Any student who sits near a window on the second floor has seen it: A huge banner stretching across the courtyard. No, it’s not a stunt to get everyone excited about a basketball game, it’s a project that was constructed by Mr. Plunkett’s World Studies class and Dr. Tannenbaum’s Latin class.
The project was designed to teach students about Roman leaders and famous figures in the Roman Empire. “I want to familiarize students with Roman History and interdisciplinary courses,” said freshman history teacher Mr. Plunkett. Students broke up into pairs, one from each class, and spent a period in the library researching their assigned historical figure. The students then filled out a “yearbook page” with the figure’s picture and facts about his/her life and achievements. After all the pages were put together, they made a “Roman High School Yearbook.”
When students turned in their assignments, the pages were placed in a plastic folder and attached to the rope. After the banner was completed, one end was attached to the window of Dr. Tannenbaum’s class and the other end was dragged to Mr. Plunkett’s classroom where it was pulled taunt and attached to the handle of his window. The banner created a “physical and metaphorical connection between the two classes,” according to Mr. Plunkett.
The banner will hang across the courtyard for a few days unless the wind or snow has other plans for it.