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Job Today - Gone Tomorrow! In this task, students will work in groups to research a current job. Knowing that this job description could change by the time they would be ready to apply, students must then create a new job description and job from the existing and present their work. This task includes: |
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Literary Analysis Part B: Don't Know Much About History In this task, students will create a media presentation for an assigned century to showcase the relations between history and literary themes. This task includes: |
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Living Legacies In this task, students will interview a family/community member about the past and create a newsletter with details pertaining to that time. This task includes: |
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Living the Dream In this task, students will examine the American Dream and what that means to people from different walks of life. They will examine how this manifests itself in sociological issues and then define what it means to themselves. This task includes: |
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Matter of Friction In this task, students will explore the process of developing a task by creating the teacher materials for short stories. This task includes: |
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Memories: Sharing Our Stories In this task, students will work together to present various narratives in multi media formats. This task includes: |
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Mind Your Own Business In this task, students will work in groups to come up with ideas to revitalize closed stores and re-make the town's Main Street. This task includes: |
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Our Shared Community Stories In this task, students will weave their families history with the stories of the community to be presented to the local museum. This task includes: |
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PBL - A Newspaper Project: It's News to Me! In this task, students will collaborate to create a newspaper, that will accessible to the community electronically and in paper, based on local and national interests. This task includes: |
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PBL - Dummies Guide to Visiting an Art Museum In this task, students will work in groups to create a brochure about museum etiquette to be handed out to fellow students on a field trip to an art museum. This task includes: |
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