Thomas provided students with many  'Opportunities for Moral Action'  Character Through Service Learning -

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Peer and Cross-Age Teaching... 

Three groups of students presented in character to teach major historical events to elementary students, middle schools and high schools around Cobb County.

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and through Civic Action.....

New Echota - Students worked to find ways to save the destruction on the Cherokee Historic Site of New Echota. Students traveled to the State Capital to present in character to teach the Natural Resources Committee about its importance. Students also submitted a financial plan for feasibility and passionate student letters to the committee. Their efforts succeeded as the Governor of Georgia wrote the students that the Georgia General Assembly voted to save the New Echota Historic Site. Their efforst were featured on Atlanta TV, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, and published in Journal for the Education of the Gifted, vol. 34, 1: pp. 156-176. , First Published January 1, 2011.

 

Georgia Character Law - http://cobbcast.cobbk12.org/?p=4225

 

Pickett's Mill Battlefield Memorial - My students initiated and worked with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to create a large memorial for the more than 700 soldiers who lost their life at the battlefield, and the more than 200 that are still buried there today in unmarked graves. The unveiling ceremony was attended by politicians and local newspapers.

 

Sterling Hills Retirement Community - https://www.mdjonline.com/news/durham-history-students-moved-by-stories-of-yesteryear/article_b2a5e656-de93-11e7-82fd-5fb3d29d7ea5.html