I was pleasantly surprised when I went to check the Edutopia website for new postings and there was one on current events. I am a social studies teacher and was just discussing current events with the other teachers and we were wondering how to make it more interesting and relevant for the students. This blog discussed all of the different ways to tie the current events into motivating the students into in-depth learning experiences instead of just learning about the days news. The blog suggested taking more controversial topics that have no easy solution and encourage the students to try and come up with a solution about the problem or current event.
I am ready to try this in my classroom. What a different approach to current events.
I too read this article and thought it very interesting because I was given the job of teaching current events this year without any type of curriculum and was running low on projects and ideas for this semester. After reading the article and seeing how they are encouraging students to come up with solutions I like the unique approach and will try to utilize it. Whenever students are more engaged in their learning they are willing to try harder and seem to produce their best work.
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