What could we do with this Wax Museum event? How one might revamp a "Wax Museum" project into something that focuses more on thinking than product.
Going Beyond “Define These Terms In Your Own Words” "Define these terms in your own words" may contain depth and complexity… but it's neither deep nor complex!
Matching Flowers and Pollinators How to add a couple of Analyze-level tasks to this Synthesize activity.
Create A Civilization: The River Most humans want to live near fresh water, which means that most civilizations settled near a river! Let's add a river to your students' civilizations.
Create Your Own Civilization Project Each year, my students created their own civilization to mirror what we were learning about Rome, China, India, and beyond.
Create A Civilization: From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers Now, let's see how your students' civilization transitions from hunters to gatherers.
Create A Civilization: The Flag Let's design a flag for your students' civilizations. But let's do it right! We'll dig into the language of vexillology, analyze real flags, form some opinions, and only then create our own flag.
Upgrading “Put The Events In Order” I often see this question on language arts and social studies worksheets: "Put these events in order." Yes, it's low-level, but the real problem is that it's a one-off. Let's make a sequence of questions about the order of events.
I asked about Caesar vs Alexander, but somehow skipped Analyze. A big ol' table that looks like comparing, but it's really more about remembering.
Create A Civilization: Pick The Location As we begin the project, students first consider where on earth their civilization will begin.
