Teaching from the Grave

The other day in my instructional media class, our professor had us watch a video called, "Teaching from the Grave."  The video was about a new approach to teaching, where the teachers took their students to a local grave yard to collect data that they could incorporate into different areas of study. I thought that is was very interesting that the students got to take a hands-on approach to learning. It seemed like the children were enthusiastic and genuinely interested in doing their schoolwork.  When the students were interviewed for the video, they seemed so excited to talk about and explain all the things they were getting to do while collecting data from the grave yard.  This "teaching from the grave" is a really cool way to incorporate a bunch of different disciplines, such as math, history and even science, into one big learning experience.  It's also really cool that the students were getting to learn about local history and get involved in their community.  As the one teacher said, "It's a good work ethic they gained."  The students had to be organized and stay on task, in order to get to take part in this new program and still stay focused in their regular academic classes and work. Click here to view the "Teaching from the Grave" video