Congressional+Medal+of+Honor

Developed by Jill Robbins. Featuring the Habit of Inquiry.

**Lesson 1. (First delivered October 18, 2011)**

Email sent from the 2011-2012 Advisory Curriculum Committee to STEM Academy faculty:
Attachments:  ‎ (536 KB‎)    Sent Items, Advisory Curriculum Tuesday, October 18, 2011 11:49 AM   The attached keynote has links to information about the Congressional Medal of Honor. I suggest using the links to explore around the topic. We will be beginning a unit on the STEM habit of Inquiry. We will be culminating the unit at the same time as the Academy's participation in the Veterans Day Parade. -Thanks, Stephanie

**Planning Conversations**

**Lesson 2. (First delivered October 25, 2011)** **Email from Jill Robbins to STEM Academy faculty:** Attachments:    Monday, October 24, 2011 9:58 AM Here is the Advisory Information for Tuesday, October 25. Your bag of names of Medal of Honor Recipients from East Tennessee will be delivered to your mailbox today. You will receive 14 names, and will need to put two people together for the project for your additional students. Thank you so much. Jill Robbins

**E-mail from Stephanie Ogden to STEM Academy students and staff: **   Attachments:  Note: This keynote also includes rubrics for assessment. Sent Items, Inbox Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:55 AM Good morning! Today in advisory we will begin a unit featuring the habit of Inquiry. We will be investigating and honoring recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, leading up to a final celebration on Veterans Day (November 11). Today, you will be drafted to research a particular recipient. Based on your research, you will create a keynote presentation according to specifications and present your findings to your advisory class. Attached to this email you will find a Keynote presentation briefly describing the parameters of the project, including how a professional Keynote should look and a timeline. Please do not delete this email, because it contains your instructions. You will evaluate your own work using two rubrics (included in the attached Keynote) and your advisor will evaluate you. You will reflect upon what you learned. The very best presentations on each recipient will be selected to be offered to the East Tennessee Veterans Memorial as a gift from the school to them. Let's do our very best work to honor those who so ably modeled for us what that means. -Mrs. Ogden

**The Congressional Medal of Honor (all lessons) **  The purpose of this project is to honor the East Tennessee recipients of our nation’s highest military award, the Medal of Honor.
 * 1) Select your topic in the classroom “draft” (lottery).
 * 2) Complete a keynote presentation that includes the following information. This presentation should be suitable for inclusion in future Medal of Honor Website pages.
 * 3)  Title—Includes the name of the recipient
 * 4) Picture of the recipient
 * 5) Conflict for which award was issued
 * 6) Copy of Citation issued with the award
 * 7) Picture of the pillar in the Veterans’ Memorial that includes the recipient’s name—be sure the name is clearly visible
 * 8) Picture of the particular award that your recipient received (remember that each branch of the military has its own award)
 * 9) Life story of the recipient
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Recipient’s connection to Tennessee
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Pictures of bridges or other monuments dedicated to the recipient
 * 12) Three-minute presentation of your main points—Why was the Medal of Honor conferred on this recipient?

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;"> Project schedule: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">October 25 Draft, IPad research  <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">October 27 Research Continues, Collect pictures  <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">November 1 Put research into final Keynote form

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">November 3 Turn in projects for Peer Review

Email from Stephanie Ogden to STEM students and staff:
Students, you will be paired with another student. You will read one another’s Keynote presentations and give feedback to one another using the following guidelines:

· Is the presentation aesthetically pleasing? Double check items such as no more than 5 bullet points, no annoying transitions, good use of empty space, readability (size and color of font) etc. · Does the presentation follow a logical sequence? · Is it informative and does it honor the recipient? · Check grammar and mechanics (including spelling and parallel structure). · Does it meet the criteria of the project? (Please refer to the attached Keynote, particularly slide 2)

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">November 8 Project Presentation to your Advisory Group <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">November 10 Complete Project Presentation to your Advisory Group November 11 Veterans Day

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Final Lesson (November 15, 2011) ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Email sent from Jill Robbins to STEM Academy faculty: ** Attachments: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 8.25pt; text-decoration: none;"> (80 KB‎)   Monday, November 14, 2011 6:34 PM  Please ask your students in Advisory today to complete the evaluation piece for their own Medal of Honor project, then you can save those in their portfolios. Following that self-evaluation, we have prepared a discussion rubric for your Advisory group to use as a guide in talking about the Medal of Honor project. It is attached to this e-mail. Again, thank you so much for your participation in this project. It does "take a village"!

**From Kathy Coley:** The L & N STEM Academy participation in the Veteran's Day Parade is a culminating event for our school-wide study of inquiry. Students in their Advisory classes have researched and presented their findings in honor of the contributions of the 14 Congressional Medal of Honor winners from East Tennessee. The Veteran's War Memorial, World's Fair Park, adjacent to the school, was erected in veneration of these heroic veterans. The L & N STEM Academy parade float was designed by the Robotics Team, sponsored by Mr. Frank Wood, Physics teacher, and Mrs. Cheri Jorgensen, Art teacher, students and involved parents. The float robot will salute veteran's along the parade route in tribute to the men and women who have served and are serving our country.
 * Reflection on the project:**

The L & N STEM Academy would like to thank Mrs.Joleen Dewald of the East Tennessee Veteran's War Memorial Association for all of her assistance. The War Memorial Association graciously provided each STEM Academy student with a "dog tag" of the veteran whom they researched as a remembrance.

__ Mrs. Jill Robbins, Social Studies teacher and Mrs. Stephanie Ogden, Advisory Chair will be available to interview with WBIR.

From Stephanie Ogden:
Speaking on behalf of the Advisory Curriculum Committee (Rebekah, Samantha, Andrea, and Jill), I would like to thank you for your leadership as advisors. I believe that today's field trip will have educational merit because of the inquiry lessons you led. We will be sending out discussion points for a reflection/feedback lesson for Tuesday's advisory, and Thursday's advisory next week will be just for fun.

Again, your leadership as advisors is appreciated!

-Stephanie