Where do we go from here?
What do you do with Knowledge?
Think about the world in which you live. Think about the country, the state, the city in which you live. Think smaller still. Think about your neighborhood, your street, your home. Think one step smaller. Think about you.
You have dreams. You have hopes, fears, wishes. In order to make anything happen--to realize a dream--we must have the knowledge and skills to act. To make a difference, we must be aware of the situation. For your last project, I want you and someone at home to delve deeply into invisible connections and relationships.
Most of the time, we see the final products. For example, the cake that you have for your birthday. What a delicious cake, right? I might ask, "From where is your cake?" You might answer, "My parents" or "the store." But what if we traced back the origins of that cake. What if I told you that your cake came from a variety of places. If you had a chocolate cake, it might of interest for you to know that most of the chocolate comes from the Cote d'Ivoire.
Chocolate is made from the seeds of a cacao tree. We might not think about how the chocolate comes to be. People, including other children your age and younger, work on the cocoa plantations. Check out the below links.
You have dreams. You have hopes, fears, wishes. In order to make anything happen--to realize a dream--we must have the knowledge and skills to act. To make a difference, we must be aware of the situation. For your last project, I want you and someone at home to delve deeply into invisible connections and relationships.
Most of the time, we see the final products. For example, the cake that you have for your birthday. What a delicious cake, right? I might ask, "From where is your cake?" You might answer, "My parents" or "the store." But what if we traced back the origins of that cake. What if I told you that your cake came from a variety of places. If you had a chocolate cake, it might of interest for you to know that most of the chocolate comes from the Cote d'Ivoire.
Chocolate is made from the seeds of a cacao tree. We might not think about how the chocolate comes to be. People, including other children your age and younger, work on the cocoa plantations. Check out the below links.
Although we enjoy the taste of chocolate cake in our moment of bliss, that chocolate cake has a story. And that's only one ingredient. Sugar, flour, vanilla, butter, the bowl in which you mix the ingredient, the spoon with which you stir--an amazing amount of resources and individuals have been a part of creating the cake--it is the globalized experience!
For your last project, I would like for you and someone (or someones) at home to think of an everyday item that you eat, drink, wear, or see. I then want you to create its story. From beginning components to ending product, create a narrative of your item. This narrative should include the following items:
1. An every day item that you and your family use around the house.
2. A list of its ingredients, components, or materials.
3. Web addresses describing possible origins of the ingredients, components, or materials.
4. A narrative (do NOT write the name of the item until the end) in which you tell a story of the creation of the item. You can get creative! Some details you might want to include would be country of origin of ingredients, components, materials; type of transportations to get to you; who is making, harvesting, creating your item.
5. The student should also include some type of map illustrating how the various ingredients, components, or materials come together to create one product.
Note, that you narrative will be read aloud to the class. Your classmates will attempt to guess what item you are describing.
For your last project, I would like for you and someone (or someones) at home to think of an everyday item that you eat, drink, wear, or see. I then want you to create its story. From beginning components to ending product, create a narrative of your item. This narrative should include the following items:
1. An every day item that you and your family use around the house.
2. A list of its ingredients, components, or materials.
3. Web addresses describing possible origins of the ingredients, components, or materials.
4. A narrative (do NOT write the name of the item until the end) in which you tell a story of the creation of the item. You can get creative! Some details you might want to include would be country of origin of ingredients, components, materials; type of transportations to get to you; who is making, harvesting, creating your item.
5. The student should also include some type of map illustrating how the various ingredients, components, or materials come together to create one product.
Note, that you narrative will be read aloud to the class. Your classmates will attempt to guess what item you are describing.