At the eighth grade level, students chose a topic and were challenged to explore how it changed throughout history as well as how it influenced our American culture. Their topics included gender roles, industrialization, agriculture, medicine, transportation, warfare, education, and communication.
We're excited to find out what each group learned and how they chose to present their findings. That's the best part about Project Based Learning - each individual determines his or her own path to learning, and as a result each project is unique! Here is a small preview of how the process has looked so far: