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| Macbeth Donna Hyatt |
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With this unit and culminating project, my colleague Ted and I hoped to communicate the relevance that Shakespeare still has in today's modern society. We decided to teach this notion of relevance by using the following three focus areas as our foun... |
| The Search for Meaning (A Holocaust Project) Kyle Hartung |
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What does it mean to Search for Meaning? This study asks students to look deeply into our humanity and come to understand events that are unthinkable. To assist them in their own search for meaning, they engage in a long inquiry that not only includ... |
| Holocaust & Genocide Museum Exhibition Overview Kyle Hartung, Danielle Johnson |
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For this large scale project, students transformed City Arts and Technology HS into a multi-media museum dedicated to the memory and lessons of the Holocaust. Our museum features digital design, theatrical performance, sculpture, graphic art, radio ... |
| Can We Overcome Racism? A Case Study of South Africa Danielle Johnson |
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In this project, students generated their own questions about the history of South Africa. These questions guided the activities and smaller projects leading up to the culminating exhibition, where students researched and presented their answer to t... |
| The Odyssey Mosaic Retelling Justin Wells |
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For 3000 years, artists have been inspired by Homer's Odyssey and retold its hero journey in countless ways. Now it's our students' turn, as artists with their own individual talents, to continue the tradition of retelling The Odyssey.
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| Rube Goldberg Project: Motion and the Physics of Change Karen Bioski, Stanley Richards |
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In the Rube Goldberg Project, students will build a Rube Goldberg Machine (by definition, "of, relating to, or being a contrivance that brings about by complicated means what apparently could have been accomplished simply....") and explain the phyics... Bundle: Motion and the Physics of Change |
| Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, Motion and the Physics of Change Kyle Hartung |
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Henry David Thoreau once said that "Not until we are lost, do we begin to find ourselves." During this unit leading up to our 2nd Exhibition (an Integrated Project with Science and Digital Media), I expected students to get lost living in the world... Bundle: Motion and the Physics of Change |
| Climate Change Dan Storz |
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This project is an exploration of climate and weather, the factors that lead to climate change, how industrialization has affected climate, and how countries are responding to climate concerns and industrial development. Students study energy transfe... |
| The Radio Project: Does History Repeat Itself? Danielle Johnson |
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Have you ever been interested in being on the radio? In this workshop you will have the opportunity to express your own opinions and be heard. Through writing and recording an audio commentary, you will answer the question: Does History Repeat Itse... |
| A Correspondence Between History and My-Story (a holocaust museum installation) Kyle Hartung |
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The Scrapbook of a Witness and The Search for Meaning
Attention Writers and Artists! Bear Witness! Speak Truth!
Students were asked to share their 'testimony' and tell The Story of their understandings by producing a book or 'chest' creative... Bundle: World Traveller Project |
| Humanities Essay: Am I My Brother or Sister's Keeper? Kyle Hartung, Danielle Johnson |
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This is an Integrated Essay Project the students produced for their World History and English Language Arts courses.
Students were asked to consider: How can the examination of the past inform us about our present lives and what our responsibilit... |
| California, Who Are You? Karen Bioski, Stanley Richards |
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Students explored different issues affecting California's geology and environment through a group inquiry project. In lieu of writing an essay, students translated the essay format into a script for a Public Service Announcement (PSA), and then stude... |
| Banned In America!!! Paul Koh, Kristin Russo |
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As a follow up to an introductory unit on the American Dream, upper division students were asked to assess the role of censorship in American society through a study of banned books in America. Students engaged in reading a banned book, writing a pe... |
| The Immigrant's Song Paul Koh, Kristin Russo |
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Upper Division students created an evening of oral and digital storytelling. The student performances and projections, taken together, 'sang the song' or told the story of immigration in America as seen through the eyes of immigrants today.
The or... |
| Who Am I? Book Project Rachel Maida |
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Everybody has unique and interesting stories to tell. For this project, students wrote a chapter in their memoirs about something that was important in their lives. We explored the essential questions by doing various personal writings to help them... |
| Comparatively Speaking Paul Koh, Kristin Russo |
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Upper Division students prepared for a talkshow exhibition about the experience of slavery and civil war through various viewpoints. Students were required to compare an aspect of slavery/civil war in America and in a Spanish-speaking country. For ... Bundle: BC Test bundle |
| Mythology Mastery: Creative Interpretation and Analysis of Ancient Greek Mythology Abby Benedetto |
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Students explored the founding stories of Ancient Greek Mythology in small groups after 2 weeks of introductory investigation of Ancient Greek culture, language, etc. Using benchmarks relating to reading comprehension, literary analysis and connecti... |
| Greenbacks or Greenspace: Decisions about San Francisco Land Use (IMP 3) Stephanie Lundin |
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This project is an adaption of the culminating assessment for the 9-week Interactive Mathematics Program's Meadows or Malls unit. It asks students to use matrices and linear algebra to develop a recommendation for the mayor of San Francisco of how to... |
| Mythbusters: A Scientific Inquiry Project Stephen Kinney |
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The "Mythbusters" Project is a variation on the classic scientific inquiry or science fair type of assignment. Instead of choosing a formal scientific question, students choose a myth to prove or disprove using scientific and problem solving means. ... |
| "The Tempest" Video Project Anna Shneiderman |
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Shakespeare's "The Tempest" is a play that gets deep into questions of power and perspective. This unit on colonialism and "The Tempest" was a collaborative effort among the Academic Literacy, Humanities and Performing Arts classes. As an essential... Bundle: World Traveller Project |
| From Page to Stage: Othello Production Notebooks and Performed Monologues Kristin Russo, Lauren Toker |
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After students read and analyzed Othello through discussion and a written debate, they demonstrated that they deeply understood the literary elements (characters, theme, setting, plot, etc.), the language, and the historical significance of Shakespea... |
| Metaphor Machines Corey Almasy, Abby Benedetto, Suzanne Malek-Carter, Carrie Shaw |
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Revolution is when a stick is stuck into the spinning spokes of the wheel of a society. This project explores, through artistic expression, the connections between changes both physical and social, through the lens of every class available.*
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