USeful tools for professors
Teaching migration with children's book: Check out the Paddignton Bear Story or listen to this e-book sample via Amazon.com.
Paddignton Bear Book cover. Click on the image to check the book in Amazon.com
Teaching with political cartoons
Analysis Worksheet: here in the National Archives
Political Cartoons for the classroom: PDF guidelines
VISUAL THINK STRATEGIES
A way to introduce class discussion can be as simple as asking: 'What's going on in this picture?" "What do you see that makes you think that is what is happening?"
For more info visit the VTS website.
Carmen Lomas Garza. La Fiesta de Reynosa. This image comes from the Blog Space Chicana Arts and Artist. Follow it here.
I have successfully used this painting to introduce a class on Chicano artists and traditions.
This video will teach students how to make inferences in reading and support them with textual evidence.
More links and resources
How to asses learning each class: EXIT SLIPS: Click here to check the rationale behind them.
Here's an excerpt from the NYT:
Exit slips require students to answer particular questions on a piece of paper that is turned in before they leave the class. These slips — half a piece of paper, provided by the teacher or by students themselves — provide teachers with immediate information that can be used to assess students’ understanding, monitor students’ questions or gather feedback on teaching.
For students, exit slips serve as a content review at the end of a daily lesson and enhance their metacognitive skills. Read more.
Learning to teach DIVERSITY useful articles here.
Learning from LGBTQ students read what they have to say and, of course, watch this video:
VIDEO TOOL: Use PowToon to create your animated videos.
When Colin Stokes' 3-year-old son caught a glimpse of Star Wars, he was instantly obsessed. But what messages did he absorb from the sci-fi classic? Stokes asks for more movies that send positive messages to boys: that cooperation is heroic, and respecting women is as manly as defeating the villain.
