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My seventh grade students have at long last finished their final assessments on Rome, and upon reflection, I see that it was quite successful. I am currently experimenting with new methods of designing assessments. In an effort to make my assessments more student-based, I am handing the reins of what the final assessment will look [...]

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Labor Art

The Labor Art project was created after our eighth grade students finished reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. We wanted the students to use art, in this case poetry and songwriting to: raise awareness, inform the public, and inspire action on social issues. We wanted them to focus on the discrepancy between the haves [...]

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