Plotted
by E C Koch
ITITY
Enigmatology Reporter
Bloomington,
IN
As
many school districts have directed their instructors to transition to online
learning formats, teachers are now attempting to innovate amid a challenging
new instructional environment.
Among
the many educators working to make the most of the extraordinary situation is Allison
Franklin, a first-grade teacher at Fairview Elementary School whose geography
lessons have lately garnered positive attention for their ability to calibrate
complex concepts to her student’s comprehension levels.
“Teaching
students at this age,” says Franklin, “is the work of introducing them to the
material they don’t know through concepts they do know—my kids might not know
what the United States looks like, but they’re familiar with jigsaw puzzles, so
I’ll explain how we have one country, but we have lots of different pieces –
it’s a puzzle – we have beautiful pieces, beautiful states, that make up the
whole country.”
When
asked how she planned to continue the school year during the current crisis,
Franklin stated, “Well, typically, the next unit is about the role of the WHO,
but, since it looks like they won’t be around for much longer, I’ve been thinking
we’ll cover the efficacy of tariffs instead.”
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