- Mystery Piece: builds curiosity (NASA telescope zooming into the Baltimore Harbor)
- Gallery Walk: builds curiosity (photos and articles and maps that have to do with the topic of the Expedition)
- Concept Map: helps students synthesize information they're reading from...
- Common Read: read for gist (no particular prompt or assignment given before students start to read), builds common focus/understanding)
- Common Reread: framed with text dependent questions
- Concept Map Revisited
- Expert Texts (carefully selected to build specific knowledge)
- Concept Map Revisited
- Mystery Piece Revisited
- Skills-rich projects that result in high-quality products or performances for audiences beyond the classroom
- Typically modeled on real-world documents and artifacts with professional models guiding student work. Products are critiqued by professionals and contribute to a real-world audience
- Typically 2-6 weeks in duration
- Projects come before final products, and may be incorporated into them
- Projects should be worked on as students are learning. They are not an enrichment opportunity provided after core learning has been completed as an add-on or supplement
- Teachers plan backward from the final student product or performance. Everything (lessons, labs, research, fieldwork, experts, projects, and assessments) are scheduled to lead up to the final product
- Assessment toward learning targets takes place during all aspects of the project, not just the completion of the final product
Selecting Case Studies
- Usually either a subtopic of the larger expedition focus, or an investigation of a unique person, place, institution, or event within the expedition topic
- Engage students in original research with primary source materials
- "Case studies allow the students to deeply explore a topic and become experts, building their commitment and pride in their work, before generalizing learning to broader issues and concepts." --> "Teachers guide students to generalize from case studies applying their understanding to the broader content and concepts required by standards."
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