Culminating Class Activities: A Vision of a Lakewood Graduate by Jennifer Kuzmickas

Walk a Mile Project

jennifer_kuzmickas — 2024-03-06 19:44:25 UTC

Conduct a 'Walk a Mile' project where students interview members of the community or family about challenges they have faced. Young learners then share the stories through art projects, showcasing understanding and respect for others' experiences.

Empathy Circles

jennifer_kuzmickas — 2024-03-06 19:44:25 UTC

Organize empathy circles within the classroom. Students pair up, sharing stories with each other, practicing empathetic listening, and then expressing what they've heard through drawings or written summaries.

Global Empathy Book Club

jennifer_kuzmickas — 2024-03-06 19:44:41 UTC

Implement a 'Global Empathy Book Club' where students read stories from different cultures. They later discuss the emotions and situations of characters to foster a deeper understanding of global perspectives.

Community Problem Solvers

jennifer_kuzmickas — 2024-03-06 19:44:42 UTC

Initiate a 'Community Problem Solvers' campaign, encouraging students to identify local issues and brainstorm feasible solutions as a team, using both creative and analytical thinking approaches.

Design Thinking Workshop

jennifer_kuzmickas — 2024-03-06 19:44:43 UTC

Hold a 'Design Thinking Workshop' where students tackle a given challenge by empathizing, defining, ideating, prototyping, and testing solutions, harnessing both creative and critical thinking skills.

Cross-Cultural Communication Quest

jennifer_kuzmickas — 2024-03-06 19:44:43 UTC

Organize a 'Cross-Cultural Communication Quest' where students work in teams to learn and present about a chosen culture's communication styles, fostering both collaboration and communication skills.

Classroom Debates on Global Issues: Think of how you could make a project based on this.... change something.

jennifer_kuzmickas — 2024-03-06 19:44:44 UTC

Arrange classroom debates on global issues, emphasizing respectful argumentation and the importance of listening to differing viewpoints. This activity enhances students' communication and teamwork abilities.

The Challenge Zone

jennifer_kuzmickas — 2024-03-06 19:44:44 UTC

Implement 'The Challenge Zone' where students set personal learning goals and track their progress over time, celebrating improvements and learning from outcomes, fostering a growth mindset.

Reflections Wall

jennifer_kuzmickas — 2024-03-06 19:44:45 UTC

Create a 'Reflections Wall' where students post regularly about mistakes they overcame and what they learned, promoting the idea that challenges lead to growth.

Model United Nations

jennifer_kuzmickas — 2024-03-06 19:44:46 UTC

Start a 'Model United Nations' activity, where students represent different countries and discuss solutions to global problems, enhancing global awareness and citizenship.

Virtual Cultural Exchange

jennifer_kuzmickas — 2024-03-06 19:44:46 UTC

Conduct a virtual cultural exchange with a classroom in another country, allowing students to share and learn about different cultures, broadening their global perspective.

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https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/letters-for-a-cause-activism-through-the-post/XAeM2Aaa52g600F9

jennifer_kuzmickas — 2024-03-07 13:19:03 UTC

Questions to ask yourself...

jennifer_kuzmickas — 2024-03-07 13:23:33 UTC

What specific community need(s) do you want to address?
Why are these issues important?
What new things did you learn from your research?
What solution(s) do you propose?
What specific action(s) can you and your peers realistically take to contribute to the solution?
Who are potential partners in this work?
What do you need to act on your idea(s)?

jennifer_kuzmickas — 2024-03-07 13:25:46 UTC

Mix It Up- Cafeteria Style

jennifer_kuzmickas — 2024-03-07 13:33:07 UTC