This I Believe: Curriculum Guide
September 3, 2009
While it can seem overwhelming to try incorporating a common reading into your already content-heavy course, This I Believe, Inc. has put together a curriculum guide for instructors in higher education. You can find the curriculum guide at http://thisibelieve.org, under the educators tab labeled “resources.”
The guide is divided into four sections, one more general and three showing educators how to help students through the writing process. Focused primarily on writing, the guide leads instructors through teaching initial thought-gathering, good writing techniques, rewriting and peer evaluation. Moreover, sections of the guide encourage diverse methods of teaching This I Believe such as including audio from the show’s run on NPR and creative activities such as “The Credo Exercise” or the “I Believe in Music” discussion.
The curriculum guide is just that – a document that provides educators with ways to lead students through This I Believe in a productive and effective way. It is, however, a guide. Although you might create your own curriculum (and the website encourages you to share these ideas) the guide is written in such a way that educators who are less comfortable with the process can draw both directly and indirectly from the document.
For more specific information, you can find the curriculum guide here.
In this post, we bring you a link to the essay written by Warren Christopher titled “A Shared Moment of Trust.” The audio control is at the top of the page:
http://thisibelieve.org/essay/6894/
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