Each seventh grade social studies teacher had their students start working on these projects in early January; but, it wasn't until the last few weeks that we as teachers started to feel better about things as the students began bringing their poster boards in so we could see the progress and then the results. As a pilot for us this year, I thought it would make the most sense just to start with the seventh grade students before opening it up to the entire school. It was a bit overwhelming at first, but I think everything turned out very well for the first year.
Michael Bettez
The students were a little confused at first about the assignment, basically because they are used to more direction and, in this case, they were given a bit more leeway than they are familiar with for a project like this. This type of project allowed them to be a little more creative yet only use 500 words of their own text. It is not as easy of a task as one might think.
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The process is very much a part of the seventh-grade curriculum this year. The students were given credit and did receive grades on these projects.
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