Concrete: Make it Understandable (Visual and Visceral)
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Concrete: Make it Understandable (Visual and Visceral)
The advice here is to ground ideas in sensory reality. Failing that, context must be given so that ideas are grounded in reality and numbers are not abstract. This emphasizes the need for pictures and videos rather than plain text or lecture. The authors advise teachers to make learning “visual and visceral.” Below is a brief list of ways to make the topic of the Industrial Revolution concrete, visual, and visceral.
• Field trips/ videos of processes such as spinning, weaving, mining, waterwheels, steam engines, etc.
• Photos: Jacob Riise, How the Other Half Lives or Lewis Hine’s work
• Video: Behind the Swoosh, Blood, Sweat and T Shirts, Wal-Mart, 30 Days
• Tragedy of Commons Goldfish Game
• Labor Union Negotiation Game (See Appendix E)
The advice here is to ground ideas in sensory reality. Failing that, context must be given so that ideas are grounded in reality and numbers are not abstract. This emphasizes the need for pictures and videos rather than plain text or lecture. The authors advise teachers to make learning “visual and visceral.” Below is a brief list of ways to make the topic of the Industrial Revolution concrete, visual, and visceral.
• Field trips/ videos of processes such as spinning, weaving, mining, waterwheels, steam engines, etc.
• Photos: Jacob Riise, How the Other Half Lives or Lewis Hine’s work
• Video: Behind the Swoosh, Blood, Sweat and T Shirts, Wal-Mart, 30 Days
• Tragedy of Commons Goldfish Game
• Labor Union Negotiation Game (See Appendix E)