New Tech's history projects pile on the learning

Anderson New Technology High School is known for being innovative while teaching students how to think critically about any subject matter.

New Tech utilizes the process method to teach students how to complete a project step by step from start to finish. Students used this method recently on an American government project in social studies class. The project helps set a tone for the entire school year while helping juniors and seniors sharpen oral presentations.

According to teachers Cathy Alderman and Steve Main, the process method is the same tool that project managers use to complete complex tasks in the world of business. Alderman knew of the method and streamlined it for teaching purposes with some help from a sister-in-law.

At the beginning of the school year, every junior and senior selected a delegate to the nation’s first Constitutional convention, held in 1787. The students ended up representing each of the original 13 colonies during the Critical Period (1783-1787) in America’s history, explained Alderman and Main.