Students write and perform their own Greek tragedy.

Students write and perform their own Greek tragedy based on city states and Ancient Greek history

Indigenous creation myth story board: Creating a digital storyboard for an Indigenous creation myth is a powerful way to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day through visual storytelling and cultural research. Choose Your Creation MythSelect a specific story to research, ensuring you credit the correct tribe. Common Indigenous creation myths for middle school projects include: The Earth on Turtle’s Back (Iroquois/Haudenosaunee): A Sky Woman falls from the heavens and is saved by animals who place mud on a great turtle's back to create North America.The First Fire (Cherokee): Animals work together to bring fire to the world, with the small water spider eventually succeeding by weaving a bowl of mud to carry a coal. Raven and the Light (Pacific Northwest Tribes): The trickster Raven steals the sun and moon from a greedy chief to bring light to the world. The Four Worlds (Navajo/Diné): The journey of the first people as they travel through four different worlds to reach the current Earth. Story board that.com

Dream catchers, Origin: They originated with the Ojibwe (Chippewa) people of the Great Lakes region. The traditional name is asubakacin ("net-like"). The Legend: The story often features the Spider Woman (Asibaikaashi), who acted as a protector for the tribe. Mothers and grandmothers wove these "Sacred Hoops" to protect infants and children from nightmares.Symbolism of Parts: The Hoop: Represents the circle of life.The Web: Modeled after a spider's web to catch bad dreams while letting good dreams through the center.The Feathers: Act as a "fluffy ladder" allowing good dreams to descend to the sleeper.Beads: Can represent the spider itself or good dreams that have been caught. Project Instructions (Paper Plate Method) This version is cost-effective and suitable for a classroom setting: Materials: Paper plates, yarn/twine, hole punch, markers, beads, and feathers.

Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan) coil pot projects for middle school focus on traditional coiling, scraping, and decorating techniques, typically involving constructing an 8-inch vessel using clay snakes to build walls and using slip-and-score for bonding. Students learn to create functional or decorative shapes like Mimbres bowls or jars, often leaving coils visible for texture.

Southwest Colorado, Mesa Verde, ancestral puebloans Comparing and interpreting history Comparing sources, past vs. present, contributions Broader community/region history, diverse contributions

Pollinationor Group Research Project for 2nd grade, aligned with EL Education Module 3 curriculum. The whole project takes about 2 months, with this Research Board as the end product. Be creative (STEAM), child friendly, systematic (weekly goals), and rigorous (formative and summative assessment, rubric, data track and ongoing analyze). They will research on the plants topic first to build up the foundations of different parts of plants, functions, life cycles through Non-fiction reading, and then research on several common/focused pollinators such as different bees, butterflies, bats, birds, bugs etc. using the reading texts from the EL curriculum. Integrate technology and hands-on experience to support their learning (I will have them create their research board, present, record and make digital version on their BookCreator).

We want to create an ambassador program at our school that is student-led and for introducing and welcoming new students to our school community.