For the last week and a half, students have been formulating their plans for their group change project. I let students select their own groups based on common interests in social issues. Due to computer availability, students researched relevant statistics in between filling out the project proposal sheets. Agenda
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Last week, students chose topics (i.e. social problems) they were interested in and created circle lessons which they facilitated for their class. Students' circles were powerful and well thought out. Several students commented that these circles were some of the best circles this year! Agenda
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Last week, students chose a reference from Ensler's "Refuser" poem to research. Some chose to look up specific women's lives, others looked up wars or more general problems mentioned in the text. We shared our research in a circle, and brainstormed other problems in society we would like to solve. We concluded the week with a problem tree activity to determine the root causes of some of the social issues discussed. Agenda
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Too often, I fall into the trap of pushing to "get more done" which I interpret as cramming more information and activities into a unit, when the students would actually benefit more from stopping and refining what they have already done. This seems like a good exercise for mastery-based education and allows students an opportunity to receive peer feedback. Agenda:
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