Podcast script

The topic of our project is local history, and our main goal is for students to gain knowledge of the history and local culture of Kalamazoo Michigan using project based learning methods. They will then share this information with the local community and will even have the chance to share information they research with other students on a global scale. To begin this project, we planned for students to research the history of Kalamazoo using various sources. They then came together to share what they have learned with students from Moonta, South Australia. They compared the history and culture of their home city to that of the city of the students in Australia. Next they learned about the book writing and publishing process, since their final goal of the project is to create a book and share it with their local community. To gain the knowledge to create this book, students will learn about the interviewing process and they will use this new information to interview members of their community that they will feature in their book.