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Cassandra

I need help designing a gifted/talented or “extended learning”-type curriculum?

I teach social studies at a bilingual junior high school in Mexico. The three hours of world history I had with my ninth-graders will be eliminated in a years’ time, and I am looking for a way to recover my contact with at least a portion of that grade level by creating some sort of (as-yet-undefined) GT-type course to be taught after school. I’d like it to have a very strong HUMANITIES focus (not the traditional math/science), with a special preference for what is taught in American schools, including literature, history, Am. popular music, psychology, sociology, economics, etc. I have been brainstorming topics and ways to structure the program, but what I need now is CONTENT; I barely remember my GT days, but what I do remember is that the units were not well-planned. Any online resources that give specific content ideas for GT-type programs (not just general guidelines/philosophy/etc.) would be very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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Lola

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Start out at Univ. of Connecticut on the internet. Their GT program is exceptional and Joe Renzulli is the guru of gifted ed. They have many resources and I”m sure if you contacted them, they would love to help you out. Right now, as we speak, there is a “confratute” just for gifted ed. at UConn You don’t have to be a gifted ed. teacher.

As for content:

Do what you do best. But remember that if you are teaching gifted kids, they are 2yrs. or more cognitively ahead of their chronological age so you have to keep them interested. Review some of your Gifted ed. college classes.

I commend you for doing this – we are failing our best students by emphasizing this “leave no child behind” thing. That’s all nice and everything, but the future lies in the kids who are gifted and talented – they are our future leaders. We are failing to educate them. When we have a President who can’t give a decent speech without some faux pas, where have we failed in our education system?

AS for the Humanities – don’t forget ART. You are in an area where art is appreciated. Use that info in your integrated curriculum and units.

Good luck

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