The Grade 8 EXPO is the culminating project for students in the Middle School. It is a cross-curricular unit encompassing the core and exploratory subjects.
The project is based on three Enduring Understandings:
Change - Students will understand that change includes environmental, political, social, religious and economic transformations
Interdependence - Students will understand that decisions or actions can have an impact on other people or nations
Identity - Students will understand how people define themselves and their place in the world as well as how they are defined by others
The Essential Questions vary by subject but can be viewed on the EXPO 2008 blog by click on the subject pages. You can see how the project is organized below.
In an ambitious online twist, student work will largely be posted through student blogs. There will be approximately 40 student blogs and they will all follow the same notation.
expo2008COUNTRYNAME.edublogs.org
Students will post assignments and write about current events in the assigned country regularly. The project will finish with the highly anticipated EXPO day where Elementary and Middle School students are invited to experience the countries of EXPO. Stay tuned for more details about signing up for class visits.
