By Jane Seiss
Juniors at Severna Park High School are working in the school’s new makerspace to design and make conceptual projects that demonstrate their understanding of abstract ideas they studied in literature. After reading “The Scarlet Letter,” students analyzed main characters from the book and are now creating a physical item that is an interpretation of one of those characters.
“It’s pretty cool idea,” school librarian Marianne Fitgerald said. “They had to connect ‘The Scarlet Letter’ with today’s current news — cyberbullying, slut shaming, etc.”
During the unit of study, English teachers and the librarian led lessons about the themes of the book and related them to relevant modern-day behaviors. Students are using the makerspace to create a final project using what they learned. They are making…
