![]() ![]() Students could also illustrate or take a photograph of their possession and create a QR Code with their obituary to bring into class to share. To make it more fun, the teacher could have students choose a particular date of death to research a historical event that took place on the same date. ![]() Students should not shy away from using creativity, humor, and of course need to add a "This Day in History." segment at the end of their obituary. Students will choose their most prized possession and write an obituary for that particular item. In addition to the article, the students can create a map, and and animoto video with photographs of the community then and now. ![]() Students can investigate these communities further by using the website, and create a news article on one of the communities other than Norvelt using a free online newspaper creator. There were other similar communities throughout the United States that were also created under the New Deal. Norvelt was a real town that was created under FDR's New Deal. Students can use sites such as blogger to post their blogs and post to a forum like Edmodo to share with other classmates. Teachers could challenge their students to create a blog and write entries chronicling their summer ventures. When writing this book and others in this particular series, he referred back to his childhood journals. Dead End in Norvelt is semi-autobiographical and the author, Jack Gantos, is a strong advocate of journaling. ![]()
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