What is school board approved?

Question

I am currently studying to become a teacher (Pre-K through 12th Grade) and to prepare for my future career I have started to put together a box of ideas in which I store…well, my ideas as they concern my future class.

Since it is now the holiday season (or that time of year in which calendar holidays run back to back) I have been thinking that for each holiday I would have my students do a major social studies/history project. For example:

During the month of October a student could dress up as a witch and give a report about the Salem Witch Trails or a book about Witches. Or, another student might paint his face as a pumpkin and give a report about pumpkins or Jack-A-Lanterns.

However, I am only aware of a handful of Halloween subjects/ topic that would be considered school board approved and I do not want to limit my students to three topics. Can anyone provide me with a lisit of subjects and topics that I can lisit on my paperwork?

Answer 1

I am currently studying to become a teacher (Pre-K through 12th Grade) and to prepare for my future career I have started to put together a box of ideas in which I store…well, my ideas as they concern my future class.

Since it is now the holiday season (or that time of year in which calendar holidays run back to back) I have been thinking that for each holiday I would have my students do a major social studies/history project. For example:

During the month of October a student could dress up as a witch and give a report about the Salem Witch Trails or a book about Witches. Or, another student might paint his face as a pumpkin and give a report about pumpkins or Jack-A-Lanterns.

However, I am only aware of a handful of Halloween subjects/ topic that would be considered school board approved and I do not want to limit my students to three topics. Can anyone provide me with a lisit of subjects and topics that I can lisit on my paperwork?

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Answer 2

I don't mean to offend, I know nothing of school board approvals in USA. Rather than teach about things familiar, let them know there is more than just America out there.... Find what other countries/cultures celebrate during the same period- in other words broaden their horizons, enrich the learning experience.
You may find nations further afield may look on Americans of the future a tad differently !

As for you Phoenix... since you went to all that trouble, the least you could've done is spell trial correctly.

Answer 3

OK, in the US you cannot teach religion, just the secular aspects of religion. That's make no sense to you, but you are talking about tradition which are relgiously-based, but have evolved into societal form.

I would teach a comparison/contrast of Halloween, Pagan worship, and Day of the Dead, if you were stuck on teaching about Halloween. I always taught about Spiders, Bats, and Owls during this time, since I live in such a heavily religious district.

To do such a comparison, you first have to explore how the traditions came to be, which is your historical basis. Then you examine the tenets of each tradition. Day of the Dead is a Mexican tradition which evolved from Catholicism, so you can teach about the beliefs of that faith, or of the folks who practice the tradition, while not teaching the religion itself. You may have some folks who object to your Pagan worship aspect (since it includes druids, Native Americans, etc.), but it is important enough to your comparison to matter.

Good luck!

Answer 4

salem witch TRIALS
jack O'lanterns
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