They have in the past presented a large written report and finish with a parent-attended presentation of food, music, or other aspects of the country chosen by the student. GIS mapping will be added to this project to show thematic mapping of specific data added to a spreadsheet by students, plus hot links to images, music, and text about the country. When the student completes the work, a picture and paragraph about the author will also be hot linked to the map. A second project for the other sixth grade class will be identifying voting patterns for the failed additional high school bond. Voting and census data will be used together.
Students brainstorm strategies for passing the bond in the upcoming election.