text: For twelfth grade and below, states give teachers a list of learning targets, based on their grade and subject(s), that they must cover over the course of the school year. The teachers are already familiar with those targets as they have spent years learning them. That is how teachers understand their subject and it is their job to help their students understand it over the course of the school year, which is why students are not excpected to teach themselves the learning targets for their coming classes over summer break. Thus, when teachers make the projects, they know how much of the syllabus and how many things from the last school year to incorporate. After completing the project designed by teachers, students will have the right amount of background knowledgeneeded to feel prepared for thecoming year. In conclusion, teachers should create the summer project as they know what to teach to the students in order to prepare them for the next school year.