The power of inquiry
Three South Kansas students completing a history inquiry around unsung heroes discovered Irena Sandler who during WW2 rescued 2,500 children from the Warsaw Ghetto. Nobody knew until these students told her story and it moved across the world. The power of inquiry and global connections. Without this Kansas history teaching intentionally bringing diversity into the classroom of these rural Kansas students the story of Irena Sandler and how she rescued these children and
Good news for Mother Earth
We get a lot of doom and gloom stories about our Mother Earth and what we as the supposed protectors of our Mother Earth have done and are still a party to, destroying environments and species. Well here are ten good news stories to support hope for a better future for our Earth. From species returning from the brink of extinction, to cleaning the plastic out of the ocean to highly successful alternative energy sources. We should no longer use the term alternative for energ
The arts make us human
A brilliant example of how the language of the arts is such a powerful language for communication. A message from the heart! This whole movie has a message that is so relevant today and everyday and should be shared with everyone we know of all ages and then discussed in our classrooms and used as a provocation to change attitudes and behaviour. Sometimes things come by and we view them as purely entertainment but this movie is so much more. Use it with your students a
