RAFTs in Action

Today, students began presenting their RAFT projects during Social Studies. A RAFT assigns a particular Role for the presenter to assume, presenting to a specific Audience, utilizing a particular Format, and with research presented on a given Topic. So far, we've been transported to New York with our tour guides presenting some of the state's top tourist spots, two immigrants, one from Ireland and one from Germany, recounting their perilous travels to their new homes in the United States, and a local historian who taught us about the whaling industry in Nantucket. In addition to more tour guides, immigrants, and historians, we'll be hearing from George Washington himself on some of his historic and significant battles during the American Revolutionary War. Students are enjoying the various presentations as we wrap up our studies of the Northeast region of the U.S.A.