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MORE PROJECT IDEAS
Title: Webquest
Length: March 17 – June 11
Description: 9th Grade student ambassadors will create a webquest for students in the lower grades. The webquest should address grade level History standards. It should be hands on and creative. And fun!
PROPOSE -
Project Proposal Form and Hours Log - 25 points
Students need to propose in project foundry and keep and log hours daily. (a minimum of 3 sentences in each hours log)
Letter of Introduction – 5 points
Students will write a letter introducing themselves to their advisor/students
CREATE
Webquest – 15 points
Students must create a 30-60 minute webquest to be delivered in the lower grades.
Webquest Follow Up Lesson – 15 points
Students must create a 30 minute follow up webquest to build upon what was taught in their previous lesson.
PRESENT -
Webquest #1 and Webquest #2 – 20 points
Students will present their 2(two) webquests to the lower grades. Mr. Tom will observe.
Students will then present the experience to each other using visuals and or testimonials.
REFLECT -
Project Reflection - 10 points
Students will write a one page reflection on their experience in delivering their webquest to the lower grades.
Letter to your advisor/students – 10 points
Students will write a letter to their advisor/students reflecting on the experience of being a grade level ambassador.
Project is worth 100 points.
PROJECT UPDATE
Don't forget to log your hours. By the end of this project you should have logged anywhere from 20-40 hours, depending on how much time outside of seminar you put it.
Project Foundry and Logging Hours are your friend! They are also worth 10% of your project grade.
By this point you should have:
Graphic Organizer for Speech(candidates) or Promo Piece (Historian and Campaign Manager)
Rough Draft of Speech(candidates) or Promo Piece (Historian and Campaign Manager)
Ideas for
4 Advertisements (1 Warm and Fuzzy, 1 Scary, 1 Negative, 1 Humorous.
3 Slogans (or one per group member)
3 Give Away Items (or one per group)
IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS (5 points each)
1/7 Freewrite - Who would you vote for? What issues concern you? What aspects do you look for in a candidate?
1/9 Ben's Guide Questions (see below and I also emailed them to you) (reading is on the right hand side of this blog under Road to the White House assignments)
1/14 Video Response (Push Polling - Video still available in Mr. Tom's class)
1/16 Types of Ad's Questions (located on the right hand side of this blog under Road to the White House assignments AND under Ad Campaign Help)
1/21 Holiday MLK Day
1/23 Who Represents Us? Handout. (located on the right hand side of this blog under Road to the White House assignments)
1/29 Create a Slogan - There is a helpful page on the right hand side of this blog under Road to the White House assignments and under Ad Campaign Help
Good luck. Make those slogans beautiful, catchy! Same with the other ad campaign materials.
ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Project Title:
THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Driving Question
Let's decide as a class on this one.
Tasks/Activities
We will be researching the process used to elect a U.S. President and how to run a National Election Campaign.
We will also be creating our own Aveson Election Campaign and YOU will be running for Aveson office.
You will create an ad campaign, and write a speech to be delivered to the class as you run for office!
In groups of 3 students you will create an ad campaign! One of the group members will be chosen to run for PRESIDENT or VICE PRESIDENT of Aveson Charter School.
GROUP MEMBER ROLES (you choose)
Candidate
Campaign Manager
Historian
Your ad campaign must include but is not limited to:
Name for your political party
Persuasive Speech (Candidate)
Promotional Piece on ANY politician (Historian)
Promotional Piece on Candidate (Campaign Manager)
A Campaign Slogan (ONE each)
3 Give Away Items (to convince people to vote for you) – (ONE each)
3 Advertisements (ONE each) (see ideas below)
Advertisement IDEAS
Poster. Button. Commercial. Skit. Website. Power Point. Game. Clothing. Banner. Political Cartoon. (there are a ton! Let's brainstorm!)
Resources/Materials (Again, there are a ton but these should get us started)
PROJECT TIMELINE - 9 SESSIONS
January 7 and 9 – PROPOSE and RESEARCH
January 14 / 16 - RESEARCH THE PROCESS
January 21 (no school)
January 23 CREATE YOUR CAMPAIGN
January 28 and 30 – CREATE YOUR CAMPAIGN
February 5 and 7 – PRESENT/REFLECT **
Each session we will also have a class assignment to help you gather, organize, create and present.
** no in class assignments on presentation days
GRADING
All PROJECT ASPECTS and IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS need to be turned in in a project portfolio BY EACH STUDENT
The PROJECT is worth 100 POINTS (each group member)
IN CLASS assignments are 5 points each – a total of 30 POINTS (each group member)
BONUS points will be given each session for participation
ALL work is due no later than February 7!
EXTRA CREDIT for those who turn in PORTFOLIOS early.
ANY work not included in the PORTFOLIO by Feb 7 will not be accepted.
Any questions or concerns email tomhyatt@aveson.org
LET'S LEARN! LET'S EXPLORE! LET'S HAVE SOME FUN!!
Project Update - Mock Election
Week one - Jan 7 - Jan 11
This week students formed campaign teams in groups of 3-5.
They also chose roles as either Candidates, Campaign Managers, or Group Historians.
Our candidates are Anissia Beard Jones, John Garrett, Mackenzie Delgado, and Dustin Lundy. (This week we need to decide who will run for President and who will run for V.P.
(Please remember to propose, as a group, your project in Project Foundry and log hours DAILY) This is 10% of your grade.
Daily Assignments
Monday, Jan 7
Freewrite - (10 lines minimum) If you were voting, who would you vote for? What issues concern you? What aspects do you look for in a candidate?
Wednesday, Jan 9
Ben's Guide Questions (The answers can be found in the Ben's Guide reading located under Road to the White House Resources on the right hand side of this blog)
What are the requirements to become President of the United States?
What happens at a primary or caucus?
How does the popular vote work?
How does the electoral vote work?
What are the duties of the President of the United States?
NEXT UP
This coming week is all about speech writing and effective advertising, two aspects of campaigning that are unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on who you ask) very important to a National Campaign.
REMINDER
Show me a "Win" in the National Mock Election Game for extra credit.
Study Island
There is required reading and quizzes for all 9th graders. (this was you'll never be bored)
Mock Trial Project
PROJECT PORTFOLIO
This week Sande Buhai, a Professor at Loyola set in motion a four week MOCK TRIAL for our Government seminar.
Professor Buhai is volunteering her time and we are blessed to have her.
Project Title: Mock Trial
Project Length: Nov 26th - Dec 21st
Project Description:
Mock Trials take students to the heart of the justice system. Students acquire critical-thinking skills and an in-depth understanding of our judicial process as they study a hypothetical case, conduct legal research, and role play the trial.
Each Mock Trial packet includes a hypothetical case, witness statements, legal authorities, trial instructions, and procedural guidelines. It also includes a pretrial motion, designed to deepen student understanding of constitutional issues related to criminal trials.
In our mock trial students are divided into two teams.
A Civil Case. A Criminal Case.
Those students are then further divided into a Plantiff team and a Defense team.
From there students decide who will act as lead council and who will act as a witness.
Tasks/Activities
Students are required to:
Complete an opening statement (along with notes,research, and a rough draft)
Complete a closing statement (along with notes,research, and a rough draft)
Complete a Direct Examination (along with notes,research, and a rough draft)
Complete a Cross examination (along with notes,research, and a rough draft)
Resources
The entire civil and criminal cases are located on this blog under Mock Trial Resources" along with sample opening and closing statements, and sample direct and cross examinations.
Our project will culminate with a full Mock Trial on Monday December 19th and Wednesday December 21st. Professor Buhai will serve as the judge, the opposite court case will serve as the jury, and all other AGLA students will be invited to sit in the audience. Parents and community members will be invited as well.
Students will be required to dress as professionals and the court proceedings will be taped.
Project Update
CONSTITUTION PROJECT
PROJECT UPDATE week of Nov. 12th-18th
CELEBRATION!!!
Thank you so much to all the students and parents for making the celebration two of the most memorable experiences I've ever had! Wow!
We ate. We danced. We displayed your work. Students were masterful at discussing their “I Can..” statements and showcasing their S.M.A.R.T. goals for the next quarter.
I am so proud to be a part of this new community!
NEXT WEEK Nov. 19th, 20th, and 21st
A three day week!
CONSTITUTION projects are due Wednesday, November 21st!
Use these three days to finish your RESEARCH, continue CREATING your projects, prepare to PRESENT your work, and ready your REFLECTION
(Presentations will happen the first week after Thanksgiving)
Here's a list of what you need to turn in on Nov. 21st.
First off, what project did you decide on? The 500 word essay? Or a Project on your own? Whatever road you took I'm looking for all the work leading up to it.
Please put all your work in one folder and turn in on my desk. Something fun. Be creative. Put your name, grade, and name of your project on the folder.
Project Proposal Form (in project foundry or we have hard copies in class) Your proposal needs to be approved by me. also available at www.avesonglobal.blogspot.com
Log your hours - We've been doing research, having discussions, completing assignments, and working in groups since October 15th. Lots of hours to log.
Journal - (In project foundry or you could always simply write your journals on paper) You need to document your 30 minutes of Reading, talk about your highlights/lowlights and ask for help, if you need it. Also available at www.avesonglobal.blogspot.com
Present - Your research, your notes, your graphic organizers, and of course, your PROJECT.
Your Assignments - Preview Question/ Constitution Cards/ Constitution Dilemmas
Reflect – Here is a link to the PROJECT REFLECTION (we also have hard copies in class) and of course it is also available at www.avesonglobal.blogspot.com
Of course any assignments you already turned in have been graded and counted already, so don't worry about those. - I'm looking for the evidence of all the hard work you did. Some is on the computer, some will be a hard copy. Both will count for completion of your Project.
And finally, have a marvelous Thanksgiving. Relax. Eat lots! Watch some football, and I'll see you back on Monday, the 26th -
Project Update
This week marked the finest week for the 9th grade Government group.
Students were given this week to Propose either the 500 word Constitution Essay OR Propose an original Project Idea of their own.
After a lot of begging and pleading, poking and prodding, pushing and shoving on my part students proposed some very creative, very wonderful project ideas for the culminating Constitution Project
Some noteworthy ideas:
A "Who wants to be a millionaire" Constitution Game
Constitution Crosswords (original creations)
Constitution Rap
Constitution "High School Musical"
Some students chose to simply write the 500 word persuasive essay. This is why Aveson works!
If you DREAM it, you can DO it!
DUE DATE FOR ALL CONSTITUTION PROJECTS.
(the preparation for the celebration has been a lot of work on everybody and you have been working so hard as a group, I decided to extend the deadline to
WED, NOVEMBER 21st
I would like very much to include student work on this project for our Celebration of Learning, so get those projects submitted in time.
- Every other free minute we have this week will be spent getting our Self Efficacy Portfolios ready for the Student Led Conferences. - Good luck, students.
10/15-11/16 CREATING a Constitution
Project Length:
October 15 - November 16
Description
During this project, students learn about the key features of the United States Constitution. Students first take on the role
of law students as they learn the features of the Constitution, then take a “bar exam” to demonstrate their knowledge. After “graduation,” students set up law firms and provide legal advice on constitutional issues.
Students will be asked to write a 500 word essay, as well.
Objectives
Students will
• identify more than 30 key features of the Constitution.
• explain how checks and balances, federalism, and the amendment process work.
• describe the roles of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
• describe the basic lawmaking process.
• discuss the opportunities that the Constitution provides for citizens to participate
in the political process.
Materials
The Constitution
Constitution (Preview and Processing Assignments)
Constitution (Reading Notes)
The Bar Exam
Constitution Dilemmas
Welcome Parents and Students
My name is Tom Hyatt. As you know, I am the History Advisor here at Aveson Global Leadership Academy.
I am also the 9th grade advisor, along with Doug, the 9th grade Project Coach.
This blog was created to keep parents and students informed and well equipped to be successful in our History course, as well as keep you informed as to what we are doing in advisory.
This year we will be studying Government for the first semester!
Students will start by analyzing the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. While conducting mock Supreme Court trials, they will interpret the Constitution as it relates to issues of today. They will then come up with a question about the constitutionality of an issue relevant to their lives and use a variety of resources to seek an answer to their question. They will create a guide for other students about their legal rights and responsibilities. They take a stand on the question of the courts and youth.
Every TEN weeks we start a new SEMINAR. (Please see below for our seminar proposal form)
Every TEN weeks the students complete an ACADEMIC GOAL SHEET (Please see below)
Every TEN weeks students will master state standards by creating PROJECTS by following the five stages of a Project
PROPOSE, RESEARCH, CREATE, PRESENT, and REFLECT
(Please see go to http://aveson.projectfoundry.org/ to see the projects.)
Every TEN weeks we will all gather for a CELEBRATION OF LEARNING to showcase exceptional student work.
Save the Date: Friday, November 16th, early eve.
My email is tomhyatt@aveson.org if you have any questions about what we are up to. However, part of being a successful student is being able to describe your academic goals and the process to achieving those goals.
I am confident that Aveson's History students can do that and much much more!