OUT OF EDEN LEARN. You can t just explore the world from a textbook 5 th grade Out of Eden Learn participant, Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA

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1 OUT OF EDEN LEARN Yu can t just explre the wrld frm a textbk 5 th grade Out f Eden Learn participant, Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA Out f Eden Learn is Prject Zer s unique nline learning cmmunity designed t accmpany Paul Salpek s Out f Eden Walk. Classes, after schl prgrams, and yung peple frm arund the wrld are clustered int small, diverse learning grups t underg a learning jurney tgether. They cmplete weekly activities, pst their respnses, and read and respnd t thers psts. Our cmmunity is pen t all schls and students, free f charge. Out f Eden Learn invites yung peple and educatrs t: Slw dwn t bserve the wrld carefully and t listen attentively t thers Exchange stries abut peple, place, and identity Reflect n hw their wn lives cnnect t bigger human stries We hpe that by taking ne f ur learning jurneys participants will develp: Strategies fr slwing dwn t engage in clse lking and careful listening A curisity t learn mre abut peple and places that are nt familiar t them New insights int their wn lives, cmmunities, and identities Strategies fr situating their wn lives within brader gegraphic and histric cntexts An inclinatin and ability t make cnnectins acrss cntext, time, and place A range f cmmunicatin skills, including telling stries and interacting with peple frm varied backgrunds Website: Blg: Instagram: Facebk: learn@utfedenwalk.cm 1

2 CORE LEARNING JOURNEY: PART 1 FOOTSTEP 1: SETTING OFF Welcme! We are s glad t have yu alng n this learning jurney. We are ging t begin by finding ut abut jurnalist Paul Salpek and his amazing walk. T get started, please d the fllwing: Listen t Paul s welcme message t yu and ther students n Vime here r YuTube here, which he recrded frm Turkey in August, (He set ff frm Ethipia in January, 2013.) Watch a shrt vide in which Paul explains why he is taking a seven-year walk arund the wrld. Read this dispatch by Paul.* Then click here t answer the fllwing tw questins. What caught yur attentin r interested yu abut Paul s article? What questins r wnders d yu nw have? Nbdy else in yur walking party will see yur respnses t these questins. *Students may be asked t read Sle Brthers r Electrnic Oasis; they will get the dispatch they dn t get nw fr Ftstep 6. We ffer an anntated versin f Sle Brthers and an anntated versin f Electrnic Oasis. DO AN ACTIVITY: LOOKING AHEAD Nw it s time fr yu t d yur first pst n Out f Eden Learn! The purpse f this first pst is fr yu t intrduce yurself t the ther members f yur walking party. We als want yu t start a cnversatin within yur walking party abut Paul s walk. Please fllw these instructins: Uplad an avatar fr use in Out f Eden Learn, if yu have nt already dne s. (Click n the picture f the cheetah cub, chse Edit prfile and then uplad an image which is nt a pht r picture f yu.) Write a few lines abut yurself and describe three things that yu enjy ding. What s the stry behind yur chice f avatar? What d yu find mst interesting r exciting abut Paul s walk frm what yu have learned abut it s far? Is there anything in particular yu wuld like Paul t lk ut fr r pay attentin t as he walks? Please nte that fr all activities we recmmend that yu save yur wrk smewhere else befre uplading it t ur website: if there is a cnnectivity issue, the wrk yu have typed directly int ur website may be lst. INTERACT WITH YOUR WALKING PARTNERS An imprtant and fun part f yur learning jurney will be making cnnectins with ther yung peple. Start getting t knw wh is in yur walking party! Read what ther yung peple in yur walking party have psted. Leave detailed cmments and questins fr three students wh are nt in yur class r prgram. Use the "Creative Questins & Sentence Starters" thinking rutine fund n this page t help yu get started. 2

3 Cnnect: D yu feel a cnnectin with anything anther student shared, either abut themselves r abut Paul s walk? If yes, share a cmment abut it. (See the interface belw.) Respnd t any cmments r questins ther students have left fr yu. FOOTSTEP 2: CREATING NEIGHBORHOOD MAPS Welcme back fr Ftstep 2! We hpe that yu are enjying this learning jurney s far. We kick things ff this week by inviting yu t explre where Paul has walked s far since setting ff n January 10, Lk at Paul s rute in the Map Rm. Hw many cuntries has he walked thrugh s far? Where is he currently? Explre 3 different Milestnes frm the Out f Eden Walk website. DO AN ACTIVITY: CREATE A NEIGHBORHOOD MAP The aim f this activity is t invite yu t think abut yur wn relatinship t a place. It is als a chance fr yu t share mre abut yurself with ther participants. We hpe yu have fun with it. Read n t find ut what t d Sketch a map f yur neighbrhd r lcal area, as yu see it thrugh yur eyes. This map des nt have t be "accurate" r similar t ther maps that exist. Yu can draw this map n paper and then scan it r phtgraph it t uplad t the site. Alternatively, yu can draw it electrnically fr example thrugh Ddle Buddy r PaintBx. D nt use Ggle Maps r a similar nline mapping service t represent yur neighbrhd. Write a true stry t g with yur map. If yu like, yu can recrd yurself telling a stry and uplad an audi file instead f writing it dwn. Yur stry culd invlve: The whle map r ne special place that features n yur map. A memry f smething that happened t yu when yu were yunger in ne f the places n yur map. A typical day in yur life that features places marked n yur map. A stry abut yur neighbrhd that yu have heard frm smene else it culd be a stry that happened befre yu were brn. Hw yur neighbrhd has changed ver time. 3

4 INTERACT WITH YOUR WALKING PARTNERS We hpe yu find it interesting t brwse thrugh ther peple s maps and stries. Fllw these instructins t respnd thughtfully t a persn f yur chice. Please make sure that yu cmpleted the INTERACT instructins frm last week if yu were waiting fr ther students t pst. Chse ne persn wh is nt frm yur class r prgram. Lk at his r her neighbrhd map pst slwly and carefully. What catches yur eye and makes yu want t learn mre? What is interesting r thught prvking abut the map and its stry? Snip: Write a respnse that invlves snipping that is, cpy a phrase, sentence r sectin f what the persn wrte that caught yur attentin and paste it int the cmment bx. Then ask a questin abut what yu chse t snip, r say what yu fund interesting r imprtant abut it. Please make yur cmment as detailed as pssible. Respnd: Return t yur wn map and previus psts. Respnd t anyne wh left a message fr yu last week: try t carry n the cnversatin. FOOTSTEP 3: TAKING NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS Welcme back fr Ftstep 3! We hpe that yu will enjy this amusing but thughtful piece by Paul abut his tricky camels, Fares and Seema. Read Camel-lgy. Yu can read an anntated versin here. Ntice hw Paul pays careful attentin t small details in this piece. Nw watch the accmpanying vide (scrll t the bttm f the dispatch). Ntice hw the vide incrprates lts f different angles and perspectives. DO AN ACTIVITY: TAKE A WALK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD Nw it s time fr yu t d a walk f yur wn thugh ne that is a lt shrter than Paul s. Students have tld us that they are surprised by what they ntice when they slw dwn t lk with fresh eyes at where they live. Plan t take a walk in yur neighbrhd r lcal area. It may include places n yur sketch map. Yu can walk by yurself r with a classmate, friend, r family member. 4

5 As yu walk in yur neighbrhd r lcal area, take phts f things that catch yur attentin. What d yu see, feel, hear, taste, r smell? Try t lk at the place and the peple wh live r wrk there with fresh eyes. Here are sme ideas fr different kinds f phts yu can take: Phts that capture a whle neighbrhd scene, and phts that zm in n a detail yu find interesting. Phts where yu're pinting the camera up and phts where yu're pinting the camera twards the grund. Phts f things that are cmmn r familiar in yur neighbrhd, and phts f things that might be unexpected r surprising. Smething special that yu d like t share. Pst tw phts that yu tk n yur walk. Tell the stry f why yu tk these tw phts and why yu chse t pst them. What d yu like abut the phts yu tk? What wuld yu like ther peple in yur walking party t ntice r understand abut them? Hw, if at all, did taking a walk and/r taking these phts make yu think in new r different ways abut yur neighbrhd r lcal area? INTERACT WITH YOUR WALKING PARTNERS And nw it s time t find ut what ther peple saw, as well as t enjy lking at all the varied phts. This week yu are welcme t chse hw yu want t use ur tlkit feel free t be creative! If need be, please g back and cmplete the previus INTERACT instructins. Chse tw psts frm ther students t lk at and respnd t. Engage: Chse ne r mre strategies frm the tlkit (including nes frm the Thinking Rutines page) t help yu t listen and respnd thughtfully t anther student in yur walking party. Be specific abut what yu find interesting r what yu want t learn mre abut. Respnd: Return t yur wn psts. Respnd t anyne wh left cmments r questins fr yu: try t carry n the cnversatin r jin in ther cnversatins. Catch up n any INTERACT instructins yu were nt yet able t cmplete frm previus ftsteps. 5

6 FOOTSTEP 4: LISTENING TO NEIGHBORS STORIES Welcme t Ftstep 4! Yu are already ver halfway thrugh this learning jurney. We will start this week by thinking abut the special effrt that Paul makes t listen t ther peple. Listen t this special audi that Paul recrded fr Out f Eden Learn here. In it he shares advice fr talking t and mst imprtantly listening t ther peple. Read Tmates. Yu can read an anntated versin here. Ntice hw Paul is telling the stries f peple whse stries might therwise nt be tld. Hw des this piece make yu feel and why? DO AN ACTIVITY: LISTEN TO A NEIGHBOR S STORY Nw it s yur turn t try ut yur skills at listening and t share a new stry with yur walking party. Yur task this week is t talk and listen t an adult wh lives r wrks in yur lcal area. This persn culd be smene yu have never spken t befre r smene yu already knw. It des nt need t be smene wh has lived in the area fr a lng time. Ask the persn fr a stry r memry abut yur lcal area. Fr example, hw did they cme t be in this place? Hw have they seen the area change ver the years? What are sme f their memries abut the area? D any particular events in the area stand ut in their mind? Write up the highlights f yur cnversatin r recreate a stry that they tld yu. Include a shrt descriptin f the persn yu talked with fr example, hw yu knw them, the setting where yu talked, what they lk like, and what they were wearing. Alternatively, yu can uplad an audi file f yu retelling their stry in yur wn wrds. INTERACT WITH YOUR WALKING PARTNERS And nw we invite yu t appreciate smene else s wrk in ways that invlve yu slwing dwn t listen carefully t what smene else has shared and then giving them sme thughtful feedback. We really lk frward t reading yur cmments. Read and respnd t ne pst frm students in yur walking party, using the fllwing tw tls: Appreciate: Explain what yu appreciate abut their wrk n neighbrs stries. Remember t be specific abut what yu like r appreciate abut their pst. 6

7 Extend: Did the pst extend yur thinking r give yu a new perspective? If s, share hw. Respnd: Return t yur wn psts. Respnd t anyne wh left cmments r questins fr yu: try t carry n the cnversatin r jin in ther cnversatins. Als make sure that yu ve cmpleted the INTERACT instructins frm previus ftsteps. FOOTSTEP 5: DOCUMENTING THE EVERYDAY Welcme t Ftstep 5! We are especially excited t see what yu will d with this ftstep: there is lts f pprtunity here fr yu t be creative. First, we invite yu t get inspired by Paul. Listen t Paul talking abut The River f Culture here an audi he created especially fr Out f Eden Learn. Lk at tw r mre f the fllwing examples f Paul s wrk in which he captures details f everyday life: The Prphet s Msque, a shrt vide and descriptin f Muslim pilgrims breaking their fast at Medina during the hly mnth f Ramadan. Milestne 18: Displaced, a shrt vide sht at a small Syrian refugee camp in Jrdan. This vide is ne f a series f Glances that Paul creates at each f his Milestnes. Milestne 19: Refuel, a shrt vide sht at a gas statin in Jenin, in the West Bank. Trail Ntes: Cffea Arabica, a shrt vide that shws hw the Beduins f Saudi Arabia prepare cffee. Awad s Refrigeratr, a slideshw that explains hw his walking guide made a water-cler frm discarded materials. DO AN ACTIVITY: DOCUMENTING THE EVERYDAY There are aspects f ur everyday life that might be very interesting t ther peple but which might seem very nrmal t us. There may als be parts f ur everyday lives that we usually dn t find time t ntice. This is yur chance t ntice sme new things and t share yur bservatins with ther peple. Chse t fcus n ne f the fllwing: PLACE: Dcument everyday life in a place that yu knw. PROCESS: Dcument hw peple in yur cmmunity d smething as part f their everyday lives. Fr example, yu culd fcus n hw a type f fd r drink is prepared, hw an bject is made r repaired, r hw smene ges abut anther kind f daily task r activity. Chse ne f the fllwing frmats*: A shrt vide in the style f Paul s Glances, withut vicever. Try t use the camera t draw 7

8 attentin t small details. Write a shrt descriptin t explain what yu were trying t shw in the vide. A shrt vide that is similar in frmat t Paul s Glances but which includes yu talking in a vicever abut what yu bserve. A slideshw that includes phts f what yu bserved. Yu may add text t anntate yur slides. Alternatively, yu culd uplad yur phts directly t ur website and add text. Use drawings, phts, and/r text t create a step-by-step guide t a prcess yu bserved, perhaps similar t Paul s piece abut Awad s Refrigeratr. Yu culd scan and uplad yur dcument r cpy and paste yur cntent directly n t ur website. Write a stry r memry f smething yu bserved that means a lt t yu fr example, smething that yu remember playing r making when yu were yunger, r a place yu knw well. Write abut the place r prcess in detail, including sunds, sights, smells, flavrs and/r textures yu can remember. *Please nte: at present yu cannt uplad vides r PwerPint presentatins directly t ur website. Yu can nly share a vide r PwerPint if yu, yur teacher, r a parent uplad yur vide r PwerPint t Ggle Drive and pst the link s that members in yur walking party can access it (the accunt details will remain private). Yu need t be 13 years r lder t have a Gmail accunt. If yu d nt have yur wn Gmail accunt, please check that smene is willing t pst yur vide r PwerPint befre yu chse this ptin. Fr participants in cuntries where access t Ggle Drive is an issue, please be in tuch with us. Drpbx, fr example, culd be a gd alternative. Whatever the frmat, please d nt include identifiable images f yu and/r ther peple. INTERACT WITH YOUR WALKING PARTNERS We hpe yu are getting cmfrtable with ur tlkit and that yu find it useful. Please fllw the instructins belw. We lk frward t reading the cnversatins that unfld. Read: Chse ne ther student s pst t read and cmment n. Reflect back: Start by using the tl reflect back. What are yu hearing in the vide, drawings, r stry being shared? 8

9 Prbe: Next, use the prbe tl t find ut mre abut the ther student s perspective by asking him/her sme thughtful questins. Respnd: If yu receive a cmment this week, including a questin, please be sure t respnd! Als, respnd t any cmments n yur psts frm previus weeks and make sure that yu cmpleted all the parts f the earlier ftsteps. FOOTSTEP 6: LOOKING AHEAD Yu have reached the final ftstep f this learning jurney! We hpe yu will enjy this cncluding ftstep. Read this dispatch by Paul.* Then click here t answer the fllwing tw questins. What caught yur attentin r interested yu abut Paul s article? What questins r wnders d yu nw have? Nbdy else in yur walking party will see yur respnses t these questins. *Students may be asked t read Sle Brthers r Electrnic Oasis - whichever they did nt get fr Ftstep 1. We ffer an anntated versin f Sle Brthers and an anntated versin f Electrnic Oasis. DO AN ACTIVITY: PLANNING A NEW JOURNEY As a cncluding activity, we are giving yu tw rather different ptins. Read n and pick the ne that mst appeals t yu. OPTION 1: Describe a walk that yu wuld like t take t try t understand mre abut the wrld and/r abut yurself. It might be: A lng walk like Paul s r a much shrter ne. Smewhere yu already knw r smewhere yu have never visited. A walk that invlves lking at things slwly and up clse r ne that is mre abut taking in a bigger picture. What wuld yu hpe t learn by taking this walk? Here are sme ideas fr hw yu might develp and present yur ideas: A sketch map f yur rute with an accmpanying explanatin. A written itinerary f yur rute with details f what yu hpe t see and why. 9

10 OPTION 2: Find ut where Paul is right nw. D sme research abut a place that Paul culd walk t frm his current lcatin. What wuld be interesting fr Paul t visit r bserve? D yu have any specific ideas abut peple he shuld try t talk with r questins he shuld ask them? What r whse stries shuld he be trying t tell and why? We will select sme f yur suggestins and share them with Paul. Fr these suggestins t be helpful t him, they shuld be as specific as pssible and backed up by sme research. Try t include histrical, gegraphic, plitical, ecnmic, cultural, and/r religius details abut the place in yur suggestin. INTERACT WITH YOUR WALKING PARTNERS Nearly at the end! Be as thughtful as yu can in yur final set f interactins with fellw participants. Once yu have cmpleted the instructins belw, please cmplete a private reflectin and survey t unlck a special thank yu message frm Paul. We really value yur thughts and feedback. Thank yu s much fr taking part in Out f Eden Learn. Read: Chse at least ne pst t read and cmment n. Engage: Use ne r mre strategies frm the tlkit (including nes frm the Thinking Rutines page) t help yu t listen and respnd thughtfully t the student s pst. Respnd: Return t yur wn psts. Respnd t anyne wh left cmments r questins fr yu. Please make sure that yu cmpleted all the earlier INTERACT instructins. Click here fr mre details abut this Creative Cmmns license. 10