Using the video "The Legend of Eilly Orrum Bowers," students will study how legends are created and the importance of distinguishing between facts and opinions.

Students will:

• Use listening and viewing to gain information, and to sort and discern among statements of fact, supported inferences and opinion.
• Practice using graphic organizers and collecting information.
• Explore folk hero stories and how they grow from facts, verifiable inferences and opinion

Ask students to describe the difference between a legend and an historical account. What makes someone a legend?

Look up legend and legendary in the dictionary. Give each student a T -chart for listing facts and legends. Ask the students, "How many of you have visited Bowers' Mansion located between Reno and Carson City? The woman who built that house has become legendary today.

As we watch the video we are going to gather facts (information that can be verified) and opinions (information that has been inferred. But cannot be verified).

Go over the who, what, where, when, why how information they will be collecting.

Discussion questions to give students a specific responsibility while viewing:

• Does anyone know what the term "Boom or Bust" means?
• What does it have to do with Nevada mining towns?
• Watch and see what it has to do with this famous legendary Nevadan.