Educators from Manor New Technology High School in Manor, Texas, part of the New Tech Network of schools, have provided these resources and tools for project-based learning.
May 23, 2012 close modal Credit: Zachary Fink
English teacher Mary Mobley (at computer) shared the PBL resources and tools she and her teaching partner created for their sophomore world studies project featuring the novel "The Hunger Games".
The Hunger Games Project Documents
Below are sample project-based learning documents from teachers Mary Mobley (English) and Michael Chambers (world history) of Manor New Technology High School in Manor, Texas. They team-teach a sophomore world studies class. These documents were used for their "Controlling Factors" project, a three-week project in which students learned about the global economic crisis of the pre-World War II era, how it led to the rise of totalitarianism, and the societal moral dilemmas that arose out of those conditions, and then drew parallels to similar fictional themes in the novel The Hunger Games. (Read more about it in the Step-by-Step Guide to the Best Projects.)
Project Form - completed for Hunger Games project
When Manor New Tech teachers create a project they must first submit a project planning form. The form was created as a guide for teachers by the Buck Institute for Education.
Project Calendar - completed for Hunger Games project
The project calendar lays out the state standards covered, objectives, and deliverables due for each day of the project from the entry event through the final project presentations.
The entry event is used to engage and motivate the students when the project is introduced. This video was created by Mobley and Chambers as the entry event for the Controlling Factors project.
Rubric - completed for Hunger Games project
