9th Grade

Creativity and Innovation

With Technology
 Design, develop, and test a digital learning
game to demonstrate knowledge and skills
related to curriculum content. (1, 4)
 Jeopardy
 Use this game on
power point to test
their knowledge about
dates and facts about
a certain time in
history and a war that
occurred.
 Wheel of Fortune
 Put the class in teams
and have them get a
letter for correct
answers to quiz
questions about
Create and publish an online art gallery with
examples and commentary that demonstrate
an understanding of different historical
periods, cultures, and countries. (1, 2)
 Assigning groups of
students to different
countries to get that
countries perspectives of
a war.
 Have students find
primary sources of
pictures and art from a
war and have them
depict what they find in
their own drawings and
make a gallery of that
online.
 Identify a complex global issue, develop a
systematic plan of investigation, and present
innovative sustainable solutions.
(1, 2, 3, 4)
 Students could research
online about different
events around the world
that promote peace and
justice.
 Students could also
search for organizations
whose mission is to reach
out to countries that are
less fortunate and who
educate others and show
that there is positivity
and help available in this
world.
 Identify a complex global issue, develop a
systematic plan of investigation, and present
innovative sustainable solutions.
(1, 2, 3, 4) Continued…
 Students could also become email pals with students
in another country to make a global connection and
discuss the types of issues that are affecting each
other’s country.
 Create media-rich presentations for other
students on the appropriate and ethical use of
digital tools and resources. (1, 5)
 RESPECT and
Responsibility
 Have the students
come up with original
presentations with
their own pictures and
movie clips of a topic
they enjoy.
 This makes them
responsible for the
tools that they are
using to gather
information along with
making them realize
that their originality is