Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Friday, January 4, 2013
Are cash incentives an effective way to increase student achievement?
Students investigated Royland Freyer's research study at Harvard where he is looking at ways to close the achievement gap between urban and suburban schools. Students then wrote an essay answering the questions:
Are cash incentives an effective way to increase student achievement?
Click below to read students thoughts:
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Industrial Revolution Wordle
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
US History Students Create WW1 Propaganda Posters
Students created American World War I propaganda posters to demonstrate how individual citizens were encouraged to support the war effort.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The Horrors of Trench Warfare Exposed
Students learned, researched, and collaborated on what life was like for soldiers fighting in WWI. Students then became a solider and wrote a letter home to their family. Don't worry they didn't expose too many details because they did not want their letter to be censored!
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Students Use Google Drive to Collaborate on WWI Military Technology Document
Students collaborated to investigate different WWI military technologies and combine information onto one document using google drive
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Students Create Historical Allegories about Nationalism in Europe
Students created an illustrated allegory storybook that defines nationalism and chronicles the unification of a specific region of Europe from the mid 1800’s (Germany or Italy). They wrote this book for students in late elementary school.
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