Final Project

        Ulysses S. Grant                                                                Mary Todd Lincoln

                 Al Capone                                                                    Miles Davis


My final project before I left was having the students research and create a model of a famous person that was related to Illinois's history at point or another. I was so thrilled with how the models turned out! They were so cute and I was so happy that they were excited to share them with the class.
In addition to their model, they had been using the iPads to do research about their person for two weeks on www.wikipedia.com and www.encyclopedia.com. After finishing up their research they then had to turn their research into a paper with an introduction, detailed facts, and a conclusion. Then they all took turns giving an oral presentation to the class. The whole project ended up being 40 points, and an additional 10 points where they did a peer-assessment of four students from the class.
(P.S. the darling two people to my left are John Dewey and Joseph Smith!)