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Jamie Gillan

Montgomery College
Adults, Post-Secondary
Teacher/Educator
Language Arts And English, Other
English Professor

Jamie Gillan's collections

 

Immigration and Refugees

<p>This collection is utilized in a college classroom focused on research and argumentation.  </p><p>#MCteach<br /></p>
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Mythology--Professor Gillan

<p>This collection is intended to be used in a Mythology class. Designed for a 100 level mythology course. The assignments here are classroom specific. They are modifiable to fit any style of classroom, and address a diverse group of learners.</p><p>#MCteach<br /></p>
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Student Sample--Mythology

<p>This collection is a sample of student work from a 100 level college course on world mythology. The student's final paper focused on the multiple narratives that exist surrounding Theseus and Ariadne , particularly their end. </p><p>#MCteach<br /></p>
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Student Sample--American Immigration

<p>This is a student sample collection from the first week of a argumentative research writing course themed on immigration.</p><p>#MCteach<br /></p>
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Student Sample--The Memorable Bike Accident

<p>"These few photographs are mostly people drawn photos. They are all consisting around my memory of my bike accident. These photos resemble the scenery to where I was headed. Some of the pictures resemble the pain I was in, and the help people tried to offer me." --(Student Sample from a Developmental Course)</p><p>#MCteach<br /></p>
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Classroom Conversation Opener

<p>Ask students to analyze this image.  This can be used to show multiple interpretations of a text.</p> <p>What do you see here?</p> <p>What makes you say that?</p><p>#MCteach<br /></p>
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Jamie Gillan, Together we can Achieve More: Using Smithsonian Resources to Teach Writing and Storytelling

<p>This Learning Lab collection offers ways to teach college students challenging topics such as social justice, community building, immigration, and communication across difference.  Inside this collection are the processes and results of teaching with museums for nearly a decade.  It is a sampling of assignments, student stories, Smithsonian resources utilized, student products, and digital stories.  Intended for College, adaptable for high school; grades 9-16.</p> <p><br></p> <p>This collection complements the <em>Classroom Impact </em>section of the EdX course, <em><a href="https://www.edx.org/course/teaching-with-the-smithsonian-addressing-21st-century-challenges-in-the-community-college-classroom" target="_blank">Teaching with the Smithsonian: Addressing 21st-Century Challenges in the College Classroom</a></em><em>.</em></p>
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