A student walked into Western Branch High School’s media center, saw the jammin’ music video playing and the three classes milling around tables of interesting figurines and replicas and asked, “What class is this? Sign me up.”

 

Who was the teacher involved? Her name is Carolyn Wyatt and she teaches World History. She brings rhythm, visual arts and hands-on activity to world history. Students circulated around stations with worksheets in hand. Tables held such items as a Buddha sculpture, an Egyptian god sculpture, a pyramid, Stonehenge, an African mask, mosaic tiles, the Arch of Constantine and lots of other intriguing things.

 

The music video was compliments of Youtube and a teacher and her peers in Florida  (look up Charlemagne). These great music videos use contemporary music and history/cultural visuals, Gaga style. The teachers are featured in the videos. How cool is that? The visual and tactile display of items from all over the world coupled with the rockin’ music made for a great learning environment. Hats off to Carolyn Wyatt for a fun day in the media center.