Skyping With Our Friends In Taiwan – 8240
Summary This is a whole school year project. The goal is to help students improve their listening, writing, and speaking in Chinese. The Chinese teacher …
CategoryCritical Thinking – Target
The Starbucks Experience: Does the Starbucks Image Match Reality? – 8124
Summary Throughout the school year, sociology students study a range of interrelated topics including culture, media, family, class, religion, gender, socialization, politics, economy, the environment, …
Write a Bill – 8123
Summary In this 9-week long project, AP Government students take on the role of both interest group lobbyists and lawmakers. Issues of interest are selected …
You’re the Curator – 7651
Summary Students will look at select artworks from the VMFA collection (on the website). They will describe several pieces while looking for commonalities. They will …
It’s Your Business – 7924
Summary Having a hard time getting your students to connect to history? This lesson ties the present day concept of “Shark Tank Sales Pitch” to …
What’s “Width” Cereal Boxes — 7607
Summary Why are most cereal boxes the same basic shape and size? Who decided that the rectangle was the most efficient use of surface area? …
Edgar Allan Poe Archivist Activity – 7810
Summary The students will complete a Performance Task about Edgar Allan Poe’s life using primary sources. A Performance Task requires the students to use critical thinking, …
Show Me a 21st Century Benjamin – 8125
Summary For AP English 11, students read and analyze The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. In particular, they complete a rhetorical analysis of Franklin’s morality experiment, …
Olympic Goosebumps — 7602
Summary Have you ever been inspired by a moment at the Olympics? Maybe the underdog overcame obstacles to finally find success. Or, an athlete triumphs …
Traveler’s Guide to Speed — 7608
Summary If you had 72 hours, all the resources in the world, where would you go, what would be your dream vacation? While learning about …