Photographers traveled throughout the world to document differences throughout the world.
One photographer took a series of photos titled "What I Eat."
Another photographer took a series of photos called "Where Children Sleep."
The differences are astonishing.
I found these sites from the NY Times lesson plan Documenting Daily Life to Tell Stories.
This would collaborate well with the pictures that Jeremy Stevenson already has up in his room of the all the items that people have in their homes throughout the world.
The pictures are excellent and have a great impact.
This would be great for introduction geography, for doing stations on standard of living, for practicing analyzing pictures, etc.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Hispanic Documentaries
The New York Times compiled five hispanic documentaries for National Hispanic Heritage Month.
The documentaries vary in length from 12 minutes to 147 minutes.
The great thing about this lesson plan is that the NY Times has included questions to go along with the documentaries!
check it out.
The documentaries vary in length from 12 minutes to 147 minutes.
The great thing about this lesson plan is that the NY Times has included questions to go along with the documentaries!
check it out.
Addressing Hunger Around the Globe
Every year there is a World Food Day, an effort to end hunger in the world.
This lesson plan on Addressing Hunger Around the Globe provides students with important information about hunger as well as ways to try and stop hunger.
I think the hunger map is fascinating and would be great for students to analyze.
There is also a link to an article about hunger in Kenya. I haven't read it yet but it looks good.
This would be a good study of hunger in Africa during an Africa Unit.
I especially like this idea because the lesson is authentic. Students aren't just learning facts about Africa but are learning how the can participate in these big life questions. I want students to feel like they can make a difference.
This lesson plan on Addressing Hunger Around the Globe provides students with important information about hunger as well as ways to try and stop hunger.
I think the hunger map is fascinating and would be great for students to analyze.
There is also a link to an article about hunger in Kenya. I haven't read it yet but it looks good.
This would be a good study of hunger in Africa during an Africa Unit.
I especially like this idea because the lesson is authentic. Students aren't just learning facts about Africa but are learning how the can participate in these big life questions. I want students to feel like they can make a difference.
Egyptian Revolution: Elections
The New York Times has Lesson Plans! Who knew?
Here is a great lesson plan for explaining elections in Egypt. This would be a great insight into the Arab world.
Even if you didn't follow the lesson plan exactly, you could still draw on the resources.
There are several links within the lesson plans to PDFs that explain the Egyptian Revolution as well as provide videos about the elections.
Here is a great lesson plan for explaining elections in Egypt. This would be a great insight into the Arab world.
Even if you didn't follow the lesson plan exactly, you could still draw on the resources.
There are several links within the lesson plans to PDFs that explain the Egyptian Revolution as well as provide videos about the elections.
Gordon Hirabayashi: Japanese-American Civil Rights Hero
During WWII, when FDR signed an executive order that discriminated
against Japanese-Americans, Gordon Hirabayashi took a stand. In his
Supreme Court case--Hirabayashi v. United States--the Supreme Court ruled
"that military necessity justified imposing an ethnicity-specific
curfew" and Hirabayashi was sentenced to prison. It wasn't until the
1980's that his curfew conviction was overturned.
On January 2nd, 2012, Gordon Hirabayashi passed away in Canada at
the age of 93. CNN wrote an article titled "Remembering Gordon
Hirabayashi, Japanese-American civil rights hero."
The article goes in to more detail on Hirabayashi's life story,
but I especially like the last paragraph:
"When my case was before the Supreme Court in 1943, I fully
expected that as a citizen the Constitution would protect me," Hirabayashi
said. "Surprisingly, even though I lost, I did not abandon my beliefs and
values. And I never look at my case as just my own, or just as a Japanese
American case. It is an American case, with principles that affect the
fundamental human rights of all Americans."
This article would be a great way to help
students identify with a Japanese-American during WWII. Hirabayashi's
story is also a good way to analyze civil rights, the Constitution and the
Supreme Court.
Student Teaching and Collaborating
Man, did anyone ever know that being a teacher is SO crazy?
This past week as I started my student teaching, I have been exposed to how all consuming teaching can become. People have been preparing me about the hours of planning and the lack of sleep that comes with student teaching, so I don't feel TOO shocked by all of that. I actually think that the most shocking thing to me is how EXCITED I really am to teach, to have my own class.
I'm loving it!
Loving it so much that I need to tell my brain to turn off when I go to sleep at night or else I will keep brainstorming new ideas.
Granted, I am just in the planning and observing part of my student teaching right now and all of this uber enthusiasm may change when I really get to the reality of having to have a lesson planned, prepped and ready to go every day. Hopefully, I can maintain the enthusiasm though when the droopy eyes, road blocked mind and tired voice come.
We started attending the high school yesterday, January 5th, but don't start officially teaching until January 17th. Because my mentor teacher teaches semester long classes, he is allowing us to start out the new semester on January 17th with the class being entirely ours. That means that on January 17th I will stand in front of my very own 9th grade Honors Geography class and pretend to know what I am doing. I will hand out my syllabus, introduce myself with pictures of me traveling to foreign places, and proceed to give my students an introduction to what geography is really all about. Do I know what geography is really all about? No. In fact, I feel like I know very little about anything. But will I learn it? Yes. Will I study the textbook, search the Internet and pick other teachers' brains like no other brother? Absolutely. This is going to be fun.
In my effort to prep, I have come across some good resources that might save me as I student teach and teach in the future.
So here's to collaboration and surviving my future teaching career!
This past week as I started my student teaching, I have been exposed to how all consuming teaching can become. People have been preparing me about the hours of planning and the lack of sleep that comes with student teaching, so I don't feel TOO shocked by all of that. I actually think that the most shocking thing to me is how EXCITED I really am to teach, to have my own class.
I'm loving it!
Loving it so much that I need to tell my brain to turn off when I go to sleep at night or else I will keep brainstorming new ideas.
Granted, I am just in the planning and observing part of my student teaching right now and all of this uber enthusiasm may change when I really get to the reality of having to have a lesson planned, prepped and ready to go every day. Hopefully, I can maintain the enthusiasm though when the droopy eyes, road blocked mind and tired voice come.
We started attending the high school yesterday, January 5th, but don't start officially teaching until January 17th. Because my mentor teacher teaches semester long classes, he is allowing us to start out the new semester on January 17th with the class being entirely ours. That means that on January 17th I will stand in front of my very own 9th grade Honors Geography class and pretend to know what I am doing. I will hand out my syllabus, introduce myself with pictures of me traveling to foreign places, and proceed to give my students an introduction to what geography is really all about. Do I know what geography is really all about? No. In fact, I feel like I know very little about anything. But will I learn it? Yes. Will I study the textbook, search the Internet and pick other teachers' brains like no other brother? Absolutely. This is going to be fun.
In my effort to prep, I have come across some good resources that might save me as I student teach and teach in the future.
(I'm not teaching AP World, but this would be a great for the future AND a good reference for designing my own blog)
and...
hopefully my very own new blog will help me and future Geography teachers:
So here's to collaboration and surviving my future teaching career!
Psychology Website
I started my student teaching this week!
I am working at Timpview High School with Jeremy Stevenson. Jeremy is an excellent teacher and well respected among faculty and students. I am grateful that he is my mentor teacher and have already learned a lot from him.
While preparing materials for teaching Jeremy's Honors Geography and Intro Psychology courses, I was directed to the following blog by Wendy King, another great Timpview teacher.
The blog is called Teaching High School Psychology and has TONS of resources for Psychology classes. Wendy said that she used this blog multiple times a week to plan her Psychology lessons.
So here it is:
http://teachinghighschoolpsychology.blogspot.com/
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