Final Project
Materials Needed:
1) Supplies for students to create projects- will depend based on each student
Objectives:
Students will create final projects to demonstrate what they've learned over the course of this unit.
Assessments:
This project is a formal way to assess what each student has learned over the course of this unit. Look for students to show growth from their initial audio interviews.
Procedures:
Have students individually create a final project to demonstrate what they've learned over the course of this unit. Give students flexibility in terms of the format in which the final project will take its' shape, however, tell students that they need to somehow address these questions:
1) How do you define social class?
2) How does social class impact you and/or society?
Some project options: written paper, creative writing piece (ex: poem), a performance/drama, a visual (ex: painting, drawing, etc.)
Allow students in-class time to work on these. Give students the opportunity to share their projects with the rest of the class if they wish. Tell students that you will be grading them on completion, effort, content, and aesthetics. (Give students a rubric.)
*After the projects are completed and shared, it would be useful to re-listen to the audio interviews from the beginning of the unit; the purpose being to compare the audio interviews to these final projects... how have individual children grown?
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One last note...
Consider ending the unit by posing this question to students-- what do you want to do with what we've learned? What can we do to make a difference? Give students the opportunity to brainstorm their ideas, as well as pursue one of these.
1) Supplies for students to create projects- will depend based on each student
Objectives:
Students will create final projects to demonstrate what they've learned over the course of this unit.
Assessments:
This project is a formal way to assess what each student has learned over the course of this unit. Look for students to show growth from their initial audio interviews.
Procedures:
Have students individually create a final project to demonstrate what they've learned over the course of this unit. Give students flexibility in terms of the format in which the final project will take its' shape, however, tell students that they need to somehow address these questions:
1) How do you define social class?
2) How does social class impact you and/or society?
Some project options: written paper, creative writing piece (ex: poem), a performance/drama, a visual (ex: painting, drawing, etc.)
Allow students in-class time to work on these. Give students the opportunity to share their projects with the rest of the class if they wish. Tell students that you will be grading them on completion, effort, content, and aesthetics. (Give students a rubric.)
*After the projects are completed and shared, it would be useful to re-listen to the audio interviews from the beginning of the unit; the purpose being to compare the audio interviews to these final projects... how have individual children grown?
...................................................................................................................................................................................
One last note...
Consider ending the unit by posing this question to students-- what do you want to do with what we've learned? What can we do to make a difference? Give students the opportunity to brainstorm their ideas, as well as pursue one of these.