In Social Studies class, we watched a video about the Paper Clips Project. This project started in a small town in Tennessee. One of the teachers wanted to teach about the Holocaust as a way to teach tolerance and diversity. Since the students were not quite understanding how many Jews died during the Holocaust, they decided to collect paper clips - six million paper clips.When we watched this video, Syd told us we could work on whatever we needed to and to just listen to the movie. I happily got started on my homework that I needed to catch up on. However, I very quickly became completely absorbed into this video. It was absolutely fascinating to watch this movie about how these students all came together. This one concept greatly impacted this town and the students involved in it.
After class we were told to pick a quote from the movie and to reflect upon that quote. I chose to reflect on the quote "You've embarked on a journey that begins in the brain, but ends in the heart."
I think that as a teacher we start teaching a topic so that our students learn the material; however, it becomes more important for us to make connections that are personal for our students. This connects whatever the lesson is to our hearts and emotions. The Paper Clips project started as a teacher teaching her students about the Holocaust, but the project became so much more than that. This really got the students thinking, connecting, and becoming emotionally involved. This now becomes something that students will forever remember.
To learn more about the Paper Clips Project, click here.
Social Studies Blog Post #9
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