Teacher Spotlight – Ms. Nuckols
Ms. Nuckols at Holladay elementary had an excellent project idea for her 5th grade class that I’d like to share with you. They made Civil War newspapers using Pages. What made this project so great was that it involved many of the 21st century skills we’ve been talking about: collaboration, creativity, problem solving, technology, etc. Each student was assigned a topic to research and write about. Ms. Nuckols gathered together a variety of Civil War pictures for her students to use. Then groups worked together to create their newspapers in Pages. Each student’s article was added to the newspaper with a picture to accompany it. Finally, after the projects were complete, Ms. Nuckols printed them and displayed them on the wall outside her classroom. Publishing and displaying is an important step in any project because students love seeing each other’s work, and it gives them the perfect opportunity to review their information. You can see a sample newspaper from her class by clicking here. If you use her idea, be sure to send her an email to thank her!