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Summary of Project PT
Summary of Project PT
songs that will be fact checked by the social studies department. The students in my
class will be broken up into groups, each given 2 songs that they must analyze for fact
and fiction, and then come up with the whole story if fiction is found. Their final check for
mastery will be to present their teachings at a concert where the music department
performs each song, followed by a short history lesson by my students to give the
audience (the community) all the information they gathered. The english department will
academic departments, but between groups of students who might not have a whole lot
of interactions. It will also build good critical thinking and analysis skills when examining
the lyrics of each song. After they examine the lyrics, they will be improving upon their
research skills when they move into the next phase of learning what actually happened
in history. However, the biggest need is to teach students the importance of finding
credible sources and reliable information, especially in their world where all information,
Each year this project is done, around 3o social studies and english department
students will be involved, and an additional 40-50 music department students with the
addition of the performance. The teachers will be able to peer reflect and evaluate each
other, some teachers potentially never having interacted before. The community will be
able to come in and see firsthand the strong bonds my school is creating, which we can