 Human Geography: Hands-On, Community-Based, Service-Learning.
Thetford Academy l Steve Niederhauser l Social Studies Department
High schoool students work to map a community's heritage through oral histories. more |
An Oral History Unit
Peacham School l Cathy Browne
A standards-based unit using student intitiative to record local history from primary sources. more |
A Photographic History
Burke School l Amanda Burger, Michelle Parker, and Shari Ross l Grades 7-8
Students use photographs as an inspiring primary resource, part of an interdisciplinary unit on the Passumpsic River. more |
The Bread Oven: Discovering a Quebec Bread Oven
People's Academy l Van Carr l Foreign Language Teacher
Making and using a traditional Quebec bread oven to meet community needs. This project took place over a several year period of study and included an inquiry into the local French-Canadian population. more |
Our Community's Story
Washington Village School l Joelle Wheeler
Exploring the diversity of habitats and the interrelationships between humans and their environment. more |
Community of Purpose Work
Multiple VRP Sites l Susan Bonthron
The use of a "community of purpose" process has helped create the connection between the school and the community that became crucial to the school-community vision. more
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The Northern Revolutionary Campaign: Teaching History Connected to Place
Burke School l Susan Bonthron w/ Burke teachers l Grades 7-8
Walking in the footsteps of their Vermont ancestors, the students weren’t the only ones who will never forget this experience of living history. more |
Our People, Our Town: Change Over Time
Burke School l Tracie Surridge l Grade 4
Teaching a community unit on a shoe string budget. Firsthand exploration of students' local community. more |
First, Make Friends: Service-Learning at Thetford Academy
Thetford Academy l Grades K-12
"Think globally. Act locally." This prescription for change has gone beyond bumper-sticker sentiment. more |
The Westward Movement: Would I Move From Vermont?
Wardsboro School l Cynthia L. Sheehan l Grades 3 and 4
Covering the Westward Movement Era from the late 1840s until the 1890s and follows up nicely for the fourth graders in the classroom who also studied Vermont Native Americans and the colonial period in Vermont up to the Civil War. more |
Coming to America
Peacham School, Grades 5-6
A unit designed to assist students in understanding the concept of movement and settlement. The unit specifically deals with immigration to the United States during the early 1900’s. in this unit students also look at their own family history and migration to this country. more |
Roxana's Children
Peacham School
In partnership with Valleyquest, this unit established a "treasure hunt" that teaches and shares the environmental and cultural history of a place. more |
That Was Then, This Is Now
Burke School l Jessica Simpson and Tracie Surridge l Grade 4
A comparison study of agriculture and schooling in Vermont between 1800 and 2002. more |
Up, Down and Dirty
Exploring Birds and Amphibians in the Victory Bog more |
Physics Problem-Solving
Thetford Academy l Marc Chabot l Physics Teacher
Students work to create a prototypes of new devices or products that solve an educational or physical problem experienced by two intensive special needs students. Scientific principals are explored and applied. more |
Community Video Project
Newark School l Grades 7/8
Exploring community life through video, this year long unit engages middle school students in the production of a community video documenting place based learning. more |
Get a Life: Job Shadowing in the Community
Newark School l Grades 7/8
Each student works in a local organization one day a week for seven weeks. more |
Common Ground: A Therapy Dog Program
Newark School l Grades 7/8
Forging a relationship between students and older adults that also fosters relatons between the school and the community, in this case. It also addresses the area of student empowerment. more |
Zia Pueblo Student Exchange
Peacham School l Cathy Browne
Teacher's account of an exchange project between Zia Pueblo in New Mexico and Peacham School. more |
From One Room Schools to One New School
Walden School l Susan Bonthron
Walden teachers, students and community members learn about their own history while transitioning to a unified local school. more |
One-Room School Restoration and Reenactment Project
Cabot School l J. David Book l Cabot Heritage Teacher
Service-learning at it's best, a project run by high school students and enjoyed by area students through guided visits and reenactments. more |
Cultural Literacy
Peacham School
l Margaret McLean
Peacham School's efforts to connect school and community life. Peacham teachers have come to depend on their community volunteer partners through a shared effort to connect students the local culture and history. more |
Mini REAL
Peacham School
Real world problem solving, use of community resources, technology, and concern for the environment. more |
Project 540
People's Academy l Dorinne Dorfman l Individualized Studies
Student leadership in action. The Project 540 Leadership Team at Peoples Academy is a powerful force of students committed to make the school a great place to be and learn. more |
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