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Spectacular Things Happen along the Way: Lessons from an Urban Classroom (Teaching for Social Justice series) by Brian D. Schultz, Teachers College Press, 2008, 192 pp., ISBN 978-080-774-857-2
Spectacular Things Happen along the Way (2008) is the story of one teacher's journey with his fifth-grade class as they embraced a year of project-based learning they co-designed and co-constructed. Schultz's students lived in Chicago's Cabrini-Green public housing project, and he was determined to find a way to make learning relevant and engaging for them. He presents a narrative account in a way that allows readers to not only understand what he was thinking and doing throughout this process, but also to view the journey through his students' eyes. The chapters are focused on the natural...