Day 1: With the help of the Library and Media specialist, students will use provided hardcopy Williamstown pamphlets from the Historical Society, provided links, and Padlet to collect research, points of interest, and local businesses in the town of Williamstown.

Day 2: Students will research areas/points of interest, indigenous history in surrounding towns of Northfield, Barre, Montpelier, Waterbury, Brookfield, Stowe in partnerships. Using VoiceThread, they will insert a picture and record an introduction of the point of interest in the class collection. Students will begin to use the K2 Teamwork Rubric

How might you tell people about Williamstown or Central Vermont?

Day 1: Brainstorm whole class-how do you learn about other places? Websites? Commercials? Posters?

Day 2: Students choose a method with a partner and design a layout/script.

Students make a public product they could share with someone outside Vermont.

Students hold a public viewing party and invite members of the community, families, peers from other schools to see their products. If unable due to COVID restrictions, it will be shared via livestream on YouTube.

Students will learn their partner community is in southern Florida and complete a KWL chart about what they might know already about Florida.

Students will research points of interest, climate, culture, etc. in Florida and the Tampa area

Students will work in partners to brainstorm questions to ask at next Google Meet with Partner Students

Students will interview and ask questions about daily life, foods, special activities, etc. in Florida. They will record answers using the 2 column notes template.

Students will work in groups of 4 to answer the question, "Why might someone move to Central Vermont?"

Using direct quotes from their interviews, research from the first part of the project, and technology students will work to present their findings as a presentation through VoiceThread or WeVideo.