Projects: A Representation of Class Analysis and Discussion
These projects represent a few things that happen in my classroom on its best days.
1. Analysis
Students work to analyze (with the teacher, with partners, and independently) any reading they come across by answering questions based on the reading (written in the style of our state test). All of the following projects represent student analysis of readings using evidence and thoughtful explanations.
2. Discussion
Every idea, every topic, explored in the projects below was inevitably discussed in class. We can't go a day with a silent classroom--I like to talk about these topics with the kids too much (for better or worse).
3. Purposes
The projects below were created for various audiences. A few were obviously created to be seen by me, the teacher. Some were created to be seen by classmates (the "Teaching" projects). And, as the most perceptive kids understand, some were created to be seen by the general population--projects that were created to educate on an issue, like the unanswered promises of the Great Migration, the meaning of Dr. King and Malcolm X's speeches, and the stereotypes with which we define Middle Eastern people and religious groups.
1. Analysis
Students work to analyze (with the teacher, with partners, and independently) any reading they come across by answering questions based on the reading (written in the style of our state test). All of the following projects represent student analysis of readings using evidence and thoughtful explanations.
2. Discussion
Every idea, every topic, explored in the projects below was inevitably discussed in class. We can't go a day with a silent classroom--I like to talk about these topics with the kids too much (for better or worse).
3. Purposes
The projects below were created for various audiences. A few were obviously created to be seen by me, the teacher. Some were created to be seen by classmates (the "Teaching" projects). And, as the most perceptive kids understand, some were created to be seen by the general population--projects that were created to educate on an issue, like the unanswered promises of the Great Migration, the meaning of Dr. King and Malcolm X's speeches, and the stereotypes with which we define Middle Eastern people and religious groups.
My suggestion: Dig into some of the kids' (wonderful but imperfect) projects and let their hard work speak for itself!