"[S]tudents were asked to explore the patterns of movement that their families and neighbors had experienced by doing original research — choosing quantifiable or anecdotal approaches — on the history of their neighborhood from those who lived there." | Students at Manual High School in Denver, Colorado studied the gentrification of their own neighborhoods this year in their Human Geography class. Read this article for a great example of a school connecting education to students' real lives, the effect it had on them, and what they learned. |
Article from Westword