Monday, 7 October 2013
Placemat Activity
For our Aboriginal Education course we are to do a chapter presentation on our textbook. Since the beginning of the program, it is obvious that presentations with an activity of some sort is more interesting. Our group has decided to do a placemat activity to get everyone engaged in the content. We created these placemats for the class to use during the presentation. They look very basic, and they are, although it is time consuming to create something like this for an entire class! The colours represent the 4 seasons of the year and different forms of spirituality. Once we present the material, I will post another photo of one of the placemats filled out by the class!
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Yes, time consuming. If you were doing this with a class at school, it would be helpful to have the students create the placemats for themselves. Or if your students are too young and you can't afford the class time, sometimes you can encourage a small group of special "helpers" from your class or an older class to work on projects like this for you at noon or recess. Yes, I am interested to see how they are used. And yes, activity is more energizing than listening to someone "tell", and more likely to contribute to lasting learning as well. I can see this as a useful arts integrated activity if your students at school learn about the medicine wheel and the significance of the colours. (for the context organizer)
ReplyDeleteOh, and if you or the students created a set of these for the class, you might laminate them to use all year.
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