Recently, I was asked to create a lesson on teaching students how to differentiate and determine use of websites as credible online resources. I created a handy acronym (CRAFT vs. CROOK) on grading websites. I made a previous knowledge connection between "handcrafted toys" vs "mass-produced toys" via a "t-chart" checklist on the dry-erase board. Below is the word document for the lesson plan and a brief slide presentation using some of additional resources.
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Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Unraveled Thread
I've never posted a thread to my blog in my life...but this thread stopped me dead in my tracks because this mother desperately wants to stop the dangerous propaganda that's consuming the minds of our young men.
Do you have white teenage sons?
— joanna schroeder (@iproposethis) August 13, 2019
Listen up.
I've been watching my boys' online behavior & noticed that social media and vloggers are actively laying groundwork in white teens to turn them into alt-right/white supremacists.
Here's how:
Remember the 3 Rules of Propaganda:
1. To distract & manipulate you from logic.
2. To hide factual truth in clouds of corruption.
3. Toxic and destructive in the hands of government.
For a ready-made lesson on propaganda as it relates to hate symbols, please click on this Teaching Tolerance lesson!
Monday, April 15, 2019
CSK 50th Anniversary w/Crossover
This post is all about CELEBRATION and FUN!! In, honor of the Coretta Scott King Book Award's 50th Anniversary, I've taken one of their recently beloved books, the Crossover (2014), and created a game called...POETIC SHOT!
It's inspired from the one of the lessons linked on Teaching Books.
Directions: The following words are printed separately on cardstock: bounce, free, throw, pass, shot, block, rim, foul, buzzer, and dunk. The students would have to think of words to rhyme with them during the game. On the flip side of each word is printed one of Kwame's basketball rules (referenced in the link above from lessons on TB). The kids are divided into groups of 5-7 (depending on class size). They create a circle. In the center of the circle is round and empty waste basket. They pass the ball around, rhyming, until some one is without a rhyme. That person either has to take a 2-try FREE THROW shot from their position in the circle or DRIBBLE in a weaving pattern through the other players in the circle, without losing control of the ball. The last person standing is the winner and they recite the basketball rule printed on the back of the rhyming word.
Here's the visual:
The game instructions are included and here's a fun little video that provides the fun and frolic for those visual learners! Enjoy!
P.S. This is the same lesson I presented with Nick Glass at 2019 TLA Conference. There are a couple of pictures below. Also, I had to represent the CSK committee with my bright yellow, CSK shirt you can buy here!
It's inspired from the one of the lessons linked on Teaching Books.
Directions: The following words are printed separately on cardstock: bounce, free, throw, pass, shot, block, rim, foul, buzzer, and dunk. The students would have to think of words to rhyme with them during the game. On the flip side of each word is printed one of Kwame's basketball rules (referenced in the link above from lessons on TB). The kids are divided into groups of 5-7 (depending on class size). They create a circle. In the center of the circle is round and empty waste basket. They pass the ball around, rhyming, until some one is without a rhyme. That person either has to take a 2-try FREE THROW shot from their position in the circle or DRIBBLE in a weaving pattern through the other players in the circle, without losing control of the ball. The last person standing is the winner and they recite the basketball rule printed on the back of the rhyming word.
Here's the visual:
The game instructions are included and here's a fun little video that provides the fun and frolic for those visual learners! Enjoy!
P.S. This is the same lesson I presented with Nick Glass at 2019 TLA Conference. There are a couple of pictures below. Also, I had to represent the CSK committee with my bright yellow, CSK shirt you can buy here!
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
The Femme Fatale & Her Golden Shovel
In honor of Women's Month, we celebration with Golden Shovel Poems!
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Black History Jeopardy
In an effort to self-improve, I created a better representation for Black History Month...especially after watching some SNL Black History Jeopardy. I hope you enjoy my version more than SNL.
I found the template here. As a footnote, I created this game using the template in Microsoft PowerPoint. However, I saved it as a PowerPoint Show and then converted it into video. I found the ease to use directions here.
I found the template here. As a footnote, I created this game using the template in Microsoft PowerPoint. However, I saved it as a PowerPoint Show and then converted it into video. I found the ease to use directions here.
Friday, February 8, 2019
Friday, August 24, 2018
6 Steps to Digital Detox
We are living in an age where teenagers are no longer just rebels without a cause, but down-right dismissive with their faces stuck to a screen...j/k...lol...sorry, not sorry!
For my inaugural month at high school campus, I'm sticking with tradition and teaching digital citzenship, by way of detox! What did we use to do with our hands before the invention of cell phones? Lol!
Please check my Padlet for excellent resource articles:
For my inaugural month at high school campus, I'm sticking with tradition and teaching digital citzenship, by way of detox! What did we use to do with our hands before the invention of cell phones? Lol!
Please check my Padlet for excellent resource articles:
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