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We'll be using Makerspace to construct our projects. It's a space where we can work hands on and deep dive into the resources available to us.

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Project Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects.

Project Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects.

In Project Based Learning, teachers make learning come alive for students.

Students work on a project over an extended period of time - from a week up to a semester - that engages them in solving a real-world problem or answering a complex question. They demonstrate their knowledge and skills by creating a public product or presentation for a real audience.

As a result, students develop deep content knowledge as well as critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills. Project Based Learning unleashes a contagious, creative energy among students and teachers.

And in case you were looking for a more formal definition...

Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging, and complex question, problem, or challenge.

Watch Project Based Learning in Action

These 7-10 minute videos show the Gold Standard PBL model in action, capturing the nuts and bolts of a PBL unit from beginning to end.

This project features teacher Rayhan Ahmed at Leaders High School in Brooklyn, NY, with his 11th grade chemistry class.

This project features Kimberly Head-Trotter of McKissack Middle School, in Nashville, TN, with her 6th grade ELA/History class.

This project features teacher Cheryl Bautista of Katherine Smith Elementary School, San Jose, CA and her third graders.

How does PBL differ from "doing a project"?

PBL is becoming widely used in schools and other educational settings, with different varieties being practiced. However, there are key characteristics that differentiate "doing a project" from engaging in rigorous Project Based Learning.

We find it helpful to distinguish a "dessert project" - a short, intellectually-light project served up after the teacher covers the content of a unit in the usual way - from a "main course" project, in which the project is the unit. In Project Based Learning, the project is the vehicle for teaching the important knowledge and skills student need to learn. The project contains and frames curriculum and instruction.

In contrast to dessert projects, PBL requires critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and various forms of communication. To answer a driving question and create high-quality work, students need to do much more than remember information. They need to use higher-order thinking skills and learn to work as a team.
Learn more about "dessert" projects vs PBL
The gold standard for high-quality PBL

To help ensure your students are getting the main course and are engaging in quality Project Based Learning, PBLWorks promotes a research-informed model for "Gold Standard PBL."

The Gold Standard PBL model encompasses two useful guides for educators:

1) Seven Essential Project Design Elements provide a framework for developing high quality projects for your classroom, and

2) Seven Project Based Teaching Practices help teachers, schools, and organizations improve, calibrate, and assess their practice.

The Gold Standard PBL model aligns with the High Quality PBL Framework. This framework describes what students should be doing, learning, and experiencing in a good project. Learn more at HQPBL.org.

Yes, we provide PBL training for educators!

PBLWorks offers a variety of workshops, courses and services for teachers, school and district leaders, and instructional coaches to get started and advance their practice with Project Based Learning.
Learn more

This project features teacher Rayhan Ahmed at Leaders High School in Brooklyn, NY, with his 11th grade chemistry class.

This project features Kimberly Head-Trotter of McKissack Middle School, in Nashville, TN, with her 6th grade ELA/History class.

This project features teacher Cheryl Bautista of Katherine Smith Elementary School, San Jose, CA and her third graders.

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Project Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects. Project Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects.

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We will have a designated space to spread out and work. As needs arise, we will make arrangements for those who need to utilize different spaces necessary to create final projects. Materials will be provided to use while working in makerspace.

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This is a space where our project information and resources will be housed. The purpose it to allow for you to visually see and access the important things you will need throughout the project.

As you scroll right you will see each column is labeled to help you quickly and easily find what you're looking for. Below is a table of contents to assist you in the development of your project.

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1. What is Project Based Learning?
2. Project Information
- Driving Question
- Entry Event
- Project Calendar
- Project Rubric
3. What do we need?
- Write here what questions and information we need, along with what we already know.
4. Project Teams
- List of project teams
- Team Contract
5. Makerspace Resources
6. Content Resources
7. Concept Maps
8. Narrative Resources
9. Presentation Resources

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1. Skit
2. Slam/Spoken word Poetry
3. Public Service Announcement

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What are Public Service Announcements (PSA)?

Crash test dummies
Super Bowl Ad: Domestic Violence
Don't Text and Drive

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LOL! I remember this ad! I actually still have it recorded on an old tape from when my mother recorded, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" on ABC. I thought it was a bit creepy at first, but then later (as a little kid) I'd start reenacting it with other food products during dinner.

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What do we need to know to answer the driving question or what questions do we have?

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What do we need to know to answer the driving question or what questions do we have?

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- What is conflict?
- What types of conflict happened in the 20/21st Centuries?
- Whose narrative?
- What resources will we have?
- What will we do with the information we gather?

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What do we already know that will help us answer the driving question?

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What do we already know that will help us answer the driving question?

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-Interview Techniques
-Mock interview instructions
-Ice breakers
-Sample interview videos
-Transcribing Interviews
-Writing narratives
-Workshop/Peer review
-Tips for collaboration
-Critical Friends

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By examining the narratives of those who were affected by conflict during the 20th and 21st Centuries, how can we define what it means to be an American?

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Anchorvideo (storyboard)

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Explore Poetry
6 tips for writing an ode
How to write an ode
Pen & Pad: How to write an ode

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Amir Safi - An Ode to Whataburger @WANPOETRY (TGS 2015)

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Martin Luther King Jr. Online - Speeches, Pictures, Quotes, Biography & Videos for Teachers, Students and Fans

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A public domain Martin Luther King Jr. resource site featuring Speeches, Videos, Pictures, Quotes, Biography, Quick Facts and Trivia.

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Canva- great for creating storyboards
Green screen (for video background)
Video Equipment