Blog#1 - Tragedy
I’m sure that as a teacher I will face many issues which are difficult to deal with. It’s my best hope that I will be able to effectively communicate with the students in the most appropriate way, and give them as best information that I can on any issue. Our most current issue hurricane Katrina is what I’m going to focus my journal entry on. I would definitely address this issue to my students. Many students are not interested in the news, and they need to be informed somehow of the current issues that we are facing today in our society. As for locating resources, I think there are many reputalbe new stations out there that effectively cover the issue of hurricane Katrina. Everywhere you looked you could find some sort of information regarding this natural disaster. People learn from a tragedy such as this one, by becoming aware of the world, noticing that people live in different situations, and sometimes living conditions are not as great as many of us are blessed with. Students should be aware of situations like these, because it effects everyone in one way shape or form. I would definitely take time out of my regular curriculum to address this issue, because it is a very important issue to discuss with students. Making them aware is the best thing I could do as a educator. I’m sure that many students would also like to know what can be done to help in this devistating situation. To make sure information is age appropriate relies heavily on how you present the information and what information you present to students. Obviously, you wouldn’t present the same information to a 1st grader as to a 10th grade. You would have to present it at a level where the child understands. I would address the issue in my classroom, though. Tragedy’s need to be addressed, sometimes children need this to cope with the way that the tragedy is affecting them.
