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- 1. Bridging the Gaps Effectively Transitioning Curriculum Strategic Segues Catherine M. Taylor HD341 Communication for Empowerment
- 2. When first introducing concepts keep it simple Successfully segueing “Safety” theme while transitioning into celebration of Black History Month Introduction of Black Inventor Garrett Morgan Inventor of TRAFFIC SIGNAL And Gas Mask It needs to be a meaningful experience… PROCESS, PROCESS, PROCESS!!!
- 3. I allow children’s curiousity to promote experience 1. I covered table with butcher paper 2. I stacked chairs and removed them from work area 3. I took out smocks and placed them on the table 4. I put large amounts of Yellow paint onto small paper plates 5. I add a small amount approximately ½tsp to ¾ tsp of red paint *** At this point three friends had come by, put on smocks and where ready to paint! *** One child asked, “Are we making the Magic School Bus”? I used this question as my opportunity to introduce the “Traffic Signal” It was then I first introduced Garrett Morgan his most remarkable inventions
- 5. Garrett Morgan Gas mask I reminded the children of the “Gas Mask” demonstrated by the firefighters when they came to visit our school and told them that Garrett Morgan had invented that as well and mentioned how many lives his inventions have saved. Not just here, where we live… but ALL over the WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!!
- 7. RED ON TOP MEANS STOP STOP STOP Reciting or repeating chants helps some children commit concept or idea to memory and can help make subject matter meaningful.
- 8. RED ON TOP MEANS STOP! STOP! STOP! Children used red ink pads and made “Red Handprints” onto red circle crayon rubbing… Remember when introducing these concepts it is all about the PROCESS!
- 10. GREEN BELOW MEANS GO! GO! GO!
- 11. GREEN BELOW MEANS GO! GO! GO! Crayon rubbings were done previous day
- 12. Large paint brushes were used when painting over green crayon rubbing I chose the large paint brushes to reinforce the concept of swifter movement.
- 13. Large paint brushes were used when painting with green liquid water color over the green crayon rubbing we made on Tuesday. I chose the large paint brushes to reinforce the concept of swifter movement. I provided the children with very small paint brushes and a thicker yellow activity paint for use over the yellow crayon rubbings.
- 17. Possible follow up activity Making PLAY DOUGH
- 19. Garrett A. Morgan: Traffic Signal and Gas Mask Inventor : I marveled as a young girl that Garrett A. Morgan invented the traffic signal, I thought it was so incredible because how many lives he saved. When a teacher, Ms. Brill in the fifth grade asked me if I knew he was "African-American" I did not. I was amazed that his invention wasn't stolen by someone else. My grandmother told me that all to often when poor people, or minorities came up with lucrative inventions, patents, or ideas that were all too often bought out, virtually stolen from their true inventors. His journey must have been quite a struggle. When I considered his invention the gas mask it really hit home when I was in the Air Force. I worked in a Tactical Fighter Training Squadron and having to keep pilots updated on their flight requirements required hours in the life support system which would have been virtually pointless without gas masks. People forget that fire fighters use these every time they enter a burning building. Of course there have been some modifications since the original ones Garrett A. Morgan patented, but he has saved hundreds of thousands of lives because of his ingenuity. I would actually like to know a more concise number of peoples impacted by his inventions.