RE 381 f15 Planning Worksheet for Interpretive Product

(1)
This worksheet is designed to help you gather and develop the information
you will need to complete your Interpretive Program Outline (IPO) and
implement your Interpretive Product. Complete each section fully. Do not
include parenthetical comments.
Submit this planning worksheet on its due dates. See assignment for
dates.
Your final, completed planning worksheet should be computer printed and
stapled to your final IPO and submitted on the date of your Interpretive Talk.
Complete the following for components:
1. Agency
a. Overview of Agency
Lundin mining
b. Agency Mission
Develop and constantly upgrade a base metal mineral resource and mining portfolio that
provides leading returns for our shareholders:

Generate a steady stream of development opportunities

High performance culture
Strong balance sheet
Maximise value of existing operations
Ethical and transparent
Safe, productive & healthy

c. Explain how your program is mission based

Talking about how the ore is transported on Lake Superior.
2. Purpose
a. Purpose of the interpretive product (Goal for the audience.)
To understand the how the ore transported by freighters.
b. Objectives for the audience.
To be able how freighters got thought the lake when they
got stuck in the ice and how they transported the ore on
the lake by the end of the talk.
c. Objectives for you the interpreter.
To be able to engage the audience by asking questions.
3. Organization
Title of your Interpretive Product

Ore stuck in the ice

Topic
Ore transportation on lake superior
Sub-Topic/s
How the ice breakers saved stranded freighters
How much a freighter can carry?

Focus (Select Natural Environment or Historical/Cultural

Resource)
Historical
Theme (write as a full and complete sentence)
Rationale for Topic/Theme/Resource. (Explain how the topic
and theme relate to the specific location of your program).
The transportation of ore on lake superior and the
complication that the freighters had on the lake

Appropriate Technique.
Type of Talk/Program Enhancement. (List the chosen type
of talk/program enhancement)
Historical site and topic
Interpretive Techniques
Props
Demonstration
Rationale. (Briefly state why this is/are appropriate
techniques for your selected topic, theme, audience,
resource, etc.)

Enjoyable. (List strategies you are implementing to make your

interpretive program enjoyable)
Relevant
Tangibles. (list the tangibles for your resource)
Describe the lake and the shipping boats
Pictures of different boats/ ships/ Freighters
Ice
Water
Whitecaps
Ore
Freighters
Blue
Wavy

Intangibles. (List the Intangibles of your resource)

Dangerous
Unforgiving
Cold

Universal Concept/s. (List the Universal Concepts you will

focus on in your interpretive product)
Efficient
Transportation
Stuck

Explain how will attempt to make your topic relevant to

your audience.
To show the different ways of transport on Lake
Superior.
By talking about the different ways people crossed
the lake in different seasons,
By sharing pictures and talking about who used what
and how used
Body of the Interpretive Product (three sub-themes
minimum - write this section in outline format)
Sub-theme 1 (List the sub-theme 1 in order [topical,
chronological, etc.])
Key content points. (List key content to be used to
support sub-theme 1)
Freighters
Transition 1 state how will you transition to subtheme 2; better yet, write transition statement
Freighters Transporting iron ore we and still is a big
part of the shipping industry still today

Sub-theme 2 (List the sub-theme 2 in order [topical,

chronological, etc.])
Key content points. (List key content to be used to
support sub-theme 2)
Ore shipping
o
Transition 2 - state how will you transition to next
sub-theme or conclusion; better yet, write transition
statement
When the ore fratighters got stuck in the harbor the
coast guard would send out Ice boats to help out the
frieghters

Sub-theme 3 (List the sub-theme 3 in order [topical,

chronological, etc.])
Key content points. (List key content to be used to
support sub-theme 3)
Ice boats
o
Transition 3 - state how will you transition to subtheme 3; better yet, write transition statement
I

Limitations of interpreting this theme

Explain how you will deal with/address these limitations
If I drop the freighters I made out of gram crackers,
Ill try to fix it and I can have the audience shut their
eyes and ill describe how the freighter loads ore.

4. Logistics
Location of interpretive talk. (Show location on the map and
provide written directions as well).
By the lake with the ore dock in the back ground
Length of interpretive program. (Time requirement 8-10 minutes.
Points will be taken off if the IT is less than 8 minutes or more
than 10 minutes.)
8 to 10 minutes
Equipment needed (props, tools, handouts, visuals, volunteers,
etc.)
Hand outs
Visuals
The lake
Ore dock in sight

Other logistical considerations

5. Risk/Safety
Include a completed Risk to Audiences & Risk to Site/Resources
table

Risk/Safety Assessment Worksheet (RE 381_F14)

Risk to Audience

Location and Risk

Assessment

Lake superior

Falling in to the lake

Weather

Is everyone
appropriately dressed

Allergies

Allergic to any foods,

pollen, etc.

How to avoid/reduce
risk
Standing a little bit
farther from the water
Tell them that we will
be going outside and
that they should bring
a coat if they get cold
easily
Ask everyone if they
have and allergies and
if so dont use the food
and see if they took
their allergy medicine

Can this be done?

Yes
Yes

Yes

Risk to
Site/Resources
Location and Risk
Path by ore dock

Assessment
Grass damage

How to avoid/reduce
risk
Have the audience
stand on the path or
durable surface

Can this be done?

Yes

Form: modified from p.

227, Heritage Workbook

6. Accuracy - References
List the resources you used for this interpretive product. Use a
standard reference. Give full citations. Include the following
references:
a. Topic references (what are your literature sources for your
information/topic content?)
b. Interpretive process references (what sources are you using
to figure out how to interpret this talk and demonstrate the
type of performance enhancement correctly?)
(1963, November 23). Two largest Carriers on Lakes Here this
Week. Retrieved September 29, 2015 from the Mining
Journal.

(2009, February 18). New World Encyclopedia, . Retrieved

18:57, September 21, 2015 from
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/p/index.php?
title=Category:Credited&oldid=929385.
Griffin, K. (2015, July 27). Banners. Retrieved September 21,
2015, from
http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Shipping/ShippingNews.a
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