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Creating Children's Literature
In our cross-curricular Creating Children's Literature seminar, students read and analyzed components of children's literature, learned how design works with language to create a story, and then partnered with a D303 early childhood student to create a children's book of their own..
The Human Experience: Genocide
In our cross-curricular Human Experience: Genocide seminar, students explored the question, "How can we make Never Again a reality?". Through field trips, guest speakers, and in-class discussions, students engaged with how the world responds to atrocity.
Non-Fiction Reading: Current Events in Science
In our cross-curricular Current Events in Science seminar, students learned more about non-fiction text types and then created documentaries about a science topic of their choice.
Social Media and Self Esteem.movSocial Media and Self Esteem
Gut microbiome.mp4The Gut Microbiome
Copy of Mammoth documentary Bradey Geier.mp4The Return of the Mammoth
Copy of Greenwashing documentary 9.mp4Greenwashing in the Auto Industry
Copy of Brain Computer Interfaces.mp4Brain Based Interfaces
Copy of Food Waste.mp4Food Waste
True Crime
Students in our True Crime Seminar worked throughout the year to research topics across the true crime genre. Students from each quarter researched a topic or question related to true crime and then passed their research on to the next quarter's class. At the end of the year, our fourth-quarter students synthesized all of the work together into a display at the St. Charles Public Library.
Folklore
Students in our Folklore seminar researched family folklore for their projects and created pieces of work that highlighted family stories.
A student created a folk song about a family story for our Folklore Seminar.
Georgie and the Basement.mp4Georgie and the Basement
A documentary for our Folklore Seminar.
_Beige Minimalist Family Travel Memories Photo Book (2).mp4A student created a video scrapbook of his family folklore.
History, Psychology & Sociology of Mental Illness & Mental Health
Students in this Social Science seminar learned about how mental illness and mental health are studied and understood across the social sciences. Students engaged in initial exploration, which they used to develop deeper inquiry questions.
PTSDAfter initial exploration of PTSD, this student engaged in inquiry on the importance of addressing root factors or gateway mental health disorders, sharing his findings in a feature article.
War, a PTSD Epidemic - Article Project (1).pdfDIDAfter learning about the history of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), this student engaged in inquiry to better understand the disorder and wrote a feature article evaluating how DID is presented in the media.
The False Perspective of DID in the Media (1).pdfCognitive Behavioral Therapy.pptxAfter exploring the history of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, this student was motivated to engage in inquiry on the rise and fall of Psychoanalysis. He presented his findings in a feature article.
The Rise and Fall of Psychoanalysis.pdfAdditional Student Learning Experiences & Projects:
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