DeForest Area School District News Blog: Earlier this month students in Laura Kruschek’s and Holly Mair’s 7th grade English/Language Arts classes interviewed individuals older than themselves about their lives and created biography presentations. Students in six of the classes interviewed older adults in the community, while two classes interviewed local business people, and two more classes interviewed high school seniors.
After the interviews, students used their writing skills to create a biography about their guest. Then, using their technology skills, created an electronic presentation.
Throughout the day on April 14, the volunteers returned to the school to hear and see the finished projects. Students were able to hear about what it was like to have a party line for a phone, be the first woman to be hired by UW-Madison to milk cows, and have a grandpa who owned the “jot it down” store. “We were reminded many times that we read about history, but these older adults have lived through history,” said Laura Kruschek.