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An Architecture Lesson on the Tower Bridge Thursday, June 28, 2007  Adrienne: “I would ask students to break into pairs and construct a timeline covering before the Tower Bridge was built to the current day. I would outline enough topics so that students would not have to come up with the topics on their own. I would like to see one group study all the architectural designs that were entered into the competition and the board who researched the architects’ design entries. I would also have a group study the hydraulic system, and I would ask one group to study the change over from hydraulic to electric. I would also ask each group to study the opening day and to ask one group to study the time that the bridge was raised. I would present this lesson with a PowerPoint which had a slide with a title and date and then a slide of one photograph of the topic. I would ask the students to pick which topic each pair would like, then to collect 5 images and create a 5-slide PowerPoint presentation without text. I would collect all the slide presentations the day before and then create one complete presentation with all the student work, and then the next class I would ask the pair to stand and present their learning as we flip through the slides.”
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About the Adventure “You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” - Samuel Johnson (1777) From June 22nd to July 2nd, eight students and their professor will explore firsthand sites of primary interest to English teachers throughout greater London, Oxford, and Stratford-on-Avon. While doing so, they'll write about the value of curriculum as lived experience in the context of English language and literature, critique the educational value of contemporary British artistic and cultural events, and go on to develop a plan for teaching and learning the English language arts that addresses experiential learning and authentic reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities. Moravian sends student teachers to inner city London neighborhoods each semester, and this course will allow registrants to explore in detail ways to use the city's resources to construct curriculum. Blog Archives |