Project Analysis: Inherit The Wind

This semester we read the play Inherit the wind and we were given the chance to see how a unit of study would be done with this play in a grade twelve classroom. I have picked five of the projects from the study unit. The first is Dramatization, the second is sketch, the third is Creationism, the fourth is critical view, and the fifth is evolution. With theses five projects I will look at general curriculum outcomes (GCO) and specific general outcomes (SCO) that fit with each project. I will provide the outcome and an example of why it fits the project.

The first project I pick is because it one that I would pick to participate in as a project, it is dramatization. This project would be done in a group of three to five students and then they would select a pivotal scene from the play then they would give a dramatic presentation to the class. This scene would be of a length of two to three minutes. It is encouraged to use props, as they will enhance the presentation as well as the mark. In this submission

They would need to show their understanding of the Christian story of creation by using an original method of displaying the events of the first seven days. I believe this fits also with GCO 8, students will be expected to use writing and other ways of representing to explore, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, feeling, experiences, and learning; and to use their imaginations. I believe this because they are using another way to represent what they understand and need to use their imagination to do so. It also falls under SCO 8.2, students will be expected to use note-making, illustrations and other ways or representing to reconstruct knowledge. This is because the students are coming up with a way to represent the knowledge in other forms such as in a cartoon panel, by illustration, in comic book style, or even may writing a