My students need to extend their curiosity through books. The time they spend following their interests in a beautiful book or atlas creates opportunities for their intellectual growth.
I teach sixth-grade social studies at Inman Middle, a Title I school in Atlanta. I have been teaching for 23 years--the last 18 in Title I city schools.
Please join my students in our beloved community as we take on the big questions: Who gets what?
(economics); Who decides? (government); How does the past create the present? (history); and How does where determine how? (geography).
I encourage my students to be curious about the world beyond the classroom. Some have traveled the globe; others have barely left Atlanta.
I am helping to train the next generation of citizens. I thank you for joining me in this work.
My Project
My students are full of questions, but they have little experience turning the pages of a thoughtful, gorgeous atlas or coffee-table book. I have a few lovely books in my room, but I am eager to expand my class collection.
Curious about the world?
Open a beautiful book! A map from 1320; a diagram of a city street in 1564; a connection between geography and history as shown on an illustrated map.
I give my students time to be intrigued, and the physical beauty of a book attracts them to the knowledge contained there.
Something fascinating, beautiful, pleasing to touch, and compelling for its own sake: I want to introduce my students to the joy of learning by browsing.
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