Fall 1997 Course Homework Projects
The following projects were created as homework during a
Fall 1997 Leadership Institute Integrating Internet, Curriculum,
and Instruction pilot course.
Birds of a Feather
Second graders and primary learning disabilities students are
working on an integrated unit as part of the Chicago Academy of
Science Museums in the Classroom Threatened, Endangered, and Extinct
Species Program. Through this study students are introduced to
the concept of plot studies. (The path study attempts to measure
bird abundance over time and geographic area.)
Working Together to Improve the Community
The purpose of this project is two-fold; the students will study the
government and assess issues that are important to the local community.
The students will demonstrate an understanding of what they learned as they
participate in the political process by writing letters to their
representatives in all levels of government.
Guild Hall
Travel back in time to take on the role of apprentice, then master
for one of the various guilds that existed during the Renaissance
period. Experience, firsthand, applying for a guild apprentice
card; meet masters who will teach you all that you will need to
know to earn the status of journeyman (or woman) on the way to
becoming a master in your own right.
Were the Three Bears Robbed? An Issue of
Teen Rights
The Constitution is too powerful a document to be studied without
our students realizing the tremendous impact it has on their lives
as citizens. Help them become active participants by researching
the Constitutional Amendments through familiar fairy tale characters.
The purpose being to gain a greater appreciation of the Constitution
and the rights it reserves for them an others.
Working Together to Improve the Community
The purpose of this project is two-fold; the students will study
the government and assess issues that are important to the local
community. The students will demonstrate an understanding of what
they learned as they participate in the political process by writing
letters to their representatives in all levels of government.
College Search Made Easy
Students find excellent, up-to-date, and personalized information
about their college choices by using university home pages, scholarship
Web sites, e-mail to college admissions counselors, and e-mail
to college students. They will use this information to find a
college that is a perfect fit.
The Effects of Counseling on the Potential
Drop-out
Fifteen tenth-grade students will be classified based on the following
criteria: Failed three or more subjects, has an attendance rate
less than 75 percent, low self-esteem, no parents or siblings
ever graduated from high school, low socioeconomic status, and
lacks self-motivation. Once these students are classifed as potentail
drop-outs, they will engage in counseling strategy to affect this
status. A survey will be designed and utilized to place these
students in a potential drop-out classification. The counseling
strategy will include an in-class session that will focus primarily
on character building traits. Students will make Web pages and
work on activities for topics. The parent's role is to serve as
support and caregivers. The students will communicate with three
different schools for students who have left school before graduation
but have returned. This communication will be done through e-mail
and other online programs.
Water, Water Everywhere and None to Drink
Ninth-grade students at Carver Area High School in Chicago will
research the importance of maintaining an unpolluted water source
for today and for the future. The students will determine what
steps they can take to make their parents and the community-at-large
more aware of the need for involvement in the effort to maintain
a pure water supply.
Author: LaMargo Gill
Created: March 1, 1999; Last Updated:
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