There is so much I have been learning this week in EDTEACH 542. I decided to work with my fellow classmate Tim on the PBL project since he is a 6-12 social studies teacher. During my time of research this week I was able to find and analyze the 21st Century Skills Standards that we will be using in our project. I am familiar with state and AECT standards so this was new for me.
I am hoping that PBL will work in my classroom. I think it works well with my teaching style, but the challenge will come with my time management in my planning. Since a lot of PBLs are at least two weeks and most chapters I complete in one week, I will need to figure out how to use them in my curriculum.
As for our project we went back and forth on various world history concepts and project ideas. We settled on the Cold War because of its connection to today's world. As history teachers we both enjoy literature and feel that our project can also include language arts. Tim had a great idea for a book he has used as a starter and I had a novel my middle school students have read to give perspective of what it was like growing up in Soviet occupied Berlin. Another aspect we plan on working into our project is an interview with someone (parents, grandparent, neighbor, etc.) who lived during the Cold War. Overall, the goal of our project is to have the students understand how growing up in a particular county can affect their lives.
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