Tribes
Tribes is a process that can intentional the teaching of social-collaborative skills within the academic context of the classroom. The ultimate goal of a Tribes classroom is to create a learning community where students can excel both personally and academically.
Suggested inclusion class activities for the first few weeks of COOL School:
- Am I Napoleon? (page 210)
- Boasters (page 216)
- Bumper Sticker (page 220)
- Creative Storytelling (page 233)
- Extended Nametags (page 237)
- Finding all we have in Common (page 243)
- Graphing who we are (page 258)
- I Sit in a Chair with my Friend (page 262)
- Ideal Classroom (page 265)
- Interview Circle (page 266)
- Joy (page 269)
- Life Map (page 271)
- Me Book (page 277)
- Milling to Music (page 279)
- My Name in Print (page 285)
- Outlines (page 298)
- Partner Introductions (page 305)
- People Hunt (page 307)
- Spider Web (page 342)
- This is Me (page 353)
- Week in Perspective (page 367)
- What’s in my Name? (page 371)