As a high school Psychology teacher, you may be looking for a culminating project to wrap up a unit on motivation. This project is designed to help students apply what they've learned about Maslow's Hierarchy to the real world, specifically to education. This project can be completed in three steps. Step I: Begin by having students review Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and discuss how each level relates to education. Then, have students choose a high school to study as a case study or use a film such as "Stand and Deliver," "Lean on Me," or "The Bad Kids" to examine how the school meets the needs of its students at each level. Have students complete a graphic organizer that lists each level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and how their chosen school meets the needs at each level. Step II: Now it's time for students to apply what they've learned by designing a high school that meets the needs of students at all five tiers of Maslow'...