Sixth-grade history students learn to meld modern technology with ancient civilizations for their final presentations, which are done in PowerPoint. After spending the year immersed in ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and Mesopotamia, students take the skills they have learned in Computer class to present their own original analysis of some aspect of these civilizations. Past literally meets present as the girls figure out how best to harness technology to convey their ideas. This makes the assignment much more than a research project, notes history teacher Karen Malm.
		“It involves a higher level of thinking because they are presenting an original analysis,” she says, “and they can organize their presentation in any way they want, with whatever words and images they want. Creatively, they can really shine.” After delivering their presentations to the class, they place them on the school’s server for review by Ms. Malm—making the project entirely paperless.