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Open Door 7th
Grade:
Period 6
- 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- Students will research primary historical
documents and create original presentations that demonstrate their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.
- American Government
- Students will study American Government as part of
a study of the 2006 Congressional election.
- The class will also examine the Bill of Rights and
the three branches of the Federal government.
- Business Economics and Civics
- The class plans to study small business, economics
and advertising. Students will create and run a mock company. Students
will design commercials and ad campaigns, keep track of production
expenses, and promote sales while evaluating their company’s progress.
- Computer Science & Technology
- Students will be introduced to structured
programming with Visual Basic and/or Web Page design using
Microsoft’s Front Page. Students will integrate their studies of
Science into an original computer based project.
- 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
- United States History and relevant historical
fiction will be integrated in a fast paced survey of American history
from the Colonial period through the end of the Civil War.
- Modern Communications and Video Production
- Once again, students will have the opportunity to
explore video production equipment. Script writing, stage production,
costume design, audio selection, and video construction will be explored
by students creating original video documentaries that demonstrate their
knowledge of the semester’s study of a select theme in American history.
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