History

=**History**=

Using the following format, please add your PBL content.
 * 1) **Title:** In **BOLD**, please put the name of your project.
 * 2) **Name:** Please add your name.
 * 3) **Subject/Course:** Please provide the subject(s) covered.
 * 4) **Driving/Essential Question:** Please provide the project's essential question.
 * 5) **Objectives:** Please **bullet** 3-5 objectives of the project.
 * 6) **Planning Documents:** Using the "file" button in the tool bar above, after completing each of the items (1-5 AND 1-3), attach your planning documents to the wiki.
 * 7) **Example of Student Work:** Optional but desired. If you have a sample of student work, please add the file.


 * Reflective Questions:** For the project, please answer the following three reflective questions based on what you learned when completing the projects with your students.
 * 1) What went well with project?
 * 2) What did not go well?
 * 3) What will I change next time?


 * PLEASE LEAVE THE ABOVE FORMAT GUIDELINES AND ADD YOUR TWO PROJECTS BELOW USING THE FORMAT OUTLINED ABOVE.**

**Personal Narrative Project**

 * Name: ** ** Brandon Hartley, Chris English **
 * Subject/Course: ** English I, Global Studies I
 * Driving/Essential Question: ** How can one event define an individual?
 * Objectives: **
 * **understand components of personal narrative**
 * **increase receptive and expressive communication skills**
 * **develop voice, tone, and appropriate narrative skills**
 * **develop familiarity with audio software and production**
 * **develop peer editing skills**


 * Planning Documents: **

What went well with project? The students developed a strong sense of peer community. They took a lot of ownership in developing their personal narratives
 * Reflective Questions: **

What did not go well? Finding time for final production. We have all of the files, but need time to edit them all into one cohesive product, rather than all individual files

What will I change next time? Schedule time with audio production students so that the teacher does not have to do the editing.


 * Personal Narrative Project**
 * Name: ** ** Brandon Hartley **
 * Subject/Course: ** Global Studies II
 * Driving/Essential Question: ** How accurate is the portrayal of your chosen civilization in the game, Civilization V?
 * Objectives: **
 * **self-directed research of a global civilization featured in the program**
 * **critically assess the historicity of the civilization featured**
 * **design a visually appealing and information rich website about the culture**
 * **create an entertaining and creative Imovie about the analysis of the culture**
 * **pull all products together into a high-quality website**


 * Planning Documents: **

What went well with project? Students wrestled with perfecting a group collaborative project. Numerous revisions led to a highly refined final product. Students learned how to work effectively in groups.
 * Reflective Questions: **

What did not go well? The website design tool was still not ideal. Students had too much power over each others websites and could have potentially messed up each other's pages.

What will I change next time? We will familiarize ourselves with the software earlier, compress the project into one quarter, have a great emphasis on the peer revision.


 * Campus Buildings photography Project **
 * Name: ** **Luke Austin**
 * Subject/Course: ** Early American History
 * Driving/Essential Question: ** How do you photograph a building?
 * Objectives: **
 * ** Learn the proper use of a digital camera **
 * ** Become familiar with the techniques of architectural photography **
 * ** Use editing software **
 * ** Work within a group **



What went well with project? We produced some quality photographs of the school’s buildings. Many of the groups meshed well and worked effectively.
 * Reflective Questions: **

What did not go well? Some of the groups did not mesh well and did not make effective use of their time.

What will I change next time? I have no immediate plans to reproduce this project. We are moving on to different phases of the digital history project.

How can we compile a public and sustainable digital repository for the history of Wasatch Academy? >
 * WArchive **
 * Name: ** Jason Friedman
 * Subject/Course: ** Modern American History
 * Driving/Essential Question: **
 * Objectives: **
 * Compile a digital, sustainable, and public history of Wasatch Academy.
 * Conduct oral interviews to compile the history of Wasatch Academy alumni during founders weekend.
 * ** To work within a group **

Here's a better link to my timeilne .. This one is more realisitic and reflects what I actually did when this year. https://docs.google.com/a/wasatchacademy.org/document/d/1tUNWoxiKUFEeteV4kGyXeKJqGqIPkUawczsQ7pxXu28/edit

What went well with project? We produced hours of media and set the stage for the same project next year and additional tangential spin-off projects.
 * Reflective Questions: **

What did not go well? Logistics is 20/20 hindsight. For example, always check you have a tape in the camera.

What will I change next time? My calendar was very dynamic this year. I would definitely try to shore that up in the future.


 * Archive Research Project **
 * Name: ** **Luke Austin**
 * Subject/Course: ** Early American History
 * Driving/Essential Question: ** What is the history of Wasatch Academy’s buildings?
 * Objectives: **
 * To use the school’s archives
 * ** To research information on the school’s buildings **
 * ** To properly document the information found in the archives and elsewhere **
 * ** To work within a group **



What went well with project? We produced many good annotated bibliographies and histories. Many of the groups meshed well and worked effectively.
 * Reflective Questions: **

What did not go well? Time management among some of the groups became a problem.

What will I change next time? More time allotted to complete the project.

**Sensations and Perceptions Group Project**

 * Name: ** ** Jonelle Larsen **


 * Subject/Course: ** AP Psychology


 * Driving/Essential Question: ** How do sensations and perceptions affect what we know and understand?


 * Objectives: **
 * Apply learned knowledge of psychology concepts to further learning, research, and teaching
 * Work within a group
 * Use additional resources (besides textbook) for research purposes and incorporate into presentations
 * Learning through teaching
 * Create a reliable and valid assessment instrument of information presented (quiz)
 * Present a quality final project (visual, audible, content, assessment instruments - see attached project guideline)


 * Planning Documents:**

[[file:Group presentations.docx]]

 * Reflective Questions:**
 * 1) What went well with project? This project went well in all aspects. Students used their time and resources well, and produced quality presentations.
 * 2) What did not go well? All groups failed to include quizzes and bibliographies, according to the instructions.
 * 3) What will I change next time? I will require each group to turn in a rough draft of all materials two days before the final presentations are due.