This resource describes a project can be used at the end of a unit in which the students have read and discussed a work of literature that deals with The American Dream; here that is F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. It gives the students the opportunity to consider a fictional representation, examine real world statistics and facts about class and status in the United States, and draw their own conclusions based on personal interpretation, experience, and knowledge. The final product is a visual representation and written explanation of that personal interpretation.

Allow students the opportunity to explore their career goals! This activity will allow them to develop their research skills and provide a hands-on experience to help stretch their perspective. Let your students guide themselves into discovering new career path options!

Designed for two 90-minute class periods. First students will imagine they are stranded on an island with no way to escape. It has all necessary resources to survive, and they have been tasked with creating their own system of government. Students will work in groups to create a government system, using slides or a poster to display their work.In the next class period, groups will take turns presentig their form of government to the class, and peers will ask them questions about their form of government and discuss if it would last several geerations. Includes Lesson Plan as well as Google Doc/PDF of student handouts and teacher/peer rubrics

Students select a famous person to describe (actor, musician, sports figure, social media figure, etc.) They can be current famous figures or can be from history. They should be sure to choose someone who has enough information available about them.   

This lesson provides guidance for students to create and practice a presentation about design challenge results that they developed in the previous unit lessons and how to present it to the school administration.

In this activity students utilize collected data and propose solutions to mitigate food waste in their school.

Unit is completely in Spanish. Unit includes a Prezi presentation that provides images, videos and a Powerpoint that takes students through what graffiti looks like in Spanish speaking countries as well as its purpose. Artists are interviewed as well as citizens and experts in related fields that study the use of graffiti.
The Unit begins with guiding questions, continues with the presentation and then sets students up to create a final work. Students research graffiti in a country of their choice, answering essential questions. Students then present their findings and are graded by the included rubric.

This resource presents an approach for reading memoirs with students that examines the role of truth in the genre and in the specific work(s) chosen. It gives suggestions for activities during the reading and focuses on a culminating activity in which students engage in research to investigate the facts behind the accounts the author(s) present in the memoir. Students learn about evaluating sources, locate a reliable source and discuss its credibility and impact on their understanding of the events,. Finally, they present their findings and analysis to the class.