Project Narrative

The project calendar (Table 1) is an overview of the 12 days of work that the students and

teacher will be engaging in. The calendar provides the standards and objectives of each day,

alongside the activity(s) and assessment for the day. Almost every day includes group work,

where the other days are built for classroom discussion and presentation of the projects.

Table 1

Project Question: How does history help us understand our own identification in life?

The Project: Create a community based event based on a historical group or event to bring awareness to a cause.

Day 1: Opening Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

Standards & Standards & Standards & Standards & Standards &
Learning Learning Learning Learning Learning
Objective(s) Objective(s) Objective(s) Objective(s) Objective(s)
8.SP1.1 Analyze 8.H3.4 Investigate a 8.H3.2 Explain how 8.H3.2 Explain how 8.G3.1 Evaluate the
connections among significant historical popular popular impact of economic,
events and topic from United movements, reform movements, reform political, and social
developments in States History that efforts, and activist efforts, and activist decisions that have
broader historical has significance to groups have sought groups have sought caused conflict or
contexts an issue or topic to change American to change American promoted
today. society and society and cooperation
institutions. institutions. throughout time.
Learning Learning Learning
Objective(s): Objective(s): Learning Learning Objective(s)
Compare and Identify a problem Objective(s): Objective(s) Identify the role that
contrast multiple
that is faced in the Identify challenges State key figures or cities have played
events and how they
United States faced by minority ideas that make on keeping groups
impacted society
groups. movements in poverty.
Essential Question successful
Essential Question Essential Question
for Student
for Student Essential Question Essential Question for Student
direction:
direction: for Student for Student direction:
How does history
What is the direction: direction: Are cities inherently
help define who we
importance of What does it mean Do movements
are? built to oppress and
serving someone to be a minority? continue after they help few people?
else, rather than succeed? Do they
serving yourself? ever end?

Learning Activities Learning Activities Learning Activities Learning Activities Learning Activities
Students will be Students will be Based on the topics Students will This lesson will be
working in assigned their chosen, teacher will research key figures teacher led. Be
randomly selected project groups. identify a single for their topics. looking at the
groups and go over They will be reading that speaks Identify sources for progression of
handout resources working together to about minorities. their project. Work Phoenix, and
and identify the identify which topic Will read all together to identify identifying how the
importance. they’d like to together. Identify present figures of city was built.
research for their challenges and those movements. Identify the origins
Students will share community event significance of Select one or two of ghettos and
out together their from a preselected minorities. for the project. poverty in specific
takeaways with list. Begin to areas of Phoenix.
their group. Identify identify minority Everyone will have a
if they are groups. Start map to create notes.
understanding what selecting sources.
they need to need
to know and help
one another with
questions.
Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment
Students will be Students will be Students will write Students will be Students will write
writing a paragraph given the rubric for in a journal about referring to the on an exit ticket
about what they the project. They their takeaway rubric again to what confused them
learned about. will identify what is from this lesson. understand what is the most today.
needed about their expected for this
topic and how their project.
sources will
improve their
success.
Technology Technology Technology Technology Technology
NO TECH THIS Use computer to NO TECH Laptop PowerPoint/Internet
DAY identify sources on projector

Global Collaborator Knowledge Global Collaborator

7B Constructer 3A 7D

Facilitator 6B Citizen 3B Leader 2B

Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10:
Standards & Standards & Standards & Standards & Standards &
Learning Learning Learning Learning Learning
Objective(s) Objective(s) Objective(s) Objective(s) Objective(s)
8.G3.1 Evaluate the 8.C1.3 Analyze the 8.C1.4 Engage in 8.C1.4 Engage in 8.C1.4 Engage in
impact of influence of projects to help or projects to help or projects to help or
economic, political, personal interests inform others such inform others such inform others such
and social decisions and perspectives as community as community as community
that have caused when people service and service- service and service- service and service-
conflict or address issues and learning projects. learning projects. learning projects.
promoted problems in
cooperation government and
throughout time. civil society.

Learning Learning Learning Learning

Learning Objective(s) Objective(s) Objective(s) Objective(s)
Objective(s) Recognize what Create a Create a Create a community
Identify the role of makes community community event community event event presentation
cities on your group events successful. presentation. presentation.
and how
development hurt
or helped. Essential Question
Essential Question Essential Question Essential Question for Student
Essential Question for Student for Student for Student direction
for Student direction: direction: direction N/A
direction: What is empathy? How can we Does working
Are cities inherently participate in together make
built to only help a informing society? problem solving
few people and easier?
oppress others?

Learning Activities Learning Activities Learning Activities Learning Activities Learning Activities
First begin by going Students will be Students will work Students will work This will be the last
over the confusing working within their within their groups within their groups day for working on
topics of previous groups once more to identify how they and identify a plan the project in class.
lesson. Students to research want to create their to finish their Students will either
will go into their community events advertisement, presentation be finishing their
project groups with regarding civic either a video or product. Students presentation
laptops and begin issues. They will PowerPoint. They will work on product or be close
researching their identify what is will begin drafting presenting what the to completion.
group and the important to have their presentation community event Groups with the
effects of city in an event, where that includes a will be, where it is PowerPoint route
progression. I should events be summary of the located, guest will decide when
suspect this to be held, and how an issue, its speakers, and a everyone speaks.
difficult and taking event is advertised. importance, who is monetary budget Groups finished with
a long time. Will be effected, and the for this event. the product will
going around all the role of government begin constructing
time to push them on the issue. their flyer
on the right track. advertisement for
the event.
Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment
Students will write Students will create Students will share Students will share Students will write
down what went a concept map that their progression their progression down their groups
well today and identifies what a with the teacher with the teacher plan for the
what was successful toward the end of toward the end of weekend.
confusing. community event class. class.
needs. One per
group is needed.
Technology Technology Technology Technology Technology
Laptop Laptop Laptop and Camera Laptop and Camera Laptop and Camera

Knowledge Knowledge Creative Creative Creative

Constructor 3B Constructor 3C Communicator 6A Communicator 6A Communicator 6A

Facilitator 6B Collaborator 4C Designer 5B Designer 5B Designer 5B

Day 11: Day 12:
Presentation Feedback
(Conclusion)
Standards & Standards &
Learning Learning
Objective(s) Objective(s)
8.H3.4 Investigate a 8.C4.4 Identify,
significant historical research, analyze,
topic from United discuss, and defend
States History that a position on a
has significance to national, state, or
an issue or topic local public policy
today. issue including an
. action plan to
address or inform
others about the
issue.

Learning
Objective(s) Learning
Identify other Objective(s)
group’s Identify how
presentations successful your
advantages and projects were.
disadvantages

Essential Question
for Student Essential Question
direction: for Student
How does media direction:
affect a Is there always
presentation? room for
improvement?

Learning Activities Learning Activities

Students will Students will be
present their given the feedback
projects. Students from other groups
presenting will have and the teacher.
3-5 minutes to They will identify
present. Students places of
listening will have improvement on
to identify the their project.
presentation’s
topic, the
importance, what
made the project
successful, and
what could the
project improve on
(if any).
Assessment Assessment
Assessment will be Will write down
the feedback form their own view of
they will be given to the project. What
fill out for each went well? What
presentation. didn’t? How were
your group
members?
Technology Technology
Media Viewing N/A

Global Collaborator
7C
Citizen 3B