Encourage tinkering with ideas, relationships, connections. Set up situations where students have to find information not readily available in school texts. Provide opportunity for students to design open-ended explorations of the concept. Provide multiple options so students can plan a unique "proof" of learning.
Period lit, poetry. Students do 1 month diary of life for a teenager then. Photos/own drawings
Objective: To integrate material with a personal experience of learning.
Activity: Students choose one of the following: 1)Keep a personal diary for one month, a diary that would describe the daily life and feelings of a teenager during the Great Depression including photos and/or your own drawings reflecting that teen’s daily experiences. 2) Read and
critique a major piece of Depression-era literature. Include in your critique what message benefits us today. 3) Do a stock market analysis as to what controls could have prevented the "crash.” The teacher approves each student’s project choice, and students develop rubrics for assessing completed project.
