PROJECTS AND STUDENT WORK

Over the past five years I have experimented with many different types of student projects to add variety and value to the work done in class by my students.  Because of my marketing and advertising experience, I lean towards activities that utilize technology and that teach students skills they can use in high school, college and the business world.  In addition, I subscribe to John Dewey's theory that students learn only when they have a "felt need."  To that end, I endeavor to create projects that have utility and a high degree of independent learning attached to them.  There is no question that my students become true scholars when they are conducting research in the library and working on their Research Papers and Projects.  You can actually see students become excited about their learning during this process.  In addition, many students become managers, in every sense of that word, when they are chosen by their peers to be their Team Leader.  The value for students, when they are executing a well thought out project is measurable in many different ways.  On this page are only a few samples of that output.  The reward for me, observing my students enjoying themselves while mastering new academic and life skills, is a joy that few people will ever know.  It is truly one of the blessings of being a teacher.

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I.  Students teaching a chapter to themselves.

     The Project:       Student Sample:           

II.  Students learning to write a Term Paper.

     The Project:       Student Sample:   

III.  Students working on a topic specific project.

     Jim Crow Project:       Student Sample:                          

     Arab-Israeli Project:       Student Sample:                                        

IV.  Students learning to write a letter and construct a solid thesis statement.

     The Project:     Student Samples:                                                

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In Memory of September 11th

History web sites for teachers.

EDSITEMENT -- Lesson Plans
National Endowment for the Humanities sponsored site.  Lots of Social Studies Lesson Plans and Activities.

Edhelper: Graphic Organizers!

This is a great site for fun stuff.