Submitted by: Lisa Hand
School: Deep Run High School
Summary
The students use authentic resources in connecting the rescue of 33 Chilean miners to universal themes: family, working collectively, patience, perseverance, faith, and modern technology.
Students work collaboratively in solving real-world problems and deliver a presentation from the perspective of the trapped miners. In addition, using the target language they create a video intended for the miners’ family members.
TIPC Ratings
In terms of research and information fluency, this lesson is developing as students were asked to research and apply information found on the internet, with the teacher providing a specific link in order to access the information efficiently. Students used the information to analyze cultural practices in order to determine the global significance.
This lesson is target as the students articulated thoughts and ideas in the target language both electronically and face-to-face. They worked effectively as teams to accomplish a common goal, made compromises, divided tasks and delivered the final oral presentation. Finally, they collectively designed and
created an original video within a limited time frame.
This lesson is target as the students discussed and evaluated the impact of the event on their own culture. They examined the event from both the perspective of the miners and of the miner’s families. They hypothesized what it would be like to be trapped. They compared this event to other human global events and they used higher order thinking skills to offer solutions to the plight of the miners, a real world problem.
This lesson is approaching as the students applied critical thinking when determining the order of rescue and explaining the reasons behind their selections. They brainstormed and openly collaborated to produce a video intended for the families of the trapped miners. Each team member’s video portion was distinct and demonstrated the originality and inventiveness of the group members.
