Place Out of Time (POOT)

Place Out of Time is a project in which each student chooses a figure from any place or time in history, then learns about their life, experiences, and beliefs by developing questions and doing research. It’s much more than simply doing research and then writing a report. Throughout the Place Out of Time simulation, students also portray their characters in a series of classroom activities and online conversations. The big idea is "what can we learn by bringing the diverse perspectives of history together to consider a current day issue?" For example, what would Cleopatra, Frida Kahlo, and Harry Houdini say to each other if asked to consider a school mask mandate during a COVID surge? That’s a question that you can’t answer with a Google search (we tried), but you can make some educated guesses by learning about the experiences they had and the cultures they lived in.