History Exhibition
February 8, 2022 | Sam Choi
“At Mustard Seed School Academic Exhibitions are long term projects. They often last weeks, and sometimes student work grows over the course of months. Our exhibitions require deep inquiry, iterative drafting, and meaningful expression of understanding. Seventh and eighth grade students complete a total of eight Academic Exhibitions as part of their graduation project. Mustard Seed students have been doing long term studies and projects since pre K. And now, they get to show it all off.”
The History Exhibition will take place on February 16 and will be graded on three different elements: an Oral Presentation, a Visual Presentation and an artifact. For this year’s History Exhibition, 7th graders researched a topic (a person, an invention/discovery or an event) found between the years 1900 CE to 1950 CE. This year’s topics ranged from famous battles and events in both World War I and II to athletes, spies and even carrier pidgeons.
Oral and Visual
The oral and visual portion of the exhibition will take place in front of each student’s advisory group. Students will be required to speak for 12-15 minutes on their topic, accompanied by a visual presentation. The visual presentation can be a slide show (powerpoint, prezi, keynote, etc), a web page (free web page creator such as weebly), a documentary (created with iMovie or other such applications) or any other creative way to present the topic. Included in the presentation are general information about the topic such as what it is and when and where it took place as well as their connection to modern times and their significance.
Artifact
Directly after the individual presentations, the 7th graders will gather in the Lab to present their artifacts. The artifact is something that is made by the student and not just store bought. An artifact can be anything that enhances the understanding of the topic.
