- One of the ideas i've been coming up with for the literacy explorations is I would definitely like to incorporate the "article-of-the-week" idea and implement the idea of think-pair-share. I believe in a history class it is important to not understand history in the past tense but also understand history in the making, with students understanding what is going on in the world as we speak. This will be one of the first literacy explorations i incorporate into my classroom.
- Chpt 2 of Readicide I found fairly interesting in the sense that it brought in new ideas that I had never really considered before. For example, this whole idea of a political cartoon. A student can look at it, read what's written and still have no idea what's going on because they aren't coming into the situation with prior knowledge of what's going on in the picture. If students knew current events and read more things that were pertinent to the world outside of themselves than they would come into situations as a more well rounded individual and in turn perform better.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
History in the making
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I think that the idea of implementing political cartoons into your classroom would be a great idea. It would be able to teach students history without having to drill them will words and texts. Also, I think it would be a great assessment tool after you have covered an particular time or you could use it as an extra test question. If students are able to explain a political cartoon, I believe that shows that they really understand the important concepts that history can teach us besides dates.
ReplyDeleteIt's not a bad idea even to show students a cartoon like that, that they wouldn't "get" and then use that as a springboard to show them the importance of this background/prior knowledge we all need in life.
ReplyDeleteBecca, I would definitely take advantage of a weekly current event. I think in your particular field the students will respond to it in a positive way. Unlike the kids at Early College, I bet it will be a welcoming change during the week. However, a word of advice: I might limit the amount of students sharing and have them turn them in instead. Maybe choose a few students or have it be part of their grade that each student must present once. This will include the activity but not allow it to take all of your class time. Good idea, good luck with it.
ReplyDeleteGreat suggestions, Mikey. Regularly sharing an article of the week may also give students background to make more text to world connections as they read through your regular reading assignments - the history in the making you mention, enriching their understanding and enjoyment in history. I'm really interested in how you plan to set up assignment and student response.
ReplyDeleteLook forward to catching up at Monday seminar.