In my last post I noted how saturated our students are by visual media. What a sharp contrast their lives are with mine at their age. In my high school history classes, the walls were adorned with old men, mostly with mutton chop whiskers and beards, staring down at me. Each of them had their name, dates of birth and death, and a sour stare that intimidated me when I glanced at them. My teachers reverently cited these old mens' careers and quoted them to the point of endless boredom.
Topics: History, Middle School, Strategies, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanities Course, Lesson Ideas
Michael Grover
Teacher
Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies
Scarborough, ON
Topics: History, Strategies, Lesson Ideas, English Classroom
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Topics: Strategies
In our studies of 20th century genocides, we explore the rights and roles of leaders in a sovereign state, and the cardinal rule of state sovereignty that has prohibited intervention: the right to independent authority over a territory. But how should sovereignty be exercised? How do we engage students meaningfully in this question?
Topics: Facing History Resources, History, Strategies, genocide, Totally Unofficial, Raphael Lemkin, sovereignty, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanities Course, CHG
The classroom can be a dangerous place.
Topics: Identity, We and They, Strategies, In the news, English Classroom, English