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Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.

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How they can invoke change and a plan to do so

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How they can invoke change and a plan to do so

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https://my.pblworks.org/project/waiting-world-change

Look over your project card to learn about the details and requirements of your project!

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Students learn about political activism and actively engage in the political process in their community. After identifying a problem or an issue of concern, students write an issue statement about this challenge. They then design and implement an action plan that raises awareness and/or provides a solution to the problem.

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Students learn about political activism and actively engage in the political process in their community. After identifying a problem or an issue of concern, students write an issue statement about this challenge. They then design and implement an action plan that raises awareness and/or provides a solution to the problem.

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Look over this timeline and start thinking about the dates and events!

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A Time for Justice - A Civil Rights Timeline

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This timeline accompanies the film “America’s Civil Rights Movement: A Time for Justice.”

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Have fun completing the lesson activities and discussion questions with a partner!

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Watch this video and then discuss!

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"The ease of turn-in drew me into Floop but the Peer Review got me to stay. It makes life easier for me and my students because I can see everyone's work in one place and the peer review tool helps me identify the couple of students I really need to work with, while the other students are still getting feedback from their peers."

Shelley, 6th Grade Science

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"The ease of turn-in drew me into Floop but the Peer Review got me to stay. It makes life easier for me and my students because I can see everyone's work in one place and the peer review tool helps me identify the couple of students I really need to work with, while the other students are still getting feedback from their peers."

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Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.

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A Time for Justice - A Civil Rights Timeline

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This timeline accompanies the film “America’s Civil Rights Movement: A Time for Justice.”

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly

4-C5.0.3

Describe ways in which people can work together to promote the values and principles of American democracy.

ISTE Knowledge Constructor 1.3.d

Students build knowledge by actively exploring real world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.

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How have others and myself can contribute to making change?

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The Exit Ticket writing prompt and video.

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Activism

Action plan

Awareness

Contemporary

Community

Democracy

Engage

Implement

Issue statement

Political system

Protest

Social movement

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The students will produce a presentation with well-researched, well-thought and developed issue within their community and how they can create change with their little, but mighty voices.

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Your gateway to the very best in Project Based Learning, no matter where you are in your PBL journey. Here, you will find a growing set of resources to help you design and implement powerful learning in your classroom.

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A lot of technology tools can support PBL-which ones work well for remote online learning?

This week PBLWorks conducted a webinar for teachers to learn about seven tech tools that they can use to engage students online in high-quality Project Based Learning. Another important goal of the workshop was to connect participants with other teachers who are learning how to facilitate PBL online.

PBLWorks has started presenting these free webinars this month to help educators who are keeping the PBL flame alive during this time of pandemic and school closures. Many of the participants are now doing projects with their students online. Others are planning to, or just want to be prepared and continue their own professional development around PBL. We'll continue presenting one webinar per week this spring.

Our webinars have been meticulously planned by a team of PBLWorks staff. The host is Antoinette Magee, and working behind the scenes are Cris Waldfogel and tech moderator Kristy Wagner - kudos to them all for a job well done. Even with hundreds of participants and a short preparation window, the 75-minute event went off without a hitch. I joined as a participant and saw the chat comments on Zoom, where the webinar earned high praise.

The webinar featured the use of breakout rooms, a novel experience that was welcomed by participants from all across the US and around the world.

We were asked twice to join breakout rooms to discuss what we were learning; one of mine included three teachers, from Minnesota, Iowa, and Nigeria.

Each webinar features another PBLWorks staff member or two as presenters. This week it was Dinah Becton-Consuegra and Sally Kingston, who explained the 7 Essential Project Design Elements in our model of Gold Standard PBL and introduced tech tools teachers can use to support each element. Participants watched a video of the March Through Nashville project and in the breakout rooms discussed how they could use the tech tools in a project like it if they were the teacher.

Here are our favorite tech tools for each of the 7 Essential Project Design Elements...

7. Public Product. Soundtrap & Book Creator

You can find more information and a recording of the webinar on our website.

Each webinar is presented twice a week. Registration for upcoming webinars is filling up fast, so check them out soon!

Next week's webinar is titled How to Adapt a Gold Standard Project for Online Learning. Our presenter will be staff member Krystal Diaz, who will show teachers how to convert a sample project idea from the PBLWorks collection of project cards to an online format, with step-by-step guidance. See you there!

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PBLWorks Webinar Recap: 7 Tech Tools to Support Online PBL

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A report on a free webinar presented by PBLWorks to support teachers during school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Students generate a list of need to knows. What do learners need to know to successfully answer the driving question?

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Students generate a list of need to knows. What do learners need to know to successfully answer the driving question?

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What students participating in this project will need to know are as follows: