Here are two more examples of learning and context from NCLE Smart Brief
Ill. school uses real-life experiences to deepen reading An independent study course in a Illinois high school is helping students learn about trauma by analyzing “survivor literature” and participating in a service-learning project. Students read a book about two boys growing up in a housing project, and took part in a fundraiser that involved sleeping outside — without any food after 5 p.m. — on the football field. The Beacon News (Aurora, Ill.) (3/21)
Minn. students Skype with Army officer to better understand PTSD in novel Sixth-graders at a Minnesota school recently spoke to Army Lt. Colonel Bruce Bredlow about post-traumatic stress disorder through Skype as part of a unit on a historical novel about the Civil War. During the conversation with Bredlow, posted on YouTube, students learned that PTSD can happen to anyone, not just members of the military. Austin Daily Herald (Minn.) (3/21)