Projects

Bocca al Lupo

Bocca al Lupo is a card game designed to explore historical significance of people, places, and things from the European Renaissance.

Discovering our Roots

Discovering Our Roots: Building Wetaskiwin’s Story Together

Jam or Not a Jam

Jam or Not a Jam is a daily procedure we use in our classrooms to build literary analysis skills, take attendance, and soak up some good tunes!

Making Sense of Curriculum, or, How to Design a Year of Learning

Several projects designed for grade 7 Social Studies that reimagine an approach to teaching Canadian history in a more relevant and connected way

Manifesto Final Project

Our Manifesto project is our final project, where students create a one-minute film sharing what they believe to be true about life, humanity, and everything.

Mission: Mexica

In Mission Mexica, students are acting as secret agents called Pochteca (a Nahuatl word that referred to long-distance messengers, who also sometimes acted as spies), employed by The Empire Elite, an organization dedicated to repatriating stolen art and artefacts.

Mission: Mexica is a game-based approach to learning about worldviews before, during, and after the the Spanish conflict with the Mexica (Aztec) people in Mesoamerica.

Nihon no Okami

Nihon no Okami is an area-of-control game that simulates the Edo and Meiji periods in Japanese history

Room to Breathe

Room to Breathe is an approach to Language Arts that positions students as designers of their own learning.

Room to Breathe Round 1

Room to Breathe x The Modern Classrooms Project Round 1

Short Story Read Aloud

There are so many good reasons to read aloud in middle school. This short unit reinforces annotation skills and sets the stage for students to begin their choice novel study with confidence.

Studio Art Process

Students are empowered in noticing and adopting artistic behaviours as they make choices about their art process.

Winter Break Short Films
(Plot Analysis)

This fun pre-winter-break project lets students watch short films with a purpose—looking closely at how each one builds its plot through characters, conflict, and big moments.