Lesson 1: embracing wobble
Lesson 1: embracing wobble
Pursuing literacy as criticality:
Interrogating Creators of Texts
Before We Start
Prior to starting our lesson on interrogating creators of texts, examine the following lesson ideas for the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn using the technology Storyboard That, a popular website used by teachers, and reflect on your initial reaction to these lessons. You might respond to your impressions reading them, how teachers may or may not use activities like this to teach or other concepts, and/or any general reactions you have. Post your reflection on your course blog. You should complete this response by 2pm on Monday, March 22.
Exploring Race in Literature
Although this activity focuses on an ELA lesson, most of us are familiar with texts such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from our own time in school. Often, novels such as this one and To Kill a Mockingbird are used to examine issues surrounding race. For this reason, it's important to think about how to teach texts such as these when we consider representation in media--even if we don't teach them ourselves. Understanding students' experiences in all disciplines helps us understand the knowledge they come to us with in other classes. This interdisciplinary understanding is important at the middle level. Storyboard That offers an approach to teaching The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn using new technologies.
What's Next?
Log in to our Zoom Meeting by 2pm on Monday, March 22
Our Invited Guest: Jeff Share
Dr. Jeff Share works in teacher education at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Prior to completing his Ph.D., Jeff was a photojournalist, bilingual elementary teacher and a Regional Coordinator for Training at the Center for Media Literacy. Jeff's work in critical media literacy is known and respected world-wide.
Read his interview, where he talks about Environmental Interconnections in the Pandemic
