Well, it certainly has changed mine. I have just completed my 3rd standard towards the ECIS International Teacher Certificate. I am one month late but elated none the less. What my students taught me for the last few months about passion, compassion, discovery and responsibility as global citizens far exceeded my expectations of this unit. I hope to take this energy into planning for next year and make all my classes focus on essential questions. They are powerful and worth the extra re-planning.
They began studying the Olympics and making art based on the concept of a worldwide truce. Note: none of them had used Photoshop before.
Then they studied the history of selfies (aka self-portraits) and Andy Warhol to better understand themselves, their motivations and emotions.
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They next studied tolerance and stereotyping creating animations on Photoshop.
As a quick celebration of #HappyDay they created words out of their own bodies symbolizing peace, nonviolence and happiness.
They researched peace activists and celebrated them using silhouette and text art.
And now they are busy planning Peace One Day September 2014. We were honored to have had the opportunity to Skype-meet Jeremy Gilley, author of Peace One Day and founder of the organization. He blew us away with his commitment, perseverance and advice on how we too can change the world. My students have written incredible blog posts on this once in a lifetime experience. We can't wait to share our enthusiasm with the whole ASM community in the fall.
Stay tuned for an update on our Global Art project. Here's a preview to some of the work:
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