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Students will perform a 90° uniform layered haircut on a manikin. This haircut requires the use of proper sectioning, elevation, finger and body positioning, and cutting techniques to create even layers of equal length throughout the head. Students must demonstrate control, precision, and adherence to safety and infection control procedures throughout the service. Students must also explain and justify decisions they made based on the information received on their client consultation cards.

Students apply Terry v. Ohio by working in teams to plan and perform a simulated Terry Stop, which they record on video. In their performance, they must explain and justify reasonable suspicion, apply the legal standard for stop-and-frisk, and follow appropriate procedural steps in real time.

Students will investigate historical reform movements in U.S. history and connect them to modern social issues. After examining movements such as abolition, women's rights, education reform, or Transcendentalism, students will select a contemporary issue and compare the motivations, goals, causes, and strategies across time. They will demonstrate their understanding by creating two short social media–style video posts—one on a historical reform movement and one on a modern reform movement—using primary source evidence to explain connections between past and present social change.

Students work in teams to script and film contrasting customer service skits that model effective and ineffective help desk interactions. Through authentic IT support scenarios and written reflection, students apply and analyze communication, ethics, problem-solving, and professional customer service skills essential to the field.

Students will create an InstaÔªøgram-style profile and short video (Reel) introducing themselves in Spanish as part of an exchange program application. Each student will receive a short fact sheet describing aspects of life and culture in a Spanish-speaking country. Students will use this information to make decisions about what they want their host school to know about them in order to make a strong impression and increase their chances of being accepted into the program. Students will create a profile with images and captions, record a video introduction, and complete a written reflection explaining the choices they made and how the cultural information influenced those decisions.

Students imagine they are seasoned travelers who run a social media travel channel for teens. Students will complete this task individually. To create helpful content, they make a plan to fly to a destination, pack appropriately for the season and activities they want to do, navigate airports, and explore a new place. They choose the country based on what interests them and the time of year they will travel. As experienced travelers, they share practical "insider" tips about airports in both countries and how to avoid common mistakes when traveling. Finally, they present all of this information as a three-clip TikTok or Reels series designed to teach first-time travelers how to travel confidently and enjoy the cultural experience. Students also complete a short written reflection in English that asks them to examine assumptions they noticed, new learning that shaped their choices, and how understanding differences helped them promote travel to a place that is not like their own.

Students research an absolute ruler (1500–1800) and synthesize social, political, and economic impacts to create an original card (e.g. Marvel, Pokemon, Baseball, Playing, Tarot) and a brief reflection. At the end of this assignment, the cards will be put into a "Hall of Absolutism" on the classroom wall and will be used as a study guide by the other sections of the class.

Students will demonstrate the proper assembly, placement, and removal of a Tofflemire matrix band and universal retainer. They will select appropriate materials and band size, perform the procedure following industry protocols, and explain the purpose and function of the matrix band. Finally, they will reflect on how the procedure might be adapted when additional tooth surfaces are involved.

In this task, students step into the role of a medical resident on a trauma team, tasked with evaluating a newly admitted patient. They will select a scenario, analyze the patient's injuries, and use anatomy and physiology terminology to explain how the damage affects the body at cellular, tissue, and systemic levels. Students must make evidence-based recommendations for immediate care and recovery, then present their findings in a professional report or briefing.

Students will complete a roller set on a mannequin featuring all four hair textures, adjusting their technique for each type. As they work, students will explain and justify their choice of roller size for each section, demonstrating understanding of how texture and roller size affect curl formation. The final set should show clean partings, uniform curls, proper alignment, and evidence-based decision-making in roller selection.