KAIS Meetings of Like Minds
Middle and Upper School History/Social Studies/English Subject Area Gathering
March 9, 2007
Louisville Collegiate School, Lexington Kentucky
www.loucol.com
Registration: 9:00-9:30
Session 1: 9:30-10:30
-Making iMovie Documentaries with 8th graders: A Case Study
John Klus and Brad Becker, Sayre School
A look at the steps involved in using iMovie to create narrated documentaries
of US Presidents
-Difference, Privilege and Marginalization
Roland Sintos-Coloma, University of Miami, Ohio
This workshop enables educators to examine their identities based on categories
of difference, such as race, class, and gender, and to explore how their
identities shape curriculum, instruction, teacher-student relations, and
classroom and school climate. It aims to recognize “blind spots”,
to analyze taken-for-granted norms, beliefs, and assumptions, and to create
spaces for dialogue, respect, and inclusion.
-A Six Trimester High School Humanities Program (part 1)
Michael Goldberg, Kentucky Country Day School
A summary of the genesis, content, and benefit(s) of an innovative approach
to high school humanities The program is in its first full year of operation
and it consists of six trimesters, each focused on an aspect of the humanities.
The courses are: Philosophy, Theology, Philanthropy, Art/Aesthetics, Science,
Research/Cultural Criticism
Session 2: 10:45-11:45
- Mock trial: An essential modern teaching tool
Marti Calderwood, Louisville Collegiate School
A look at how mock trail supports collaborative, problem-based education. Includes
a demonstration.
-Roundtable Discussion: Journaling in the English Classroom
An open-ended discussion about how to effectively employ journal-writing
as part
of the English curriculum. What kind of writing prompts are most effective?
How does teacher commentary on journal entries affect student response? Come
with ideas to share and in interest in learning from your peers.
-Teaching Through Film
Kenny Karem, Louisville Collegiate School
How to use feature films and teach academic skills and supplement the
curriculum. Case study: "Last of the Mohicans". Class includes hands-on
activities, "how-to" handouts, films-for-teaching list and film clips.
-A Six Trimester Humanities Program (part 2)
Michael Goldberg, Kentucky Country Day School
In depth discussion about the program presented in the preceding Part 1.
Lunch 12:00-12:45
Session 3: 1:00-2:00
- Poetry Unit for A.P. and Honors
David Youngblood and Tony Thompson, Sayre School
Looking for a poetry unit that always works? This intense month-long introduction
to poetry involves considerable independent work by the students, considerable
writing (5 short papers, one 10-page paper), and an introduction to the basic
poetic terms. But in the end students and teachers alike feel it was one
of their best experiences in English.
- Leaving Mother Lake: a coming of age story
Francois Kimble, Louisville Collegiate School
A look at the story of a young Moso (Southwest China) girl. Plans included
appropriate for a middle school course.
-Teaching the Process Essay
Marti Calderwood, Louisville Collegiate School
A process paper either tells the reader how to do something or describes
how something is done. This talk looks at how to effectively teach it.
-Rethinking race: implications for Language Arts and Social Studies
Roland Sintos-Coloma, University of Miami, Ohio
This workshop guides educators to examine and teach about the concept of
race from four different approaches (pan-ethnic, intersectional, comparative,
and transnational). It includes thematic strategies, unit planning examples,
and curricular resources that educators can adopt and modify for their professional
practice.