Black Ants and Buddhists Thinking Critically and Teaching Differently in the Primary Grades

Name: Black Ants and Buddhists Thinking Critically and Teaching Differently in the Primary Grades
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ISBN: 9781571104182

ISBN-10: 1571104186

ISBN-13: 9781571104182

Edition: 2006

Authors: Mary Cowhey

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What would a classroom look like if understanding and respecting differences in race, culture, beliefs, and opinions were at its heart? Welcome to Mary Cowhey's Peace Class in Northampton, MA, where first and second graders view the entire curriculum through the framework of understanding the world, and trying to do their part to make it a better place. Woven through the book is Mary's unflinching and humorous account of her own roots in a struggling large Irish Catholic family and her early career as a community activist. Mary's teaching is infused with lessons of her heroes: Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Martin Luther King, and others. Her students learn to make connections…

Book details

List price: $33.33
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Publication date: 1/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 7.37" wide x 9.25" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Prologue : black ants and Buddhism



Introduction



Compassion, action, and change



Routines : a day in the life of the peace class



It takes a village to teach first grade



Talking about peace



Learning through activism



Teaching history so children will care



Nurturing history detectives



Seeing ourselves and our families through students' eyes



Responding when tragedy enters the classroom



Building trust with families and weathering controversy



Going against the grain


Afterword : "Take this hammer"