Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner*
Long-Term Social Studies Creativity Project

Standards

Student will know and understand relationships in history in order to understand the past and present and to prepare for the future.

Uses facts and concepts drawn from history, as well as elements of historical inquiry to make informed decisions on personal issues.

Student will develop and use writing strategies and conventions across content areas to describe and explain for a variety of purposes and audiences.

Uses various elements of effective writing.
Uses technology to present appropriate writings for the intended purpose and audience.

Student will use art music, language, technology, and other cultural elements to connect with individuals and societies.

Demonstrates an understanding of the dynamics of the creative process.
Uses the visual arts to express ideas.

Student will use current information on health and nutrition to plan the appropriate product.

Uses the elements of the USDA Food Pyramid to plan a menu.

Student will develop and use speaking strategies and appropriate speaking conventions to describe and express ideas for a variety of purposes.

Gives oral presentations using appropriate speaking skills.
Presents information and ideas clearly and concisely.
Makes oral presentations that reflect an awareness of audience and purpose, using technology when it will assist in clarifying meaning.

Assessment / Product or Culminating Activity

Final product:Student will plan a dinner party with the eleven most important guests from the past and/or present invited. The student will be the host of the dinner party. Student will plan the menu, draw a table diagram, plan the entertainment, and explain all of the “who’s, why’s, how’s, and when’s” of the matter. This creative project will include various media, showing student’s skill in architectural drawing, sketching, technology, writing, and oral skill. The final project will be the design of the unique dinner party, presented to an appropriate audience in a creative manner using various technology and visual aids to explain to an appropriate audience.

Assessment: Peer and facilitator evaluation with developed rubrics for written work and oral presentation.

Gifted Strands

Interest Development: Research various historically important people Readings on selected topics Note taking for relevant information about topics	Thinking Skills: Analyze various points of view Synthesize for new concepts
Communication Skills: Express ideas appropriately Build vocabulary Confidence in expressing own ideas	Creativity: Original plan and design Flexible thinking and planning Fluent ideas and oral skills Abstract Expressiveness Problem Solving

Activities

Research those persons, living or from the past, that have the most importance to you, your world, and your passions.

Develop a character sketch about each of the eleven guests, giving ample details about each guest, explaining why you feel each person should be a guest at your dinner party.

Develop a paragraph or two, or a section of an oral presentation, explaining where and when you will have the unique dinner party;the menu, and why you have made these choices; some recipes; the theme of the unique dinner party; the seating arrangement; the evening’s entertainment; the extra touches; etc.