7th Grade: Kids and Communities
Driving Question:
With my knowledge of childcare, nutrition, and textiles, I can design an appropriate care package for a child of a specific age?
Project Summary:
Kids everywhere love to receive a care package! Students will learn about child development in order to create age-appropriate gift bags for area youth. Each student will plan to fill a handmade bag with: hand-made toys addressing intellectual and physical development, a storybook, and a recipe booklet, etc.
*Checkpoint means a grade will be entered for that section of the project.
Week 1:
Course introduction, course power point, and internet hunt.
Week 2:
Examples of stories, review types of stories.
Brainstorm story ideas.
Three ideas due by end of class.
Week 3:
Brainstorm story ideas.
Three ideas due by end of class.
*Check point.
Week 4:
Tile and first two pages of story work.
Week 5:
Tile and first two pages of story work.
*Check point.
Week 6:
Last three pages of book.
Week 7:
Last three pages of book.
*Check point.
Week 8:
Illustrate book and finishing touches on book.
Week 9:
Illustrate book and finishing touches on book.
*Check point.
Week 10:
Make fleece blanket
Week 11:
Make fleece blanket.
Week 12:
Make fleece blanket.
*Checkpoint
Week 13:
Make a night time recipe card.
Week 14:
Make a night time recipe card.
*Checkpoint
Week 15:
Make bag.
Week 16:
Cooking.
Week 17:
Cooking.
Week 18:
Present book, blanket, bag and
Driving Question:
With my knowledge of childcare, nutrition, and textiles, I can design an appropriate care package for a child of a specific age?
Project Summary:
Kids everywhere love to receive a care package! Students will learn about child development in order to create age-appropriate gift bags for area youth. Each student will plan to fill a handmade bag with: hand-made toys addressing intellectual and physical development, a storybook, and a recipe booklet, etc.
*Checkpoint means a grade will be entered for that section of the project.
Week 1:
Course introduction, course power point, and internet hunt.
Week 2:
Examples of stories, review types of stories.
Brainstorm story ideas.
Three ideas due by end of class.
Week 3:
Brainstorm story ideas.
Three ideas due by end of class.
*Check point.
Week 4:
Tile and first two pages of story work.
Week 5:
Tile and first two pages of story work.
*Check point.
Week 6:
Last three pages of book.
Week 7:
Last three pages of book.
*Check point.
Week 8:
Illustrate book and finishing touches on book.
Week 9:
Illustrate book and finishing touches on book.
*Check point.
Week 10:
Make fleece blanket
Week 11:
Make fleece blanket.
Week 12:
Make fleece blanket.
*Checkpoint
Week 13:
Make a night time recipe card.
Week 14:
Make a night time recipe card.
*Checkpoint
Week 15:
Make bag.
Week 16:
Cooking.
Week 17:
Cooking.
Week 18:
Present book, blanket, bag and