Renaissance Academy Awards

by Jennifer Jordan, History and Latin

Today, the 7th grade class presented the fourth annual Renaissance Academy Awards. Upon completion of our Renaissance history unit, students delved into some project-based learning by further studying some of the great Renaissance figures. Each student was assigned an award category, such as Best Writer or Best Artist, and given two notable people to research as nominees. This project offered the class the opportunity to practice their notetaking skills, as the students were required to take detailed notes on their nominees and then convert those notes to a Google Slides presentation. Students also engaged their evaluative skills by weighing the achievements of their nominees and using this evidence to determine a winner. Ms. McCarley added a cross-curricular element by helping students in Art class to design an award representing each assigned category. These awards are lavish and truly reflect their winners. Finally, the class dressed in costume to walk the red carpet and present their nominees and their winners. What an excellent speech each student delivered! This project proved to be the ideal culmination of learning as it combined research, review, evaluation, creativity, and reflection.