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Source High Tech High School Subject History/Social Studies, Science, Interdisciplinary Grade Level 6	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: 1. Task Description 2. Student Work: 4 examples 3. Video: Completed project from one student 4. Additional Resources: 5 handouts/worksheets, rubric.
Source PBL University (PBLU) Subject Mathematics, History/Social Studies, English Language Arts, Interdisciplinary Grade Level 2	Make A Difference In this task, students must work together to plan a task they can do for the community. Performing this with a partnering organization, students will collect data on the impact of their task and present in a public setting. This task includes: 1.Task Overview 2.Teacher Materials 3.Students Handouts 4.Scoring Rubric
Source High Tech High School Subject History/Social Studies, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Grade Level 8	Staff Class to the Past: Time Travel Through US History In this task, students will participate in a Socratic seminar to determine 16 of the most influential and important U.S. historical events. Once chosen, students will create a "wormhole" to experience these events and create a visual representation about what they went through. This task includes: 1. Task Description 2. Student Work: 10 examples 3. Additional Resources: Student handouts, rubric, teacher project, teacher reflections, student reflections, assessment activity, real world connections, timeline, required matierals, content topic, CA state standards, learning goals
Source High Tech High School Subject History/Social Studies, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Grade Level 8	The New Americans Project In this task, students will be partnered with a new American, or someone who has immigrated, and learn about their lives through interviews and research. This task includes: 1. Task Description 2. Student Work: 12 examples 3. Additional Resources: Teacher reflections, content topics, learning goals, literature circle suggestions, timeline, real world connections, sample parent letter, lesson plan, rubric

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Source
High Tech High School

Subject
History/Social Studies, Science, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
6

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:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 4 examples
3. Video: Completed project from one student
4. Additional Resources: 5 handouts/worksheets, rubric.

Source
PBL University (PBLU)

Subject
Mathematics, History/Social Studies, English Language Arts, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
2

Make A Difference

In this task, students must work together to plan a task they can do for the community. Performing this with a partnering organization, students will collect data on the impact of their task and present in a public setting.

This task includes:
1.Task Overview
2.Teacher Materials
3.Students Handouts
4.Scoring Rubric

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
History/Social Studies, Humanities, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
8

Staff Class to the Past: Time Travel Through US History

In this task, students will participate in a Socratic seminar to determine 16 of the most influential and important U.S. historical events. Once chosen, students will create a "wormhole" to experience these events and create a visual representation about what they went through.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 10 examples
3. Additional Resources: Student handouts, rubric, teacher project, teacher reflections, student reflections, assessment activity, real world connections, timeline, required matierals, content topic, CA state standards, learning goals

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
History/Social Studies, Humanities, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
8

The New Americans Project

In this task, students will be partnered with a new American, or someone who has immigrated, and learn about their lives through interviews and research.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 12 examples
3. Additional Resources: Teacher reflections, content topics, learning goals, literature circle suggestions, timeline, real world connections, sample parent letter, lesson plan, rubric

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