Today's episode of CNN Student News concludes with a segment about "green collar jobs." This reminded me of an activity that my Civics students recently completed. The activity was called "Ignite Oxford Hills." (Oxford Hills is the area of Maine in which I teach). The students had to research what the local economy was historically based upon and trace the changes in the local economy to today. Then the students had to create a proposal for reviving the local economy. Many of my students proposed alternative energy projects. If there is interested in seeing the outline of the assignment and the grading scale, I will upload it to my DocStoc collection.
The CNN Student News episode is embedded below.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Green Collar Jobs and A Lesson I Used
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I would be very interested in seeing your lesson on Ignite Oxford Hills. I teach the work program and am trying to figure out a way to incorporate Green Jobs into the curriculum. I also like the aspect of tracing he history of the local economy. Thanks in advance,
Bret Willhoit
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