Lesson Overview
Students will learn what Ivan Loesch has discovered about the Heartland Region.    

Standards Based Goal
Students will study their local community and its history, analyze their life style and summarize possible reasons for movement /settlement in varying areas, draw conclusions as to why the people supported themselves the way they did, recognize relationship between rights, respect, responsibilities and consequences of citizenship.   

Student Objectives  
Students will compare the information they learned already, with what Mr. Loesch tells.
Students will question Mr. Loesch and then list at least 3 new facts they have learned and 3 questions they still have.

Prerequisite Skills
Listening, cooperative learning, rules of proper conservation 

Time Sequence

Sequence of Activities
Indicators of Engaged Learning

Notes
Technical Considerations Resources

3 min. 

5 min.

45 min.

7 min.

Play A Legend from intro.page

Check in with each class and instruct students to prepare 3 questions to ask Mr. Loesch at the end of his presentation.

Mr. Loesch presents and interacts with students. He will ask for questions at the end of this time.

Say thank you and good-by to Mr. Loesch.  E-mail any questions not answered for possible future interview.

Videotape for reference later and absentees.

Contact Arlien Fransen, Wessington Springs historian, (P.O. Box 473, Wessington Springs, 57382) for interview in lesson 9.

Use worksheets and internet site as backup.

Special Considerations  
Record for absentees.  Use questions for possible future followup interviews.

Assessment   
Check list of 3 new facts learned.  Students will write what they liked about the interview, what they learned, and what they might still like to ask Mr. Loesch. 

to teacher's site with historical and recent information: http://teachers.k12.sd.us/AT008/

About Mr. Loesch - 2000 historian of the year