Many, many crazy things have been happening lately.
The event that I've chosen has to deal with something that is going on right in Mississippi. A envelope filled with the substance Ricin was sent to President Obama and also the Senator of Mississippi, Roger Wicker. They found a suspect which is a man from Corinth, MS.
This is a great teaching moment because it allows you do apply it to the classroom by allowing the students to do some kind of research of what exactly is ricin. (I myself had to look this up- Here's a link: http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/16/health/what-is-ricin ) There are many different ways you could go with this type of current event.
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/04/ricin_suspect_charged_with_sen.html
This would be a great way to do a lesson on this current event. I read one article where they discussed how all government officials letters are inspected before they are sent to their mailing address and I thought students could research about how the mailing process works.
ReplyDeleteI think that students need to know what is going on around them because sometimes they hear just bits and pieces of something and it scares them because they do not understand. It definitely be a good opportunity to teach the students and to also inform them of events going on around them.
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