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| PROJECT | SUBJECT | SUMMARY |
|---|---|---|
| The Search for Meaning (A Holocaust Project) Kyle Hartung |
Language Arts |
What does it mean to Search for Meaning? This study asks students to look deeply into our humanity and come to understand events that are unthinkable. To assist them in their own search for meaning, they engage in a long inquiry that not only includ... |
| Holocaust & Genocide Museum Exhibition Overview Kyle Hartung, Danielle Johnson |
Digital Design Language Arts Social Studies Visual and Performing Arts World Language |
For this large scale project, students transformed City Arts and Technology HS into a multi-media museum dedicated to the memory and lessons of the Holocaust. Our museum features digital design, theatrical performance, sculpture, graphic art, radio ... |
| Can We Overcome Racism? A Case Study of South Africa Danielle Johnson |
Language Arts Social Studies |
In this project, students generated their own questions about the history of South Africa. These questions guided the activities and smaller projects leading up to the culminating exhibition, where students researched and presented their answer to t... |
| Rube Goldberg Project: Motion and the Physics of Change Karen Bioski, Stanley Richards |
Science |
In the Rube Goldberg Project, students will build a Rube Goldberg Machine (by definition, "of, relating to, or being a contrivance that brings about by complicated means what apparently could have been accomplished simply....") and explain the phyics... Bundle: Motion and the Physics of Change |
| Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, Motion and the Physics of Change Kyle Hartung |
Language Arts |
Henry David Thoreau once said that “Not until we are lost, do we begin to find ourselves.” During this unit leading up to our 2nd Exhibition (an Integrated Project with Science and Digital Media), I expected students to get lost living in the world... Bundle: Motion and the Physics of Change |
| The Radio Project: Does History Repeat Itself? Danielle Johnson |
Social Studies |
Have you ever been interested in being on the radio? In this workshop you will have the opportunity to express your own opinions and be heard. Through writing and recording an audio commentary, you will answer the question: Does History Repeat Itse... |
| A Correspondence Between History and My-Story (a holocaust museum installation) Kyle Hartung |
Language Arts Visual and Performing Arts |
The Scrapbook of a Witness and The Search for Meaning
Attention Writers and Artists! Bear Witness! Speak Truth!
Students were asked to share their ‘testimony’ and tell The Story of their understandings by producing a book or ‘chest’ creative... Bundle: World Traveller Project |
| Humanities Essay: Am I My Brother or Sister's Keeper? Kyle Hartung, Danielle Johnson |
Language Arts Social Studies |
This is an Integrated Essay Project the students produced for their World History and English Language Arts courses.
Students were asked to consider: How can the examination of the past inform us about our present lives and what our responsibilit... |
| California, Who Are You? Karen Bioski, Stanley Richards |
Science |
Students explored different issues affecting California’s geology and environment through a group inquiry project. In lieu of writing an essay, students translated the essay format into a script for a Public Service Announcement (PSA), and then stude... |
| Banned In America!!! Paul Koh, Kristin Russo |
Language Arts Social Studies |
As a follow up to an introductory unit on the American Dream, upper division students were asked to assess the role of censorship in American society through a study of banned books in America. Students engaged in reading a banned book, writing a pe... |
| The Immigrant's Song Paul Koh, Kristin Russo |
Digital Design Language Arts Social Studies |
Upper Division students created an evening of oral and digital storytelling. The student performances and projections, taken together, ‘sang the song’ or told the story of immigration in America as seen through the eyes of immigrants today.
The or... |
| Who Am I? Book Project Rachel Maida |
Language Arts Visual and Performing Arts |
Everybody has unique and interesting stories to tell. For this project, students wrote a chapter in their memoirs about something that was important in their lives. We explored the essential questions by doing various personal writings to help them... |
| Comparatively Speaking Paul Koh, Kristin Russo |
Digital Design Language Arts Social Studies World Language |
Upper Division students prepared for a talkshow exhibition about the experience of slavery and civil war through various viewpoints. Students were required to compare an aspect of slavery/civil war in America and in a Spanish-speaking country. For ... Bundle: BC Test bundle |
| Greenbacks or Greenspace: Decisions about San Francisco Land Use (IMP 3) Stephanie Lundin |
Math |
This project is an adaption of the culminating assessment for the 9-week Interactive Mathematics Program's Meadows or Malls unit. It asks students to use matrices and linear algebra to develop a recommendation for the mayor of San Francisco of how to... |
| From Page to Stage: Othello Production Notebooks and Performed Monologues Kristin Russo, Lauren Toker |
Language Arts |
After students read and analyzed Othello through discussion and a written debate, they demonstrated that they deeply understood the literary elements (characters, theme, setting, plot, etc.), the language, and the historical significance of Shakespea... |