Summary
Do we as citizens have a responsibility to use our skills and strengths to help promote peace and well being in our community? Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen is a novel about a character who not only learns about himself, but also discovers his role in his community and the importance of giving back.
This group project allowed students to investigate their community and their place within it. Students researched the services provided in their local area and determined a needed service for a specific population in their community. Student groups designed the service and created media to advertise the service to the target population as a way to give back to their own community.
TIPC Ratings
APPROACHING– Students used the internet to research viable community needs while the teacher provided the task they were to complete. The teacher directed the students to find a community need for which to provide a service, but the students researched and found one on their own. For the presentation, students selected the most appropriate tool for their audience to relay their message.
APPROACHING – Students worked collaboratively without much teacher intervention to plan and produce a project and presentation based on their research. They figured out how to include everyone’s ideas in a productive manner while choosing an appropriate digital tool (such as Google Doc) to communicate and plan when they were outside of class.
IDEAL/TARGET – Students used the best tool to present their ideas to the class. They looked at a variety of presentation tools which THEY learned themselves and selected the tool and format that best suited the project’s needs.
IDEAL/TARGET – Students used the best tool of their choice to present their ideas to the class. They looked at a variety of presentation tools which THEY learned themselves and selected the tool and format that best suited the project’s needs.
