DISCOVERY PROJECTS: Classroom Projects

 

 

 

 

 

 

High School

• Al Calzini and Larry O'Connor, Middlebury Union High School
  

  Unit Topic: What Alternative Education Means to Me
  Unit Overview: Through the processes of interviewing, observation, community inquiry, and self reflection, students will explore the larger education community at MUHS as well as the smaller community in the Alternative Education Program. Students will use audio, video and photographic mediums as a means to document their findings. Final products will include presentations that can be shared with the larger ACSU community to better inform them about what the Alternative Education Program does and what it means for students who attend the program.
  
  Reflection: Calzini Reflection (PDF 12KB)
  Reflection: O'Connor Reflection (PDF 12KB)
  Unit Plan: Calzini/O'Connor Unit Plan (PDF 27KB)
  

• Lauren Kelley Parren, Kristen B. Farrell, and Scott Evan Beckwith - Mt Abraham Union High School
  

  Unit Topic: Being An Historian
  Unit Overview: Overview: Students will visit between two or three local farms to discover ways in which farming has changed from the past, present and future within Vermont. This will accompany a unit taught in English for the novel As Long As There Are Mountains by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock.
  
  Reflection: Beckwith Reflection (PDF 16KB)
  Reflection: Farrell Reflection (PDF 42KB)
  Reflection: Parren Reflection (PDF 55KB)
  Unit Plan: Beckwith, Farrell, Parren Unit Plan (PDF 86KB)
  

• Faith Scaramucci, Middlebury Union High School
  

  Unit Topic: Breaking Ground: Food On Our Table
  Unit Overview: : Students will develop a deeper understanding of the interrelationships created within our community through the ties of agriculture. By exploring the techniques of interviewing, digital photography and documentary video, students will explore the connections between families, community and environment to begin their vision of stewardship.
  
  Reflection: Scaramucci Reflection (PDF 25KB)
  Unit Plan: Scaramucci Unit Plan (PDF 47KB)
  

• Barbara Simoes, Mt Abraham Union High School
  

  Unit Topic: Discovering Self; Discovering Community
  Unit Overview: : Students will learn about self, family and community and the connection among all three through interview skills.
  
  Reflection: Simoes Reflection (PDF 10KB)
  Unit Plan: Simoes Unit Plan (PDF 15KB)