At Amana Academy in Alpharetta, Georgia, each grade stage from kindergarten by eight has a thematic focus that lasts the total college yr and is built-in into every tutorial topic. In eighth grade, college students examine what it means to be a “changemaker” of their group by tackling real-world issues and finding out how people all through historical past have made a distinction. From math to English language arts (ELA) to STEM, every class weaves the theme into their common curriculum. In ELA, for instance, eighth graders learn the guide Farewell to Manzanar, a memoir in regards to the expertise of a younger lady and her household in a Japanese internment camp within the U.S. throughout World Battle II. For the writer, writing the guide and speaking about her household’s expertise was her option to be a changemaker. In STEM class, college students discovered in regards to the homeless inhabitants in Atlanta—first constructing empathy by studying tales of actual individuals, after which serving to to handle the issue by partnering with an area nonprofit, the Mad Housers, to construct a small residence that might be given to an area household or particular person in want. By the point Amana college students head for highschool, all of them determine as changemakers, and so they have the company and confidence to make a distinction—in their very own lives and the lives of others.