High School Teachers Tap 'House Hunters,' Tiny Houses for Ideas
Students get to use geometry in a real-life setting when building a tiny house in one Texas classroom. Teachers should link teens' outside interests into lessons whenever possible, since it makes class more enjoyable and realistic for them, one teacher says.
Some high school teachers are using popular home design trends to get students interested in learning.Jessica Westervelt, a Spanish teacher at Bethlehem High School in Delmar, New York, created an activity that was inspired by the popular television show "House Hunters International" for her Spanish 3 class about four years ago. Similar to the show, students work in groups, pretending to be real estate agents, and look for three houses in Spanish-speaking countries.
She uses the activity to teach vocabulary related to the home, chores, travel and vacation. She created the exercise because she wanted to incorporate her students' interests into the curriculum. At the time, a group of her students were big fans of the show.
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