Dear parents,
There is no school this Thursday and Friday. Normal service resumes on Monday.
Today I gave the students their next Home Project. This will be in the theme of “what do we celebrate about America?” Students can choose from a variety of subjects and this morning we brainstormed 30 or 40 topics. For example:
- Freedom
- The constitution
- Systems of government
- The armed forces
- Independence and revolution
- National celebrations
- American presidents
- Great Americans
- Civil Rights
- Natural resources
- Industry
- Exports
- National Parks and Monuments
- Nature and wildlife
- Food
- Sport
- NASA
- Emancipation
The students can be as specific, or detailed as they want with their poster/presentation. For example, if they choose to do the armed forces, they might want to concentrate on perhaps the Marines, or the Coastguard, or the Navy. Maybe they want to get very specific and talk about the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor. Likewise, with great Americans, they may want to hone in on Martin Luther King for example, or for National Parks they could look at perhaps the National Parks of Utah, or maybe focus on one, such as, Zion. It is a wide-ranging topic and how they choose to do this is essentially up to them. However, there is the expectation that it is neat, well-researched, with photos and explanations.
The students have been given a packet that serves as a guide to researching and preparing their poster. The expectation is that they complete this packet as well, so as to demonstrate the amount of research that has been done.
The presentation has to be in the form of a tri-fold poster. This is because the students will be presenting in class and then part of a school-wide cultural festival. The due date is November 13th and the cultural festival will take place on November 15th.
As usual, if you have any questions regarding the project please email me.
Thank you and I hope that you enjoy your break!
John