Feb. 10, 2010 First Meeting of the School year.

We had a great first meeting of the year today. Eight students participated in a mapping activity where each individual identified countries that they were connected to ethnically or culturally. Our group connected to 36 points on the map, illustrating the importance of developing intercultural skills.

In the activity pictured below we explored the distribution of wealth in the United States. Each student represented 10% of the nations population and each chair equaled 10% of the nations wealth. We learned that the most wealthy student (10%) had 7 chairs to sit in while the other 9 students (90%) needed to share the remaining 3 chairs. We concluded the activity with a discussion about why some have more than others. Did the students think it was fair?

Here we are on the computers teaching the students to access our blog.


The last picture is of the students being goofy. Who wins the funny face contest?