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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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PBL - Grant Immigrant's Work? In this task, students will take a stance on immigration and present their research through multimedia. This task includes: |
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PBL - Trash to Treasure In this task, students will create and present an item made out of recycled materials and think of new ways to use old materials. This task includes: |
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Paragraph Writing: Friend Me, Follow Me, Hire Me! In this task, students will create a presentation to convince others of the marketability of social media in the job market and how to make smart decisions and keep themselves professionally portrayed online. This task includes: |
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Party On! Excellent! In this task, students will collaborate to come up with a complete proposal for a 15 acre public recreation space. This task includes: |
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Peeps, Playas, and Apple Bottom Jeans: How Teens Influence Pop Culture In this task, students will create a video documentary and write a research paper on how teen influence pop culture. This task includes: |
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