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Open Door 6th
Grade:
7th
Period
- Individual learning plans will be recorded for each
student that are based on the multiple intelligences. An emphasis will be
placed on developing skills that are at the top of Blooms Taxonomy:
Analysis and synthesis of information and materials, application of
knowledge and learning, and evaluation of results will be used in various
class projects.
- Curriculum for the Open Door program will seek to help
students develop a positive self esteem through unique intellectual
challenges that extend beyond the traditional classroom. All units will use
project based learning which fosters individual creativity, risk taking,
problem solving, and critical higher level thinking skills.
- Open Door units will obviously evolve and change so as
to stay fresh each year and to accommodate students evolving individual
academic needs.
Civics and Technology -
First Semester
- Research
- Students will research primary historical
documents and create original presentations that demonstrate their
understanding of modern research applications.
- Business Economics and Civics
- Students will explore local politics as part of a
community government simulation project.
- Students will study American Government as part of
a study of the 2006 Congressional election.
- Computer Science & Technology
- Technology Survey: Students will be introduced to
various Microsoft Office tools and programs for editing multimedia video
and sound clips.
- History and Literature -
Second Semester
- Archaeology and mythology will be studied as part
of a class investigation into the development of western civilization.
- Multimedia, animation, and video Production
- Students will rewrite and then produce their own
versions of popular myths, fairytales, and historic events using clay,
pipe cleaners, Legos, and other household bits and pieces as they
generate original animations.
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