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What are the most apropriate activites will the humanites students need? - jias - 02-02-2013 12:34 AM
I am teaching Humanities , i am thinking of activities which would make my students appreciate and enjoy the subject.
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- meenakshi - 02-02-2013 12:42 AM
In general, try to relate the subject & activities to current events. This increases relevancy in the eyes of students.
Use online or social networking sites, etc. to increase their participation & enjoyment. eg. ask them to write a story for twitter - ie in 140 characters only. [it was done recently, with many noted writers taking up the 'challenge'].
Decide on a topic. Give each student a number. Have each student post 1-2 sentences, in sequence [as per their number], online, such that each subsequent post Builds on the previous sentences & eventually completes some kind of story where the entire class had become involved, without knowing where/how it will go. Also, to add learning to the activity, each subsequent student needs to check for any spelling/grammatical errors in the previous post & correct it.
Discuss, Debate on topics that are current. Instead of giving a topic, have the class come up with something they'd like to discuss.
"What if...." questions can be a great way to involve students. And youngsters are truly innovative & creative at formulating & fantasizing .
Try a multicultural activity. Choose a topic/theme. Create a collage or a quilt ; collect info on traditions, rites, rituals, beliefs, dress, mores, norms, etc. etc. Do something with Superstitions.
Learn some handicraft or needlework or any art/craft technique from the past or from various cultures/countries/races & make something concrete.
Hope some of these inspire :-)
Add :
Role playing.
Puzzles - crosswords, word search, jumble words & such other puzzles based on the topic.
Trip to Museums
- Carissa - 02-02-2013 12:42 AM
What type of humanities and at what age?
Here are some fun review games:
http://eslcarissa.blogspot.mx/2012/09/flyswatter.html Hardly any prep
http://eslcarissa.blogspot.com/2012/12/fight-fight-playful-way-to-have.html Snowball fight in class!
Use rhymes for vocab
http://eslcarissa.blogspot.com/2012/11/i-am-thinking-of-word-that-rhymes-with.html
http://eslcarissa.blogspot.com/2012/07/rhyming-word-game.html
A fun folding activity you can do with a theme:
http://eslcarissa.blogspot.com/2012/06/write-fold-pass-draw-fold-pass-repeat.html
Make some fun assignments
I have students write an opinion essay using songs to form an opinion (http://eslcarissa.blogspot.com/2011/12/opinion-paragraph-with-lyrics.html) but many of them hav used to it defend random history events. Like, Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up is actually about the Cold War... super fun!
Make your assessments clear with rubrics:
http://eslcarissa.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-assess-writing-with-rubrics-duh.html
FInd twitter accounts that are relevant they can follow