Can you teach the future and be optimistic? That is what I am going to focus on as I start the LBH project this year. In the past my students talk about global warming, an asteroid hitting the earth, or food shortages in a rising global population. All of these issues are important but I want to create a feeling of optimism as I stress to the kids that they can help solve the world's issue. Any suggestions for how to go about this monumental task?
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Teach the future and optimism? Simultaneously? Yes we can. Read this marvelous poem by Václav Havel; what's the message? The message may point to the power and opportunity of individual action. An individual may make a difference. When Big History seems too big, immoveable, an obstacle, predetermined, remember that an individual may intercede. Individuals may have an incredible amount of power today. I use the poem, along with many graphs and tables of impending pessimism, as part of Unit 10.
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Teach the future and optimism? Simultaneously? Yes we can. Read this marvelous poem by Václav Havel; what's the message? The message may point to the power and opportunity of individual action. An individual may make a difference. When Big History seems too big, immoveable, an obstacle, predetermined, remember that an individual may intercede. Individuals may have an incredible amount of power today. I use the poem, along with many graphs and tables of impending pessimism, as part of Unit 10.
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