Do you want to deepen your experience when you have a chance to travel? Do you wish you could bring the local/regional/national/international world into the classroom to engage your students? Participants will learn how to write about their own travels using travel journals and will also see a variety of examples. The facilitator will share a third grade economics unit that revolved around a teacher's trip to Otavalo, Ecuador, as well as other ideas for integrating travel experiences into the curriculum. Participants will write and collaborate on activities to use in the classroom.

Instructor

Kate Woodbridge is a Red Clay Fellow from 2012. She has written her way around Iceland, France, Vietnam, Ecuador, Costa Rica, and the U.S. Kate is a doctoral student at Georgia State University and teaches third grade at Winnona Park Elementary School in Decatur, Georgia. Outside of working and learning, she enjoys nature and making messes with art supplies.

This event is part of the Red Clay Writing Project Saturday Morning Series.