Agree with all you have written! I’ve specialized in teaching the most vulnerable kids-& in order to teach them, we as teachers, have to get everything right-doing exactly as you suggest here-build background knowledge, provide geographical info, dates & time lines so the students can make connections to think critically.
Thanks for the comment, Lois! I think you're the first reader to post a comment on "Minding the Gap." Other readers have just emailed me with their comments, but it would be nice to get more of a communal discussion going through posted comments like yours.
Agree with all you have written! I’ve specialized in teaching the most vulnerable kids-& in order to teach them, we as teachers, have to get everything right-doing exactly as you suggest here-build background knowledge, provide geographical info, dates & time lines so the students can make connections to think critically.
Thanks for the comment, Lois! I think you're the first reader to post a comment on "Minding the Gap." Other readers have just emailed me with their comments, but it would be nice to get more of a communal discussion going through posted comments like yours.