Fires in the Bathroom Chapter 10: Going Beyond the Classroom

It is complicated to think of a good way to get the world around you involved in your lesson. It is hard to think of a good way to teach class outside and incorporate it into your lesson. In this book it describes this as well as gives some explanation to help teachers think of possible projects out doors. This is very beneficial to know and figure out because it is important to students.

            In this book it shows how easy it is to do this for science because the world around you is what you are trying to discover. In math it is also easy because you could have students measure an object outside and this would allow them the opportunity to go outside. However, for social studies and English this is much more difficult. You need to think of a way to make the lesson productive while also giving students what they want, which is to go outside once and a while. This book shows that in English, which is my field, that you could find a way to relate the outside work to the book. Such as when Andres discusses how his teacher took him to the town hall to have a mock trial for the book Animal Farm. There is always a way to incorporate fun in learning. For English, it is also possible for you to take the students outside to reenact one of Shakespeare’s plays or to find some of the items for a poem. It is important to use the world as inspiration, so taking kids outside is both fun and educational.