The Legacy Project:
A legacy is a selflessly left contribution to community and society that forever leaves an impression. Legacies of any size can leave a lasting impression on the world around us. This week we will be discussing the semester final which is a service learning assignment in which students will commit to a minimum of 24 hours of service work that, in effect, makes a positive impact on the community/environment.
MONDAY, 10/3
Bell Work
- Wellness Workout
- 5 minute guided Wellness Workout
Class Work
- Intro to The Legacy Project
- Watch the documentary: "I Am" directed by Tom Shadyac
- I AM is an utterly engaging and entertaining non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what’s wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better? The filmmaker behind the inquiry is Tom Shadyac, one of Hollywood’s leading comedy practitioners and the creative force behind such blockbusters as “Ace Ventura,” “Liar Liar,” “The Nutty Professor,” and “Bruce Almighty.” However, in I AM, Shadyac steps in front of the camera to recount what happened to him after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good. Though he ultimately recovered, he emerged with a new sense of purpose, determined to share his own awakening to his prior life of excess and greed, and to investigate how he as an individual, and we as a race, could improve the way we live and walk in the world.
- Questions to consider:
- Consider and reflect on the documentary's correlating questions: What is wrong with our world and what can we do to make it better?
- What is Tom's great revelation?
- What are your thoughts?
- Questions to consider:
- I AM is an utterly engaging and entertaining non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what’s wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better? The filmmaker behind the inquiry is Tom Shadyac, one of Hollywood’s leading comedy practitioners and the creative force behind such blockbusters as “Ace Ventura,” “Liar Liar,” “The Nutty Professor,” and “Bruce Almighty.” However, in I AM, Shadyac steps in front of the camera to recount what happened to him after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good. Though he ultimately recovered, he emerged with a new sense of purpose, determined to share his own awakening to his prior life of excess and greed, and to investigate how he as an individual, and we as a race, could improve the way we live and walk in the world.
- Watch the documentary: "I Am" directed by Tom Shadyac
TUESDAY, 10/4
Bell Work
- Wellness Workout
- 5 minute guided Wellness Workout
Class Work
- Intro to The Legacy Project
- Finish watching the documentary: "I Am" directed by Tom Shadyac
- Watch "Tom Shadyac Talks to Google"
- Legacy Project Overview
legacy_project_overview.docx |
WEDNESDAY, 10/5
Bell Work
Class Work
Bell Work
- Wellness Workout
- 5 minute guided Wellness Workout
Class Work
- Introduction to The Legacy Project
- Brainstorm Sesh: How can we change the world?
- Teens Changing the World
- Google Thinks...
- MTV: 9 Teens Changing the World
- 9 Stories Made By and About Young People Making a Difference
- 6 Teenagers Changing the World
- Teens Making a Difference
- Choose any 3 links and read the correlating articles. For each article, pick a person that you find remarkable. Describe who her or she is and why he or she is significant.
- Teens Changing the World
- Brainstorm Sesh: How can we change the world?
THURSDAY, 10/6
Bell Work
Class Work
Bell Work
- Wellness Workout
- 5 minute guided Wellness Workout
Class Work
- Introduction to The Legacy Project
- Finish Brainstorm Sesh and Share-out
- Assignment Overview
- Assignment Expectations
- Proposal Examples
legacy_project_semester_1_final.docx |
legacy_notes_example_1.pdf |
legacy_notes_example_2.pdf |
student_proposal_example.docx |
legacy_project_example_1.pdf |
FRIDAY, 10/7
Bell Work
Class Work
Bell Work
- Wellness Workout
- 5 minute guided Wellness Workout
Class Work
- Introduction to The Legacy Project
- Project Idea Brainstorm
- Establish your purpose
- Research and Findings
- Project Idea Brainstorm