Right to Read: A Learning Module

Homeland Security and Hometown Safety encompass many aspects of our daily lives. The topic allows for integration within the classroom while at the same time reinforcing important educational goals. This module focuses on reading, centered on the Right to Read week. Students read on topics related to Homeland Security and safety, write papers and create presentations. In conjunction with these projects, speakers are invited to come to the classroom and share their knowledge and experiences. In addition to language arts, this project can also be linked into vocational subject areas as well. The project comes to a close with a evening event at the end of the week. This adds an additional incentive and level of excitement to the project.
This module should be easy to implement; local fire, police, and other emergency agencies are more than willing to speak to students and can help to raise the level of interest among students. Additionally, this type of project can be implemented across a range of grade levels. (authors)