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Chains: A portrait of Slavery In this task,students will think about the question, "What are the fundamental rights of all humans?" by reading various texts about historical and modern slavery and creating a conceptual art piece. This task includes: |
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Chemical Identity Masks In this task, students will create and decorate a two sided mask that represents both their identity and personality. This task includes: |
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Civilizations Puppet Theater In this task, students will create a puppet show out of recycled materials to teach their peers about a historic civilization. This task includes: |
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Cuentos Infantiles In this task, students will learn basic Spanish vocabulary, teach their words to their peers, and collaborate on writing Spanish children's books to give out at an orphanage. This task includes: |
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Cycles and Patterns: Insects, Plants, and Caterpillars In this task, students will conduct three studies that explore the concept of patterns by examining three elements that are cyclical. This task includes: |
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Designing Cool In this task, students will collaborate with a landscape architect to redesign part of High Tech High. This task includes: |
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Dia de los Muertos In this task, students will collaborate in creating a Dia de los Muertos celebration with the community. This task includes: |
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Dirt Detectives In this task, students will roleplay as archaeologists. They will create a culture bag that they feel best represents them and present it to the class. Afterwards, students will create a box at home with various items in dirt. Back in class, students will "dig" through artifacts and use notes from the presentations to correlate people to artifacts and glean information about each other. They will use this project to gain a better understanding about how archaeologists use artifacts to learn about the past. This task includes: |
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Dr. Seuss Project In this task, students will write and illustrate their own book inspired by Dr.Seuss in order to explore the artisitc elements in his books. This task includes: |
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E if for Egypt In this task, students will spend several weeks learning about ancient Egypt. Each individual will focus on a particular aspect of the civilization and write/illustrate a page to be put in a collectively-made class book. This task includes: 1. Task Description |
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