Through Another's Eyes: Moving beyond the Classroom: Bringing the past and Future Together for Enrichment Students

Abstract

Taking students out of the classroom has its challenges, but it can also have unexpected benefits. In meeting with gifted students only four times a year, an enrichment program teacher facilitated students in the selection of six silos in an abandoned flour mill for an urban renewal project. What began as a study in Sudbury, Ontario, resulted in gifted students being introduced to local history, civic politics, cultural diversity, public speaking, economics, and community enhancement.