Project-Based Learning

Project-Based Learning                                                                                  Sylvia Beauchain

Project Theme and goals

This project is called “Charity Fashion Week” and the goal is for junior high students to design their own publicity, create fashion, and raise money for boys and girls school scholarships in Uganda, Africa. (I run a charity so students can smoothly connect globally through local partners in Africa and help guide students research. (website chiki.life  youtube: chi-ki children’s charity)

chiki.life

Task Goals for Project delivery

Students will draw designs, choose fabrics, create patterns and make clothes. The goal is to hold a charity fashion show and raise money for our charitable cause. The subjects this PBL will cover include art, home economics, English and math.

The 21^st century skills used are creativity, collaboration, problem solving, communication and critical thinking. This is a student-centered activity which involves students in mind-mapping and backwards planning so that they see the goal and work backwards to achieve it by identifying steps and methods.

Specific Project Work Description

Students will learn fashion design by first drawing designs on paper, then choosing fabrics to match the clothing they draw.

Students will design a poster promoting the fashion show using pages or other programs on their computers. They will make a poster that includes, the title, date, place, time, purpose and charity.

Students will create a Press Release as local publicity and learn on the internet how to make one by researching and communicating together. Problem solving together as to responsibilities of each group member. ( poster, design, PR, fashion design, cutter, creator, sewer…)

Description of Evaluation Process and Criteria for Evaluation

Students will design their own rubric and chose what will be good evaluation criteria. We will make a list together and create a rubric that everyone agrees on from start of project to the final show. The criteria would include each group having a PR poster, several fashion design drawings with a swatch of fabric, accessories, and final clothing piece for the show.

References

The Building Blocks of Project-Based Learning. Grades 9-12. Teachingchannel.org/videos/pbl-building-blocks-ntn

Framework for 21^st Century Learning. Retrieved June 29^th 2018, from http://www.p21.org/about-us/p21-framework