BMS Distance Learning Newsletter
Week 6
Teaching Climate Change During a Pandemic -Lessons
Coal, Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Mountaintop Removal - Students mine chocolate chips from cookies in a simulation then discuss the benefits, drawbacks and complications in the process as they analyze modern mining techniques and the movement to change policy.
Five Years After the Levees Broke: Bearing Witness Through Poetry - A teacher’s reflection on the power of poetry to spark critical discussion and reflection on current issues of inequality surrounding disaster response in the United States
The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do
The Coronavirus Explained
Take a look at the lesson attached to the video here: https://ed.ted.com/on/FGNRaGnF
Poem in Your Pocket Day
- Select a poem and share it on social media using the hashtag #pocketpoem.
- Simultaneously participate in the Shelter in Poems initiative, and select a poem that brings you solace during this time of distance and solitude. Share what it means to you and use the hashtags #pocketpoem and #ShelterInPoems.
- Print a poem from the Poem in Your Pocket Day PDF and draw an image from the poem in the white space, or use the instructions on pages 59-60 of the PDF to make an origami swan.
- Record a video of yourself reading a poem, then share it on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, or another social media platform you use.
There is a public flipgrid available for students to post their poems. The link is below.
