Middle and High School Ideas
Outside, Inside's topics & themes have relevance for all ages and in all subjects. Here are just some ideas secondary classes can do to make connections with the book. Please share what teachers are doing in your school!
All Schools (with Sources of Strength and/or Enrichment periods)
SEL, Mindfulness & Wellness lessons and activities
All Subjects:
Take a few minutes at the start of each class for an SEL or Community Building activity
Have students create a picture book on a topic they are studying to share with Elementary students
Art:
#OneBookDCSD art projects/contest
LeUyen Pham's designated Secondary School visit on November 8th is specifically for our Middle & High School Art classes!
Broadcasting/Video Tech:
Create #OneBookDCSD commercials or videos to share with their school & sending schools
Business
Analyze economic impacts of pandemic
Community Service groups:
LeUyen Pham was inspired to donate proceeds of her book to local food banks during the early days of the pandemic....how does reading Outside, Inside inspire us to do more to help those in our community?
Assist with our #OneBookDCSD food drive
Local food banks granting community service hours to student volunteers
English/Language Arts:
Write about quarantine or other aspects of the pandemic (journal entries, poems, letters)
Use Outside, Inside as a springboard for discussions about Point of View
Research projects/discussion of primary & secondary sources
FCS:
Consider what elements make a home soothing & safe during a quarantine
Foods- Discussion of the limited grocery supply during the early days of the pandemic
Sewing/Fashion classes- Collaborate with FCS departments in other schools to create an Outside, Inside quilt
Health/PE:
Mindful Yoga
Math:
Analyzing statistics
Creating charts & graphs
Music:
Performing virtually for local assisted living/nursing home residents
Science:
Research & discuss effects quarantine had on environment
Microbiology
Social Studies:
Research how other countries have been affected by pandemic
Compare/contrast COVID-19 pandemic with other pandemics throughout history
Economics: Analyze economic impacts of pandemic
Technology:
Tech projects that align with OBOD or Outside,Inside themes
World Language:
Translate Outside, Inside into language students are studying
Research how people in other countries have been affected by & are dealing with the pandemic