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This approach to Classroom climate is tops!

Eric Schulz

https://youtu.be/Mxyn1aqGens

Crissy Calera
Grade 6 Humanities Teacher
Abu Dubai

 I have been teaching since 1994 and have been intentional about classroom climate that entire time, however the ideas that you encapsulate in ACEs really get at the heart of what most teachers are trying to achieve.  I want to make sure that new teachers see this.  Also, while you teach 6th grade, this feels right for high school as well.  I wonder (see what I did there) if people in this community have examples of how the do each of these elements of the classroom.  

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    What a great use of KWL charts! I love the idea of making the connection between past and present in this way.  This last year for our district focused on a year of purpose, The intention was to highlights…

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    Great share. This really has me thinking. I teach 9th (Big History Project) and 10th grade (World History Project) and  's approach has a lot more intentionality to it compared to how I…

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    I also teach 6th grade, and I love how you connect ancient history to students' daily lives.  I'd love to hear more about your lesson on stone-age technology and Apple.

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  • I really like the way in which you approach the teaching of topical issues to your students Crissy and the way in which you make these topics relevant to students everyday live. I especially liked the way in which you encourage your students to bring in and discuss current articles from the news. One of my biggest challenges is trying to encourage my students to look beyond social media for information on current events. Thanks for sharing your ideas with the community. 

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  • I really like the way in which you approach the teaching of topical issues to your students Crissy and the way in which you make these topics relevant to students everyday live. I especially liked the way in which you encourage your students to bring in and discuss current articles from the news. One of my biggest challenges is trying to encourage my students to look beyond social media for information on current events. Thanks for sharing your ideas with the community. 

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  • in reply to Charles Rushworth

    Thank you!  I believe relevance is key to engagement, and a great way to build relevance is through stories.  I'll be honest and say history was not a strong point for me as a student, and I know I would have been more interested if my teachers had taught events, people, etc using stories instead of just facts, and that's what I try and do now as a teacher.  As far as getting students to look beyond social media, maybe try making a lesson out of that.  I wonder if you could find some examples of inaccurate news on social media and share those with the students, then ask them to research the actual story or facts.  That could be a quick and easy way to get them to see how much more is out there and how unreliable social media is as a news source.