Sentences with phrase «history class project»

She was tasked with creating a history class project about slavery, and she was told that she could depict it in any way that she wanted.

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This article gives some great references, supplies and tools you may need, project ideas, as well as web resources and field trip ideas for your homeschool history class.

The goal of the ongoing project is to read the history written in these bones: when and where these people were born, what they ate, what diseases they suffered and died from, and how their health varied by social class and over time.

I immediately identified with the film's protagonist, solid A student Leigh Ann Watson (Katie Holmes), who, in an early scene, presents a much - worked - on project in her history class, only to have her presentation abruptly cut short by vicious barbs hurled by the class's instructor, Mrs. Eve Tingle (Helen Mirren).

In about 90 minutes of class time, I was able to effectively integrate English, history, computer applications and art together into one great project.

The student performances are the capstone of their participation in EduHam — officially known as the Hamilton Project — an in - class history curriculum based on Hamilton.

The sophomores in my U.S. history class are not newbies to project - based learning, so I needed to earn their attention.

Though oral history projects are typically assigned to secondary school students in subjects such as English or history, they can work well in a variety of classes.

Other strategies for sharing the oral histories with a larger audience include dedicating class or homework time to reading other students» oral histories, sending copies of the narratives to local schools and libraries, or creating classroom or campus exhibits based on the project.

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Students do the slave narrative project jointly in both history and English class, and teachers scaffold the assignment.

When I stopped by an elementary class during Genius Hour, I found students with no shortage of project ideas — from rocketry to the history of ceramics.

Two ninth - grade teachers — history teacher George Bishop and English teacher Shawn Swanson — have taken up the Freedom Fighters Project in the Humanities class that they teach together.

We followed a sophomore world studies class through a three - week project called Controlling Factors, created by teaching partners Mary Mobley (English) and Michael Chambers (world history).

When students design their own projects, do their own research, and make in their history classes, they use material from all disciplines, and employ a wide range of skills.

Tenth - grade world history students interview Chinese immigrants and record their stories; ninth - grade physical science students design and strength - test mock airplane wings; junior English students research, write, and illustrate children's nonfiction picture books; algebra students of all grades investigate a public - transit problem and propose solutions to city officials; sophomore geometry students build scale models of museums they've designed; students across the grades in an environmental - stewardship class raise public awareness of a polluted river — all are examples of academically challenging projects that also manage to engage the minds, hands, and hearts of most high school students across a wide range of abilities and interests.

The Web site's guide for students, How to Do Oral History Projects, is an ideal explanation of such a project for your class.

This one is mainly about a mixed - ability Group - Work project that my Yr 8 class enjoyed and although it was a History project on the Fire of London it's using an approach which can be used for almost any topic.

They uncovered the tragedy through a research project for their Facing History class.

Martin Moran's 9th grade history class used the Pulitzer Gateways as a guidepost for a semester - long project.

A caveat here in the history of such an initiative more than two decades ago: The California New Teacher Project, which funded reduced class loads and extensive mentoring for rookie teachers, resulted in improved performance of both students and teachers, but that success did not continue when the efforts did not take hold in a systemic way.

Whether it's a group project, a Facebook page for «history class,» or even video - based learning on YouTube, homeschooled students easily add a social aspect to what was once lonely learning.

And he embarked on an ambitious book project: a comprehensive history and analysis of the standards - and - accountability school reform movement called Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America's Schools.

For more information on Big History Project, see Big History: An Organizing Principle for a Compelling Class, Block or School.

Dueck, a high school history teacher, discusses alternative practices to punitively grading homework: tying in - class quizzes to specific practice homework (started in class); using a grade of «incomplete» and interventions to support students until they finish; and using projects tied to student interests.

Pinellas MYcroSchool Charter High School celebrated Black History Month and students had a lot of funt with an in class project.

The goal of the project is to for the first time in history provide typical middle - class people with a way to partake in the benefits of stock investing that actually works in the real world.

EHDD has a long history of creating world - class visitor - oriented projects including the Exploratorium at Pier 15, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and the Lands End Lookout in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

In addition to their exhibition program, music / performance program and a special Project Room, Thread Waxing Space also maintained an active education program including workshops for students from elementary and secondary schools, a two - semester course for high school students with special needs, research projects for students and teachers to examine the history of their various communities, and classes for creating artists portfolios.

Gesture, Emotion, Shape: Sources of Abstraction by Philip Dytko, Class of 2017, Pauline Lewis, Class of 2016, and Amalia Siegel, Class of 2016, Art History 71: The American Century - Modern Art in the United States, Winter 2015, Mary Coffey, Class Project, Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 14 - July 12, 2015.

For the following persons Children / young people aged 16 or under, students of art schools, students of art history, school classes from Cantons BS / BL, schoolchildren who are researching projects or preparing course content, anyone accompanying a person with disabilities, teachers for the preparation of classes, journalists (with press card), staff of Basel Museums.

Rail: I had a similar experience with Piero della Francesca's painting «The Flagellation»: How monumental it looked on the projected screen in art history class!

For a performance - art - history class in graduate school, she decided, as her final project, to embody an alter ego, Quanikah, which was her childhood nickname.

This was a project for our Art History Class.

This was a neglected bit of American history until my sister's grade school class took it up as a project and brought the site to public attention.

Your educational history from your university years should include your predicted or actual degree class, information on group projects and your dissertation, any modules relevant to the job, and relevant academic awards.

Taught eight classes, sixth grade US history and science, fifth grade world history and science, second grade social studies, science, English, and reading, and a project based social studies class.

If you do not have much work history yet, then highlight the ways that your past projects and classes are relevant to the position you are trying to obtain.

He handed in his creation to his history teacher for a class project, explaining that he expected Hawaii would soon achieve statehood as well.