the world and how these characteristics change over time.
» 3. understands how cultures differ in their use of similar environments and resources.
» 4. understands how the landscape and society change as a consequence of shifting from a dispersed to a concentrated settlement form.
» 6. understands the environmental consequences of people changing the physical environment in various world locations.
» 9. understands how the interaction between physical and cultural systems affects current conditions on Earth.
SOCIAL STUDIES - Government and the Citizen (Civics and Government)
Standard 2: The student understands the role of the citizen in American democracy.
» 1. understands the importance of participation in community service, civic improvement and political activities.
