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Sept 8: Obama speaking to "students across America"
Obama is planning to speak to all students (PreK-6) on Tuesday, September 8th.
As a parent, I'd be paying close attention to the content of the message - it appears that Obama is "ramping up the community organizational skills" - starting with the very young....
PreK-6 Menu of Classroom Activities: President Obama’s Address to Students Across America
Produced by Teaching Ambassador Fellows, U.S. Department of Education
September 8, 2009 Before the Speech: · Teachers can build background knowledge about the President of the United States and his speech by reading books about presidents and Barack Obama and motivate students by asking the following questions: Who is the President of the United States? What do you think it takes to be President? To whom do you think the President is going to be speaking? Why do you think he wants to speak to you? What do you think he will say to you?
· Teachers can ask students to imagine being the President delivering a speech to all of the students in the United States. What would you tell students? What can students do to help in our schools? Teachers can chart ideas about what they would say.
· Why is it important that we listen to the President and other elected officials, like the mayor, senators, members of congress, or the governor? Why is what they say important? During the Speech: · As the President speaks, teachers can ask students to write down key ideas or phrases that are important or personally meaningful. Students could use a note-taking graphic organizer such as a Cluster Web, or students could record their thoughts on sticky notes. Younger children can draw pictures and write as appropriate. As students listen to the speech, they could think about the following: What is the President trying to tell me? What is the President asking me to do? What new ideas and actions is the President challenging me to think about?
· Students can record important parts of the speech where the President is asking them to do something. Students might think about: What specific job is he asking me to do? Is he asking anything of anyone else? Teachers? Principals? Parents? The American people? · Students can record any questions they have while he is speaking and then discuss them after the speech. Younger children may need to dictate their questions.
After the Speech:
· Teachers could ask students to share the ideas they recorded, exchange sticky notes or stick notes on a butcher paper poster in the classroom to discuss main ideas from the speech, i.e. citizenship, personal responsibility, civic duty.
· Students could discuss their responses to the following questions:
What do you think the President wants us to do?
Does the speech make you want to do anything?
Are we able to do what President Obama is asking of us?
What would you like to tell the President?
· Teachers could encourage students to participate in the Department of Education’s “I Am What I Learn” video contest. On September 8th the Department will invite K-12 students to submit a video no longer than 2 min, explaining why education is important and how their education will help them achieve their dreams. Teachers are welcome to incorporate the same or a similar video project into an assignment. More details will be released via www.ed.gov.
Extension of the Speech: Teachers can extend learning by having students
· Create posters of their goals. Posters could be formatted in quadrants or puzzle pieces or trails marked with the labels: personal, academic, community, country. Each area could be labeled with three steps for achieving goals in those areas. It might make sense to focus on personal and academic so community and country goals come more readily.
· Write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president. These would be collected and redistributed at an appropriate later date by the teacher to make students accountable to their goals.
· Write goals on colored index cards or precut designs to post around the classroom.
· Interview and share about their goals with one another to create a supportive community.
· Participate in School wide incentive programs or contests for students who achieve their goals.
· Write about their goals in a variety of genres, i.e. poems, songs, personal essays.
· Create artistic projects based on the themes of their goals.
· Graph student progress toward goals.
This bothers me greatly too. I am betting it is to discuss the census and how children are going to be exploited to help gather data (Yea to free child labor!)
Some of the points are seriously wrong in the discussion topics:
"Why is it important that we listen to the President and other elected officials, like the mayor, senators, members of congress, or the governor? Why is what they say important?"
Why in the heck teach children this? The elected officials SHOULD LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS, NEVER THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
This bothers me greatly too. I am betting it is to discuss the census and how children are going to be exploited to help gather data (Yea to free child labor!)
Some of the points are seriously wrong in the discussion topics:
"Why is it important that we listen to the President and other elected officials, like the mayor, senators, members of congress, or the governor? Why is what they say important?"
Why in the heck teach children this? The elected officials SHOULD LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS, NEVER THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
Might need to have the kids be sick on the 8th...
Come on, "Dissent is patriotic!"
Oh, wait, a Dem is now in power.... never mind.
Funny how the left isn't chanting out the old mantra of "Question Authority" now.
(Update: OK, is there a link authenticating this story of Obama speaking to kids besides this one?)
You're right, there's no reason we should listen to elected officials. Why should we care when they announce new laws or programs? Why should we care what they are planning to do in office?
Getting children involved in civics and getting them to think about what is being said to them.
So the liberals now think that we should just do whatever those in power tell us?
Kind of goes against that whole 60's era movement....
You're right, there's no reason we should listen to elected officials. Why should we care when they announce new laws or programs? Why should we care what they are planning to do in office?
Getting children involved in civics and getting them to think about what is being said to them. The great fat, white, conservative God forbid.
Personally I thinks it’s great that the president is reaching out to one of the few demographics he can still relate to. I just wish it was more a town hall style, this way the kids could express their views of how the government is all “wee-weed” up.
Letter From Secretary Arne Duncan to School Principals
August 26, 2009
Please note that the time of this speech has changed to 12:00 noon eastern standard time.
Dear Principal:
In a recent interview with student reporter, Damon Weaver, President Obama announced that on September 8 — the first day of school for many children across America — he will deliver a national address directly to students on the importance of education. The President will challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning. He will also call for a shared responsibility and commitment on the part of students, parents and educators to ensure that every child in every school receives the best education possible so they can compete in the global economy for good jobs and live rewarding and productive lives as American citizens.
Since taking office, the President has repeatedly focused on education, even as the country faces two wars, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and major challenges on issues like energy and health care. The President believes that education is a critical part of building a new foundation for the American economy. Educated people are more active civically and better informed on issues affecting their lives, their families and their futures.
This is the first time an American president has spoken directly to the nation's school children about persisting and succeeding in school. We encourage you to use this historic moment to help your students get focused and begin the school year strong. I encourage you, your teachers, and students to join me in watching the President deliver this address on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. It will be broadcast live on the White House website www.whitehouse.gov 12:00 noon eastern standard time.
In advance of this address, we would like to share the following resources: a menu of classroom activities for students in grades preK-6 and for students in grades 7-12. These are ideas developed by and for teachers to help engage students and stimulate discussion on the importance of education in their lives. We are also staging a student video contest on education. Details of the video contest will be available on our website www.ed.gov in the coming weeks.
On behalf of all Americans, I want to thank our educators who do society's most important work by preparing our children for work and for life. No other task is more critical to our economic future and our social progress. I look forward to working with you in the months and years ahead to continue improving the quality of public education we provide all of our children.
Sincerely,
Arne Duncan
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I think parents should ensure that the message above doesn't veer off path in the actual address.
Sounds great in the letter - on the other hand, it's a great opportunity to spread a lot of propaganda too.
The more eyes on this - the better.
Last edited by Canadian Jane; September 1st, 2009 at 1:57 pm.
Sept 8: Obama speaking to "students across America"
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