Interdisciplinary projects that live beyond the classroom

Social Justice PSA

Social Justice Issue Public Service Announcements

Grade(s):

8

As a culminating social studies expedition product, 8th-grade students of Sierra Expeditionary Learning School, Truckee, CA produced Public Sevice Announcements on current social justice issues of their own choosing.

A Day in the Life of Eastern Sierra Animals

Grade(s):

2

A Day in the Life: Eastern Sierra Animals was created by second grade students at Big Pine Elementary as part of their Wilderness Warriors learning expedition, in which students learned about local habitats and the plants and animals who call these habitats home.

A Book of Poetry

Grade(s):

6

Original poetry using several different poetry formats with student watercolor paintings

5th grade students book on Great Depression with interviews, photos, expressive drawings

Faces of the Great Depression

Grade(s):

5

Book by 5th graders with interviews and illustrations of community elders who lived through the Great Depression

12 Things You Can Do to Help Everyone Have Enough Healthy Food

Grade(s):

1

Calendar promoting healthy food for all; researched with community agencies

Revitalize Rochester: Using Skate Parks to Improve Rochester's Neighborhoods

Grade(s):

6

Report about using skate parks to strengthen community services in Rochester, NY

Flower City Almanac

Grade(s):

3

Booklet on how Rochester became to be known as the Flower City; modeled after the Farmer's Almanac

Alternative Energy Report

Grade(s):

7, 8

Report analyzing the costs/benefits of alternative energy sources for the school w/local field research

Chauncie Mallen

Grade(s):

5, 6

Fictional life and career of a scientist, descriptions and artifacts

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