Bencherab and Tahar Berrabah describe an activity with variations for using fables. In this page we will try to include creative ways of teaching about American society and values. As a prerequisite for understanding the U.S., we must know about its geography and history. Pages 58 and 59 introduce an information gap activity which helps students learn more about the states and major cities. Each student has a map of the western half of the U.S. but with different information.
Students can complete their maps only by sharing the information with their partners.
The October issue will include the same activity using the eastern half of the States. Our October and January issues will be devoted to content-based learning. Specific lesson plans will be described in such diverse fields as environmental studies and English for specific purposes. As this issue of the Forum reaches you, a new set of thunderous dinosaurs from The Lost World may be crashing through local movie screens. NEXT . .