The great kindness challenge was a school wide initiate that fit well into our unit. Students designed a door decoration, which was one of the challenges, that focuses on the power that someone can have when choosing kindness and rejecting stereotypes. They designed a kindness monster who is giving gifts and a kind child who chooses to befriend the monster and join in spreading cheer. From the entire school, our class won the door decoration contest. This was completely student led and went hand in hand with our unit, which focuses on who we are and who we aspire to be as individuals. See pictures of students working, the final product, and Chloe's description of the door's significance below.
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We are learning about voting rights in the U.S., the women's suffrage movement, and the trial of Susan B. Anthony as we explore individuals who are change agents. We are starting the year with a new unit, which focuses on "Who We Are". Our focus is on learning about rights, stereotypes, leadership, and action. The central idea is that the actions of one can lead to change of many. We are looking into what makes someone a leader of change and how leaders impact others.
We are learning it through the history of women's voting rights and are analyzing difficult text with rich historical language. We are reading non-fiction texts and primary sources as we study the Trial of Susan B. Anthony. Students are learning about the qualities that leaders have and are being challenged |
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September 2019
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