8th Grade Social Studies Teacher Sheppard Middle School, San Jose, CA
"Alum Rock students and officials are working address students and families' concerns of deportation and will meet with local community members and officials to find a way to help with this community challenge."
7th Grade Social Studies Sedgefield Middle School, Charlotte, NC
"I have always been interested in project based learning but I was never sure how to get things started. I believe this project is the start of something revolutionary in the way I'll approach Social Studies."
“I would like to ask students what issues they are concerned about in their community; create possible solutions to those issues. students are observant and see problems within our society. They may not always have a means of communicating or sharing how they feel. This project will allow them civic engagement.”
"Volunteers from STEM fields will help provide a variety of research opportunities to enhance student learning (book/internet research, interviews, exploration of artifacts and primary source documents, field study, etc.) as students investigate local water quality challenges."
6th grade History Teacher Match Charter Public School, Boston, MA
"Students examine stereotypes in movies and learn about the impact of bias in the lives of community volunteers and develop their own ideas for solutions."
Teacher, Exceptional Children English/Language Arts/Literacy and Math Sedgefield Middle School, Charlotte, NC
"This project will support students with diverse learning needs to collaborate Jessica is excited to work with other teachers to design project-based learning experiences that build opportunities for students to apply their learning to real-world contexts."
"Community activists, business leaders and city/government employees will help students find service opportunities and help them create videos to share their stories."
6th grade Social Studies Teacher Ridge Road Middle School
"I’m interested in designing my curriculum to relate to real-world jobs with experts to assist student learning”
6, 7, 8 Teacher and ESL Facilitator Sedgefield Middle School, Charlotte
"This project is building opportunities for students to learn from content experts, understand elements of culture in the school community and providing opportunities to support students to give detailed, helpful feedback on one another’s work."