Revealing the Stories of a Place: Designing Curricula on an Island

Authors

Ariel Cornett, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Delandrea Hall, University of North TexasFollow
Kathryn L. Haughney, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Cynthia C. Massey, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Amanda Wall, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Kania GreerFollow

Abstract

Ossabaw Island is a Georgia barrier island, accessible solely by boat and protected from development through a public-private partnership between a foundation and the state. This site has the potential to serve as a primary resource for inspiration, education, and lifelong learning. Our study illuminates how one pre-service teacher (PST) and six teacher educators (TEs) experienced an immersive site visit to this local learning environment. We highlight the importance of experiencing places first-hand and using sources (e.g., oral histories) to make content connections. Additionally, the immersive site visit experience allowed us to collaboratively brainstorm place-based curricular units.

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Recommended Citation

Cornett, Ariel; Hall, Delandrea; Haughney, Kathryn L.; Massey, Cynthia C.; Wall, Amanda; and Greer, Kania (2024) "Revealing the Stories of a Place: Designing Curricula on an Island," Teaching Social Studies in the Peach State: Vol. 2: Iss. 1, Article 3.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.20429/sspeach.2024.020103