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Our Interconnected World

Anne Koschmider

I want to give a huge shout out to  for sharing this Google Slide Deck to accompany the Our Interconnected World activity. Today was my first time doing the activity, and her slides were extremely helpful in planning and preparing the activity. Kathryn is a supremely talented PearDeck aficionado, as you can see in her slide deck.

However, my students are in person, so I decided to give the original version with yarn a try. Therefore, I made some minor modifications and came up with this slide deck. 

For those of you who have tried this activity before, I would love to hear your thoughts on:

  • Where do you put this activity in your unit pacing? I used it after the Columbian Exchange lessons. I haven't decided if I like that best, or if it would be better as a unit intro. 
  • A logistical conundrum...what is the most efficient way to rebundle that yarn at the end of the activity?! I've got some serious untangling to do!
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  • I'm introducing this activity just after a modified World Zone Cafe and before a micro-study of the role of women during 1450-1750 (graphic bios, and a Flocabulary video)  In my mind, I'm taking the birds-eye view with the cafe & interconnected world, then diving deeply into the personal stories of individuals. We'll see how this goes,  

    In terms of the yarn -- I use scissors! We just cut the ties that bind us all, so we can get out of class at the end of class. I have some scrap yarn, so it's not really costing me anything, but I do consider the hidden costs of production ... so... sometimes, I'll have the students drop their yarn and I'll wrap it quickly around a square piece of cardboard (think smaller than a piece of letter-sized paper, cut from the case of paper or a cereal box)  I try to keep at least 6 balls of yarn in my room, so I can manage in those 'quick-changes' of back to back classes.  

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  • I'm introducing this activity just after a modified World Zone Cafe and before a micro-study of the role of women during 1450-1750 (graphic bios, and a Flocabulary video)  In my mind, I'm taking the birds-eye view with the cafe & interconnected world, then diving deeply into the personal stories of individuals. We'll see how this goes,  

    In terms of the yarn -- I use scissors! We just cut the ties that bind us all, so we can get out of class at the end of class. I have some scrap yarn, so it's not really costing me anything, but I do consider the hidden costs of production ... so... sometimes, I'll have the students drop their yarn and I'll wrap it quickly around a square piece of cardboard (think smaller than a piece of letter-sized paper, cut from the case of paper or a cereal box)  I try to keep at least 6 balls of yarn in my room, so I can manage in those 'quick-changes' of back to back classes.  

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