As a future social studies teacher I always try to make an effort to keep up to date about the current state of world affairs. While earing my masters at West Virginia University I’ve been in some classes where it’s been an ongoing theme (I student teach next fall, finally!). How will you discuss such themes with your students? In most cases it’s not discussed. Well, I plan I making it part of my daily routine, it doesn’t matter whether it occurs in the classroom, lunch table, or bus line, just as long as it happens. For my online social studies class we were asked to discuss the following article: “Signs in Kenya That Killings Were Planned.”
This article is a prime example of an issue that should be discussed in the classroom. Although in many cases it’s not in depth, we learn about the Holocaust, but if the student doesn’t know any better, many times they never realize that the same type of genocide has taken place before, and is still taking place today. Addressing articles in the classroom can help students become aware of the daily affairs that effect the world we live in. To many students, Kenya may seem just some distant land that will never impact their lives, but as teachers we should make those distances smaller by learning and raising awareness about dilemma’s that make the daily lives for some difficult.
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