Research PBL - End Products

Here are a few End Products from our Research PBL - Creative!

Visit the links below to view!

Creation of Facebook
Facebook PBL


9.11
Remembering 9.11


Katrina
Remembering Katrina


Dark Knight
Remembering Dark Knight


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Research PBL - 2nd Success!

7th Grade English - Research PBL

This my second PBL, and it has been a blast!

Research PBL:  History + English (Creative Writing)
Time:  2 Weeks

This PBL was much faster the my first:  5 weeks vs 2 weeks.  Students chose (withe some manipulation on my part) their groups of 3-4.  We spent two days of inquiry with the Entry Event Document, Entry Event Video, Rubric, and Calendar to develop group and class Knows and Need to Knows.  See picture below.

The Need to Knows guided our workshops and mini-lessons.  

Students researched a historical event (some more recent) between the years 2000 - 2013 which is their life time.  They created a timeline (see below) and reflected upon the lessons our society has learned from the event they chose to research.

Students then had an option to write a song, rap. poem, or short story to depict the events and explain the lessons learned from their research.  

Workshops:

1.  Research - Librarian

2.  Works Cited - Teacher led with resource handout

2.  Creating Professional Videos - Mr. Deeken (professional experience as photographer)

Students had to really learn to work together, rely on each other, and delegate work because of the short time frame!  They have really come together so far and have some creative product rough drafts.

Presentations are tomorrow.  Will post more then!

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