Winterm 2014: On-Campus Course Catalog ... - Cannon School

do a "Design Star" challenge where students work either individually or in teams, choose a roomor rooms (such as a classroom, workroom, etc.) in the school for redesign and the winningdesign is executed by all, the students collaborating.Approximate cost per student (if any, please itemize): $20Course Title: “Community Service in Action”Course Description: We will spend the week visiting different service organizations in ourcommunity and participating in 4 direct service projects. On the last day of Wintermstudents will give presentations to their peers as a way to share and learn from ourexperiences together.Approximate cost per student: $30Course Title: “Carolina in My Mind: Southern Heritage and AmericanHistory in the Tar Heel State”Course Description: This full-day course is designed to be a lively exploration of Carolinahistory, especially its (troubled) history as part of the American south. It will involve 2-3 daylongfield trips to important historical landmarks near Charlotte. We will also spend sometime in class and in the Cannon library, where students will explore their own particularinterests in local history and have an opportunity to find and navigate digital historicalarchives— a fun and important skill that will serve them in future college-level researchendeavors. As a class, we will read and discuss excerpts from Tony Horwitz's hilarious andthoughtful book, Confederates in the Attic, which will help students think critically aboutabstract questions like how we define regional identity, how we write American history, andhow we as individuals are influenced by the places that we come from.Approximate cost per student: $302