What School Can Be
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Documentary
  • Connect

One of My Students Convicted of a Felony!

10/27/2014

0 Comments

 
My students made the news today when they took over the local courthouse. It was all part of one of our authentic projects.

Far more in depth than a simple mock trial project, students ran their own criminal investigation of a fake crime committed on school grounds. They worked with local police, the County Attorney, and a District Judge. Two students were “arrested” and will stood trial at the courthouse. They were prosecuted and defended by a team of peer lawyers in front of a jury of 10th grade American Government students.


Read the whole story on KTVO

Teacher Vandalizes Student Art!

On October 6th, I told my students that they were doing a painting project. The students were to create 4x8 foot murals that would go on display in the local Arts and Convention Center. Additional, the local Art's Association was awarding the school a $12,000 grant to do this. The students were broken into small groups and got painting. In one day, they accomplished an amazing amount of work. However, the whole “painting project” was a front for the real project.

That night I, their beloved teacher, spray painted graffiti and other school appropriate vandalism over their murals. The next morning students discovered what had been done. The head of my school, totally in on the project, came in and lead a discussion about what was done. They discussed how it felt being victims of a crime. Then the students were told  the true purpose of the project. We emphasized the importance of holding onto the empathetic feelings they might have toward other victims of crimes and to remember to never blame victims for what happens to them.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Watch the Mini-Documentary

    Picture

    Picture

    Archives

    August 2016
    April 2016
    July 2015
    June 2015
    December 2014
    October 2014

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture

Creative Commons License
What School Can Be by Richard Incorvia is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.