Category Archives: #PBL #StudentCentered

The Shadow King Podcast

Posted on March 4, 2021 by amethystmckenzie

Nearing the end of winter term, final papers are common across many classes. Creating a podcast with this lit group allowed for discussion. This podcast was great because the groupwork and collaboration for the month of February enabled deep discussion. Hearing … Continue reading →

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Student Podcast on This Mournable Body

Posted on March 3, 2021 by msantopietro

Last Week, Max and I created a podcast, discussing Tsitsi Dangaremba’s novel, This Mournable Body.  In the podcast, we discussed the lack of care for the black female body, and how this uniquely effects the mental health of black women in a postcolonial world. We discussed the effect that … Continue reading →

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Eyes All Around: Perspectives in and about Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Posted on March 3, 2021 by 21slc

In Real Life, a coming-of-age novel by Brandon Taylor, readers are presented with the character of Wallace, a graduate student studying Biochemistry and faring the obstacles of his and his friends’ approaching adulthood. In traditional bildungsroman form, Wallace undergoes a series of events throughout the course of a weekend that leaves him searching … Continue reading →

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Relationships in Real Life by Brandon Taylor: Wallace’s Pursuit of Happiness

Posted on March 2, 2021 by normanslate

We used the song “Pursuit of Happiness” by Kid Cudi for two reasons.  The first reason being Kid Cudi’s close relation to the novel. Kid Cudi will be assuming the lead role of Wallace in a television adaptation of the novel. The … Continue reading →

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Keeping it Real: A Podcast on Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Posted on March 2, 2021 by daviswarren2

To conclude our PBL project, we took to the mic and created a podcast centered around our discussions of Brandon Taylor’s Real Life. Listen to it here on Soundcloud.

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Women, Power, and The Shadow King

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Dan Ennis

In our English class, we read the novel, The Shadow King, by Maaza Mengiste. This book focuses on the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and the roles the Ethiopian females played in it. Following the completion of our single paragraph prose’s about … Continue reading →

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Student Podcast Unpacking War, Violence, Class and Gender in The Shadow King

Posted on March 1, 2021 by 21wschmitz

The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste focuses on the bloody Italian invasion of Ethiopia. A realistic depiction of war, the novel includes scenes of brutal violence against men, women, and children—soldiers and civilians. One character specifically, Kidane, is personally forced to grapple with the horrors and consequences of the war.   Although most of the characters in Maaza Mengiste’s The Shadow King come … Continue reading →

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Burnt Sugar Podcast- Three Major Relationships

Posted on March 1, 2021 by 21kbros

After reading the short list booker prize novel, Burnt Sugar, by Avni Doshi, our Lit Circle was compelled to share our thoughts in this podcast. Our goal was to take the listener through the journey of the story and explore … Continue reading →

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An Appreciation of Sonnet XXIX Through Emojis

Posted on March 5, 2020 by acaine13

Here, I’ve used emojis in a video format to break down each line of Sonnet XXIX. This exercise helped me gain a better understanding of the poem whenever I attempted to choose an emoji that best fit the authorial intent … Continue reading →

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Let’s Celebrate Divergent Thinking!

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Bill Sullivan

Do you see how one thing these two thinkers have in common about explaining divergent thinking involves school? With that in mind, let’s leave behind your school brain and enjoy this moment to foster a new cognitive skill that helps … Continue reading →

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