"Eddie and us," or reflections on a class project to commemorate a fallen soldier of the great war - 0 views

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  #1 Shawn Greenwood on 10 Nov 11

   

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  I came across this article looking for something that might relate to remembrance day. It was about a professor at the University of Western and how he stumbled through his first lecture and pretty much bored everyone in the class. At the end of the class on World War I he mentioned to the class how he found a picture and a small story about a Western Student who died in the war.
  
  He informed the class that he did not have much information on this soldier from their university other than he played on the school rugby team and that he died in battle not long after entering the war.
  
  The article goes on to mention how the class connected to the story so much that many continued to research the details of this young mans life even after the assignment was due. Although the article was long the idea of the class intrigued me so much that it made me wonder?
  
  What if we were able to find a story in our schools or communities that related to the war - would that really peak our students? So much so that they would do extra work just so they could try to find out the whole story even if it was not for marks?
  
  The article might not be enlightening but the fact that students became so engaged was very interesting!

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb302/is_1_36/ai_n57319567/?tag=content;col1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb302/is_1_36/ai_n57319567/?tag=content;col1</a> <br /> <br /> I came across this article looking for something that might relate to remembrance day. It was about a professor at the University of Western and how he stumbled through his first lecture and pretty much bored everyone in the class. At the end of the class on World War I he mentioned to the class how he found a picture and a small story about a Western Student who died in the war. <br /> <br /> He informed the class that he did not have much information on this soldier from their university other than he played on the school rugby team and that he died in battle not long after entering the war. <br /> <br /> The article goes on to mention how the class connected to the story so much that many continued to research the details of this young mans life even after the assignment was due. Although the article was long the idea of the class intrigued me so much that it made me wonder? <br /> <br /> What if we were able to find a story in our schools or communities that related to the war - would that really peak our students? So much so that they would do extra work just so they could try to find out the whole story even if it was not for marks? <br /> <br /> The article might not be enlightening but the fact that students became so engaged was very interesting!</div>

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