Student Work
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This page presents summaries of student work resulting from Creative Change programs. We will be adding new examples of student work; join our mailing list to stay informed..
Student work/projects on Economics for the Common Good:
- 9th grade student project: "Rethinking the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)"
- 9th grade student research on agriculture and global trade
- 9th grade student project: newsletter about sustainable economics
- 8th grade student work: "Designer Shoes: Is What You See What You Get?"
- Classroom activity for grades 7-12: "High Road or Low Road? A Role Play on Globalization"
- 9th grade research on the World Trade Organization
- 5th grade media project: "Why am I Smiling?" (Talking back to ads)
Student work/projects on The Ecological Footprint:
- Classroom activity: "The Global Income Distribution: Where do you sit?"
- 8th grade literature activities for English Language Learners: "Resources, Population, and the Future"
- High school student project: "Population Growth and Gender Equity"
- Summary of an 8th grade language arts unit: "Affluenza: An In-depth Look into Consumer Culture, its Causes and Effects"
Student projects on Land Use and Sustainable Communities (Our Town):
- Summary of a 7th grade civics unit: "Planning for Redevelopment"
- Summary of an 8th grade project: "Land Use Planning and Site Redesign"
- Summary of a 6th grade science unit on wetlands and land use
- Brownfield redevelopment projects-multiple examples
Student projects on Food Systems:
- 9th grade student project: "Farm-opoly: The Game of Farming and Debt"
- 9th grade research project: "Community-Supported Agriculture"
- 9th grade research project: "Grassroots Approaches to Development"