Our first major unit (excluding the politics of Puerto Rico and the basics of geographic features) happened to be the topic of "deportes" (not deportees) meaning sports- and our final test was probably the most hilariously insane project ever to be designed. In the words of our "instructor", "Design me a sport. Then make a presentation on its rules, regulations, and resources needed". What was insane about this was not the instructions, it was who she gave it to- three impossibly immature and possibly insane eighth graders. For example:
"Objects needed for playing: 1 puck, one court, water, 4 narwhals and 8 unicorns."
It didn't say we had to be realistic, right?
Ah well. It was definitely an improvement over many of the more boring projects we have done. I prefer the ability to actually talk to an audience over to a computer, and the ability to be creative with what we create. This was one of the only school projects which my group actually put in considerable effort, creating a map of made-up countries in which the sport was popular and even drawing up imaginary famous teams of the sport. A model learning lesson, indeed. The last straw in the hat for our first unit, ingraining the concept of sports in Spain permanently (until, of course, the final exam whereupon we all forgot everything).
The presentation is linked here.
It didn't say we had to be realistic, right?
Ah well. It was definitely an improvement over many of the more boring projects we have done. I prefer the ability to actually talk to an audience over to a computer, and the ability to be creative with what we create. This was one of the only school projects which my group actually put in considerable effort, creating a map of made-up countries in which the sport was popular and even drawing up imaginary famous teams of the sport. A model learning lesson, indeed. The last straw in the hat for our first unit, ingraining the concept of sports in Spain permanently (until, of course, the final exam whereupon we all forgot everything).
The presentation is linked here.
