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Re: What to do with last month when kids are "done"
Posted by SMoore on 5/14/08
My students are doing a project over 50 year time periods. IT
is going to count as their final grade. They need to find what
happened in this time period (social, political, economic,
inventions, advances, etc). They need to complete a paper,
poster, and present to class. On 5/01/08, ssteacher wrote:
> Hello!
>
> (Forward: We are in Texas and will give our TAKS test
> tomorrow...meaning we have taught all of our mandated
> curriculum already...we have 1 month left of school. Most
> teachers are done, but I don't work that way :))
>
> So I want to keep my 8th grade SS classes busy for the rest
> of the year...but I want it to be meaningful. My
> department head (she's new at this) and I have come up with
> some ideas:
>
> 1. Teach a week on WWI, WWII, and Vietnam. Then have them
> get in groups to give a presentation of some sort with
> research.
>
> 2. Research a presidential candidate and follow along with
> the debates...etc. Give a presentation over why they
> believe in a certain candidate (These kiddos will either be
> re-electing this president or voting for a new one in 2012)
>
> What do you think?
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> THANKS!!!
Posts on this thread, including this one
- What to do with last month when kids are "done", 5/01/08, by ssteacher.
- Re: What to do with last month when kids are "done", 5/01/08, by Jeff.
- Re: What to do with last month when kids are "done", 5/01/08, by Kev.
- Re: What to do with last month when kids are "done", 5/01/08, by Jeff.
- Re: What to do with last month when kids are "done", 5/01/08, by Aaron.
- Re: What to do with last month when kids are "done", 5/03/08, by Kev.
- Re: What to do with last month when kids are "done", 5/14/08, by SMoore.
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