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DAY 4
Social Studies in Reading
OBJECTIVES
  • Examine features of an interview.
  • Practice a test-taking strategy.
  • Compare and contrast across texts.
PREVIEW/USE TEXT FEATURES
As students preview "Meeting the Challenge of Collecting," have them identify what the man who was interviewed does for a job and where he might work or have worked in the past. After they preview, ask:
  • What do the photographs tell us about Dr. Feinman's work? (They tell us he collects and studies objects.)
Link to Social Studies
Brainstorm a list of questions students might ask, then help them use print reference sources—such as a telephone book or tourist information book—and the Internet to locate information about museums in your area.
 Whole Group Discuss the  Question of the Day.
Group Time
Differentiated Instruction
Read "Meeting the Challenge
of Collecting." See
pp. 198f–198g for the small
group lesson plan.
Reading
Language Arts
Use pp. 223e–223h and
223k–223m.
Whole Group Use pp. 223a
and 223j.
DAY 4
Grouping Options
INTERVIEW
Use the sidebar on p. 220 to guide discussion.
  • An interview is a written record of a conversation between people, usually two—a reporter and a person who has interesting or useful information. The words are exactly what was said in the interview.
  • Look at p. 221. There are two kinds of text: bold text and light text. The questions are in bold text, and the answers are in light text. Notice that there are no quotation marks. Instead, the questions and answers are preceded by the speaker's name, either the interviewer or the interviewee (the person being interviewed), and a colon.
  • Discuss the kinds of people who are most often interviewed and why. Share the name of someone you would like to interview and encourage students to do the same.
Audio CDAudioText
Monitor and Fix Up
Students' summaries should tell some or all of the following: who is being interviewed, what he does, where he works, the kinds of objects he collects, how many objects the museum has, and how they display them all.
ELL
Activate Prior Knowledge Have students share what they know about museums. Prompt them to think about the kinds of things that are collected. Encourage them to tell about museums they have been to or those that are famous in their home country.
Social Studies in Reading
MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF COLLECTING BY LISA KLOBUCHAR
Dr. Gary Feinman
Dr. Gary Feinman
Incan pottery from Peru
DR. F: Only a small part of the
museum’s anthropology collection
is on display. We put out a bout
one or two objects out of every
one hundred. We don’t have the
space to display them all.
LK: Wow! How do you manage
to display that many objects?
DR. F: Our department alone
has over one million objects.
LK: That’s quite a variety! How
many objects does the museum
own in all?
DR. FEINMAN: We have everything
from tapestries to blow guns,
from pottery to stone sculpture,
from paintings to masks.
LISA KLOBUCHAR: What kinds
of objects does the museum’s
anthropology department collect?
Learn about a museum
in your city or state. What
do you want to know?
Write some questions
that you would ask in
an interview.
Link to Social
Studies
 Photos can also provide
   additional information.
 Photos often illustrate an
    interview.
Text Features
 An interview can provide    interesting information
   about a topic.
 An interview usually is
   written in a question-and-
   answer format.
 An interview is similar
    to a conversation.
Genre
Interview
The Field Museum of Natural
History, in Chicago, is one of the
world’s biggest museums. Dr. Gary
Feinman is the head of the Field
Museum’s anthropology department.
Anthropology is the study of how
people live. Anthropologists look at
how people fit in with the places they
live. They study how different groups
of people are alike and different. Dr.
Feinman explains how the museum
puts together its anthropology
collections. He also talks about some
of the challenges of putting these
collections on display and how the
museum meets these challenges.
Incan pottery from Peru
Monitor and Fix Up
Summarize the facts you’ve read so far.
 
   
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Content-Area Vocabulary: Social Studies
pottery objects made of baked clay
tapestries pieces of fabric with pictures or designs woven into them
Careers
Anthropologists study the physical, social, and cultural development of humans. They may study groups that live around the world or close to home. Archaeologists also study human life. They specialize in past societies and cultures by investigating fossils, burial sites, ancient cities, and other material remains.
Time for SOCIAL STUDIES