The More, the Merrier: Cross-Curricular Opportunities for Student Historians

My Student Historians will, once again, complete National History Day projects this year. I'm eager to give them the opportunity to explore student-centered, project-based learning that is rigorous and challenging.  Our Media Specialists have been invaluable to the process and they will continue to help this year. There are, I'm pleased to say, two new twists to this endeavor.

One change is that all of the 8th Grade US History teachers in the district have decided to join us. Every student in the district will complete projects! 

The 8th Grade Language Arts teachers in the district met with us History teachers today and they will, to varying degrees, be working on this project within their Language Arts classes, too! We will now give our students a cross-curricular Capstone project opportunity that is authentic and based on student choice. The expertise and knowledge of our Language Arts and History teachers working together will help our students' projects shine even brighter now.

This is a very exciting journey and I am so proud to work with colleagues that see the value in providing students experiences like this! I've created a Schoology group to provide teacher and student resources, as well as a Symbaloo Webmix for students to utilize. My goal is to make this experience as smooth as possible.

Here we go...

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