Students will write essays that contrast their lives as they are today, as shown in the pictures, with their visions for a positive future. Students should be given the freedom to choose subjects that they feel passionate about or have affected them personally.
They can discuss in their report how and why they or others have been affected and explore remedies and/or solutions.
Other ideas
Option A: Students are given a curriculum based platform to voice their feelings and suggest solutions to current events and/or issues that plague our society.
Option B: Students can write about the effects of; current events, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, absentee parents, children having children, child abuse, prejudice, war, conflict, terrorism, and poverty can have on our daily lives.
Option C: Students may combine computer research, news and magazine clippings, photos found during internet-research, etc. This portion of SNAP can be an individual, team, or total class project.
SNAP gives young people the opportunity to explore their lives through the lens of a camera, and tell their stories to the world, all the while developing the literacy skills for effective self-expression with both words and pictures.
SNAP then engages entire communities through
high-profile public exhibitions, web galleries, and publications that celebrate the students’ written and visual stories.
SNAP is committed to improving K-12 education for all young people by supplying teachers with much-needed resources that will inspire students toward a newfound love of learning!
