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=CLASSES 29, 30, 31: Creativity in the Classroom= § To learn how to get your students to be creative § To learn how to encourage creativity through activities § To nurture the creative process in your students
 * Objectives:**


 * 1. ****Do Now: What are some of the strategies you use to encourage creativity in the classroom?**

a. What is Creativity? Robert Sternberg, Yale i. Sternberg on Creativity ii. Sir Ken Robinson Video Sir Ken Robinson Clip Sir Ken Robinson Long Clip
 * 2. ****Creativity in the Classroom**

ii. Characteristics of Creative People 1. [] 2. []

iii. PowerPoint Slides on Creativity 1. [|http://www.csubak.edu/~dgeorgi/pptpresentations/htmfiles/560CREAT/] b. Classroom Strategies: Critical thinking and problem solving i. What to Do 1. [] 2. []

ii. What Not to Do 1. [] 2. []

iii. Elementary Classroom 1. []

c. The arts, creativity and aesthetics i. Funnies 1. [|http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/humor.html] d. The importance of self expression e. Expanding the concept of creativity f. Incorporating the arts across the curriculum

d. Activities Classroom Activities Logic Puzzles Darwinian Theory Exercise Art and Music

Unit Rubrics Due
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Unit Final Narratives Due
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Journals Due Begin Presentations
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