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Overview
The letters, poems and photographs of Jay G. Sigmund found on this Website are recommended for grades 4-8.
The activities are designed to help students understand, interpret and appreciate the life of Jay G. Sigmund, a businessman who lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa during the first half of the 20th century.
Activities require students to work as museum curators. They will interpret artifacts such as biographical information, a letter, poems and photographs to discover the story these resources contain.
Following the scientific method, students will start by forming hypotheses or "guesses" about the meaning of an object. Their hypotheses will then be tested by consulting sources of evidence that either confirm or disprove their "guesses."
For each source, suggested questions are provided on the classroom activities page. These can be adapted and applied as the teacher chooses.
Explore the following teaching and learning resources on Jay G. Sigmund.
- Classroom Activities - Lesson ideas
- Using Primary Sources - Definition of primary sources and the liabilities and assets of using them as teaching resources
- Field Trip Guide - Rationale for field trips and activity suggestions for preparing students before, during and following field explorations outside the classroom
- National Standards - Connections to national standards in the areas of history and literacy
- Media Center
- Books to Read - Children's literature, fiction and non-fiction
- Web Resources - Links to online resources related to pioneer life
- For Students - Step by step procedures student curators will follow when interpreting the historical resources related to Jay G. Sigmund.
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