Each student then assumed the role of the main character in their novel and wrote diary entries as that character. The group assembled these diary entries together and created a Web page based on their culture. To complete the project, students combined their newly honed artistic and technological skills to create a quilt . Their goal was to express how we are all part of a global community that must find commonalities in order to live peacefully together. The effectiveness of the project is most obvious in the students daily journal entries and the original artwork.
Students write with sensitivity and a newfound tolerance of differences with others.
In our classroom, derogatory remarks and insensitive jokes are now usually absent from conversations between students. We still occasionally hear remarks shouted out in the hallways, making it clear that our project needs to grow beyond the classroom walls. Sharon Hurwitz, a former English teacher, is the technology facilitator at Bethel High School in Hampton, Virginia. How to Help Copyright Information. All rights reserved.