"Renaissance Faire"
Team Proposal
Sixth Grade Teachers: Toni Greer, Donna
Holinga and Melissa Netznik
Our third quarter theme in sixth grade at Lincoln School is entitled "Renaissance: Rebirth to Revolution." The students' culminating project will be to compile research gathered in each subject area and present a Renaissance Faire by portraying the characters and events from that time period.
Our project will focus on the gathering of information for the Renaissance Faire in each subject area. Students will rotate through a series of research stations utilizing a variety of technological and print resources in each content area.
Social Studies is the anchor subject for this theme. Students are assigned topics which they will research in stations. These stations include such resources as: Internet, Reference CD-ROMs, Print Materials, LaserDiscs, Videos and Film Strips.
In math and science, students will be researching mathematicians and scientists from this time period. The research stations will again utilize Internet, Reference CD-ROMs and Print Materials.
Throughout the quarter, we are able to incorporate language arts into our thematic unit by reading various novels from this time period. At the end of the unit, students will be creating scripts for the Faire in language arts to present the information they have gathered during research.
This information will also become part of a
student-created Internet site which will display the research, as
well as pictures, and will serve as a site for future reference.
Our team's project is the Renaissance Faire (as described in Toni Greer's team proposal--See this proposal for our description). My individual role in this project is described in the science portion. I will lead my science classes through a series of research stations in which students will research scientists from the time period.These stations will include the internet, reference CD-ROMs, and printed materials.
My role is also that of the language arts teacher. During this time students will complete scripts from the point of view of characters from the Renaissance time period. These will then be presented at the Renaissance Faire.While preparing for the faire, each teacher also is assigned several "expert groups," which are made up of students from both sixth grade teams. Each teacher works with that group in preparing back drops, costumes, and practicing scripts.
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