tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post2758070742723077325..comments2024-03-29T04:42:24.141-06:00Comments on TeacherDance: Learning history by imaginingLinda Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-81479154604438445562012-06-14T12:56:50.832-06:002012-06-14T12:56:50.832-06:00Thank you Carmela for seeing the idea for its wort...Thank you Carmela for seeing the idea for its worth. It was quite a pleasure to make our way through to the final pieces.Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-88563133015247382012-06-14T11:12:33.072-06:002012-06-14T11:12:33.072-06:00>>We then created artistic tombstones on whi...>>We then created artistic tombstones on which were written their poems. <<<br />What a marvelous idea, on so many levels--history, writing, visual art. And what a terrific way to make history come alive for young people! Hurray for you, Linda.Carmela Martinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543808551988338496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-42834049162964412222012-06-13T21:26:26.314-06:002012-06-13T21:26:26.314-06:00You're welcome, Irene. It's great to hear...You're welcome, Irene. It's great to hear someone else love these poems. They are a marvelous combination of wit and satire and stretched my students' thinking deeply a lot.Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-68512721453716202742012-06-13T19:07:47.045-06:002012-06-13T19:07:47.045-06:00Spoon River Anthology is one I pick up at least on...Spoon River Anthology is one I pick up at least once a year. A thing of beauty, it is. Thanks for sharing your teaching ideas!Irene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-61742558435281940212012-06-13T06:06:06.522-06:002012-06-13T06:06:06.522-06:00Thanks Tara. I suspect for younger students one c...Thanks Tara. I suspect for younger students one could find more appropriate poems that are epitaphs. Maybe I should look. Hope your days are going well in school!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319624163132382197.post-52519332581635488502012-06-13T04:53:38.765-06:002012-06-13T04:53:38.765-06:00Oh, I love this idea for Social Studies! I've...Oh, I love this idea for Social Studies! I've used it as a closure activity for biography book clubs , but never thought to incorporate this in history...in which in would work very well, too. Thanks, Linda!Tara @ A Teaching Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07195982194362559883noreply@blogger.com