Only 100 People on Earth!


Watch this thought-provoking presentation and consider the following question:

  1. How does the presentation make you feel about your own existence in the world?
  2. What is it about the presentation that surprises you?
  3. How can you make a difference in the  lives of those less fortunate than yourself?

An Outstanding View

President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address
President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address
Click on the picture, then double click to zoom in.
What do you see in this picture? What else do you see?
How are the people in the picture like you? How are they different?
What do you know about this? What would you like to know?

Get into “Flow”

Above is the last section of Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi’s presentation where he describes Flow. You can also see the full video.

What is “Flow”?  Describe it in your own words.

Have you had a Flow experience?  If so, describe what you were doing.

How do you experience “Challenges”?  Are they positive, negative or neutral?

Water Cycle Song


 

KWL: Know – Want to Know – Learned

  1. What do you already know about this?
  2. What more would you want to learn?
  3. What is something new you learned by looking closely?  You can use the interactive diagram below to explain.


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Melbourne Then and Now

Bourke Street Melbourne
Bourke Street Melbourne

Where is the mother and her two daughters in the foreground going?

When was this picture painted?  What clues are there?

Why was this painted? What was the artist trying to say?

Look carefully at the shops along Bourke Street.  What might be sold? How is this different to the shops today?

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How recently was this picture taken? How can you tell?

There are no more horses and carts in the picture. Why?

People are still busy walking around the city. Are they still doing the same things?

Classroom in Tunisia

classroom-tunisia

Learning Environment in Tunisia

  1. What do you see?
  2. Where is Tunisia?
  3. How does it compare to your classroom?
  4. If one of the children came to your classroom what might they think?
  5. What are the limitations and benefits of learning in a classroom like this one?

German coastguard

Why is it important to learn a language?

What things can still go wrong in cross cultural communication?

Claim-Support-Question

  1. Make a claim about the topic
  2. Identify support for your claim
  3. Ask a question related to your claim