This is the first time that “Beyond the Trail of Tears: A view from the Cherokee Homeland” has been offered as a NEH Institute for School Teachers and I am particularly pleased to be the director, as the mountains of western North Carolina are also my homeland. I mention this because “place” will be an important concept in this institute.
“Beyond the Trail of Tears: A View from the Cherokee Homeland,” is a Summer Institute for K–12 schoolteachers and eligible graduate students. The Institute is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and hosted by the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT). This three-week Institute will be located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and surrounding locations from Sunday June 29 to Saturday July 19, 2014.
“Beyond the Trail of Tears: A View from the Cherokee Homeland,” is a Summer Institute for K–12 schoolteachers and eligible graduate students. The Institute is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and hosted by the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT). This three-week Institute will be located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and surrounding locations from Sunday June 29 to Saturday July 19, 2014.
Differentiation by Process: Musical Modality
My final post regarding differentiation by process involves using musical modality. If you set something to music, it becomes almost impossible to forget. We can all recite Jenny’s phone number[1], as well as that of Empire Carpet. I will never be able to erase Coach’s geography lesson on Cheers. He sang to the tune of “When the Saints Go Marching in,” “Albania! Albania! You border on the A-dri-atic.” He and Sam both passed the test.
Back to differentiation by modality. Whether we believe there is such as thing as learning styles is really a moot point. There are several good reasons to differentiate this way regardless.
Reason #1: Novelty
Everlene Davis, a teacher with 58 years of experience in North Carolina classrooms, doesn’t just say she believes in life-long learning, she lives it.
Davis was one of 22 teachers from around the state to take part in the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching’s “Teacher Leadership Institute” in Cullowhee June 16–20. It was the Columbus County teacher’s first trip to NCCAT after being selected Sandhills/South Central Regional Teacher of the Year.
