This September CABE turned ten! To celebrate we invite you to submit a lesson idea that uses a building or place to inspire the teaching of a curriculum subject.
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Selected entries will be published here on the Engaging Places website and the school providing the most inspiring and creative lesson idea will receive a framed original architectural drawing from a renowned architectural practice, sponsored by CABE.
To enter, please email the Engaging Places education editor, Rochelle Whitty, on rwhitty@cabe.org.uk with your lesson idea in the body of the email and 'CABE competition' written in the subject.
Closing date COB Friday 11 December 2009.
Entry requirements
- Your lesson idea must make reference to at least one curriculum subject.
- Preferable length for a lesson idea is one to two paragraphs, or 150 words. Three-hundred words maximum.
- Please provide your full name, teaching position, school name, phone number and email address with your entry.
Lesson idea examples
Pros and cons (English and citizenship)
Identify a controversial issue to do with the built environment in your area – perhaps a new road scheme or plans to build a shopping centre or extend an airport. As a class, research the issue. If possible, invite people with opposing views to come into school and explain their standpoint.
Ask the students to write a reasoned and balanced overview of the issue. What are the arguments for and against? What evidence is there to support the different views? Encourage them to end with a summary and a recommendation.
(95 words).
Environmental Wall-E (English – writing)
Watch the film Wall-E and see how the film makers imagine Earth will be like in the future. How could you persuade people to live their lives differently so that the environment won’t get so damaged? Use some ideas from BRE Innovation Park to help you write a speech to argue your opinions.
One to two lessons.
(61 words).
To find out more about CABE’s tenth anniversary celebrations visit the CABE website.
