Master Chef Cafeteria Challenge – 8241
Summary Students read an article from the Department of Agriculture on the pros and cons of school lunches and respond to each-other via a discussion …
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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 …
First Graders Leading the Way – 7160
Summary Our class first met to set a purpose for studying famous Americans and decided it was important to learn more about these leaders because …
Musical Outdoor “Play” ground – 7084
Summary The students at our school love to play the instruments and love to be outside. So, I asked two of the 5th grade classes …
Secession Investigation – 7812
Summary In this lesson, students use Voyant, a digital textual analysis tool, to analyze the Declaration of Secession for one of four Confederate States (South …
SP Trekkers – 7080
Summary In the course of their Virginia Studies in fourth grade and their study of Henrico County in fifth-grade, students were familiar with both the …
Hero Websites – 7848
Summary Who is your hero? Sixth graders were given the opportunity to explore and research their favorite heroes through their Literature Wheel classes (students rotated …
Rhetoric and Argument in Society – 8367
Summary This lesson engages rhetoric and composition students in weekly analytical discussions about the nature of rhetoric and argument in society. Each week, one HS’s …
The Beelionaires – 7081
Summary What is an entrepreneur’s role in our economy? This student-centered project allowed students the authentic opportunity to use their knowledge of our economy and …
Living Wax Museum – 7088
Summary Students embarked on this project after learning about various famous people for social studies (famous Americans, world explorers, and people of influence). Student choice …