The Clearwater High Civil Rights Tour was a project-based personalized learning opportunity where 36 select students researched and created an experience that encompassed real-world occurrences that connected them to the Civil Rights movement in the United States.
The culmination of this endeavor concluded with an in-depth tour of the historical civil rights movement sites. The key landmark sites that were instrumental in shaping “The Civil Rights Era” . The students visited Atlanta, Georgia, Montgomery and Selma, Alabama, and concluded their tour in the nation’s capital, Washington D.C. The trip was held March 17-22, 2016.
The students “owned” the learning and became experts in the field. During the trip, Clearwater High students met individuals who were actually key stakeholders, active participants or spectators of these important events. No professional tour guides were utilized on this tour, and all learning was authentic and student-driven.
On their return from the tour, the student participants, also known as CHS Freedom Ambassadors, lead a project based learning experience for the entire student body.
