Back to School: High School Get-To-Know-You Project-Based Learning Activities

This bundle combines several student-directed project-based learning resources that are perfect for back-to-school relationship-building. These high school get-to-know-you activities set the stage for personalized learning and a strong PBL culture.

Help learners grow in intrapersonal awareness by exploring who they are while also learning about your students as unique individuals to maximize student-led PBL potential. There is also a great degree of authentic sharing involved in this resource, giving your students the opportunity to get to know each other better as well.

This is also a good opportunity to introduce project-based learning if you plan to implement PBL over the course of your class/session.

How to use this bundle:

• I like to use the resources in this bundle at the beginning of the school year or session to introduce project-based learning and better get to know my students. The more you know your students the better you will be able to guide them through interest-based, personalized PBL in the future.
• The "Meet the Teacher" bonus is best used before the others. It is a great mini-project for introducing the elements of PBL.
• The "Goals Through Artistic Expression" and "Storytelling" resources are more structured (teacher-designed), so might be more effective at helping students transition to self-directed learning if completed first.
• The other two PBLs, "Heritage" and "Real-Life Heroes", were designed to encourage self-direction. Students have more opportunities for choice than they do in the other two PBLs, so doing these after the other two is suggested.
• Each experience could take anywhere from 1-2 weeks. I always have my students working on at least two at a time.

What you should know:

• You DO NOT need experience in PBL to facilitate these projects.
• These projects were designed to be low-prep. They give students the tools to be independent productive workers, leaving you more time for facilitation and relationship-building.
• Each resource included in this bundle has a printable and digital Google Slides version.
• The resources in this bundle are not editable.

Each project includes:

1. Teacher guide
2. Student guide and research templates - brainstorming activities, planners, project checklists, etc.
3. Project reflection
4. Project rubrics

If you like this bundle, check out these similar resources:

• Student-Led Project-Based Learning Starter Kit
• Personal Learning Plan Template

Free PBL resources:

• Grab my free self-directed project-based learning implementation spreadsheet to help you manage projects and progress!

Helpful blog posts:

• What is project-based learning anyway?
• Project-based learning implementation in 7 easy steps

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