Social Issues Day 2

I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop on Social Issues this past week. The plenary session about teaching the Holocaust was extremely moving and worthwhile. The information presented by Carson was insightful and the packaged that was provided will serve to be beneficial for teaching the Holocaust. Having Max speak on this personal experiences of surviving through the Holocaust was moving and demonstrated the importance of teaching this period in history to students. I had the opportunity to take the Catholic Morals and TRIBES workshops in the afternoon. The speaker at the Catholic Morals workshop was the same individual that we had speak at a retreat we attended for the Pre-Service Religion course. He was, once again, a great speaker and created a comfortable environment that allowed us to pose various questions regarding the Catholic faith and how to address questions and issues that may arise in the classroom in a way that demonstrates our Catholic faith.
I was thrilled to have had the opportunity to attend a workshop on TRIBES. I had heard of this program before, but was unfamiliar of the theory and practice of it. The speaker was excellent and gave us a good introduction on how to implement TRIBES into the classroom effectively. It is definately something that I hope to incorporate into my second block and in my future classroom.
Overall, it was an enjoyable and successful day!