October 21, 2011
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The Integrated Unit: Poverty
Just wrapped up the 5 teaching/activity days for a fully-integrated unit on poverty in SC for our 7th-12th graders at NCS. I think it went pretty well. There are some elements I’d change, if I could go back, but overall I think we accomplished our educational goals and I appreciated the change of pace.
I tried to keep up a regular stream of blog posts over at Teaching Redemptively as the week went on. You can find the story there:
Food Costs: A Real Project
Teaching TimeGreenville Work Day: From God to You ministries
My main regret is simply this: We did this unit in place of the weeklong big-city (or mission) field trips that we normally take in the Fall. I really missed having the break that comes with being in a different place doing very different things. I also missed the development of class comraderie that comes with going on an adventure together. And I just plain love traveling. Maybe next year we can do both a trip and a problem-based unit …. I think the kids would benefit greatly from both kinds of “alternate school.”
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Really…. I miss being able to travel with students. :-/ Really hoping we get a big enough Spain/Italy group to make that trip work! There’s something very energizing about traveling with students. (And something very RANDOM. And unexpected. And occasionally stressful…. but it’s worth it! lol)