Interactive Education
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Crest Hill, Illinois, United States
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Social Studies teacher, supervisor twenty-eight years. U.S. History, A.P. Economics, American Government, A.P. American Government & Politics, Law in American Society, Personal Economics.
Chaired various professional development committees including Master Learning, Response to Nation at Risk, Curriculum Development, Social Studies electives.
Served on Elected Teachers Council.
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West Wing Children's Suffrage
A group of middle schoolers, touring the White House, convince the Director of Communications, to hear their case for lowering voter age requirements. Excerpted from a West Wing episode, video available at SamuelGomberg@aol.com. Contact for details.
5th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Character Education, Civics, Government
Elementary/Middle School Patrick's Dilemma - The Trouble With Truth
Patrick and six of his friends visit the local fishing area with Dave, their camp counselor. Dave has made arrangements with a fisherman to take the children out for a ride on his boat. Captain Conner explains to the children that he must leave for a while and his rules are no one is allowed on the boat without his supervision. The children break the rules and proceed to board. Should Patrick tell Dave and Captain Conner about boarding the boat? Video available. See SamuelGomberg@aol.com f
1st - 6th
Character Education, English Language Arts
Advisory Group Series - Heinz Dilemma
This dilemma, one of the initial Kohlberg research dilemmas, poses a conflict between obligations to one's neighbor in need of a life saving expensive drug and the laws prohibiting stealing and property rights of druggists. A short video is available. See SamuelGomberg@aol.com for details.
5th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Civics, Government, Psychology
Advisory Group Series - Sharon's Dilemma (Sharon and Jill)
The answer to the question, what to do Monday in Advisory? Sharon and her best friend Jill enter a clothing store. Jill tries on a blouse and quickly exits the store without paying. Sharon confronts the store's security guard. She must decide whether or not to inform on her shoplifting friend.
Great values lesson. Good for homeroom and/or advisory discussions.
5th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Character Education, Civics
To March From Selma
Two African American women, Mrs. Brathwaite (Mattie) and Cora consider joining Dr. King's march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. Voting rights have been denied blacks for decades. Marching will be risky and potentially dangerous. Threats of violence have been in the air for weeks.
Bring alive this iconic moment in civil rights history with a realistic set of facts leading to a debatable decision for individuals swept up in the drama of the times. A 10 minute video is av
5th - 11th
Civics, Social Studies, U.S. History
Advisory Group Series - A Rock in the Road
An answer to the question, what do I do Monday in advisory? In this animated short a cartoon figure is merrily walking down a road and trips over a rock. He finds himself at the bottom of a small pit. Two other victims follow, each observing the plight of the previous victim from behind some bushes. Each time the previous figure digs the hole deeper and watches with delight as the next victim falls prey to the cruel joke. A fourth figure, victimized by the previous three characters, proceed
PreK - 12th
Character Education
Advisory Group Series - David's Dilemma
David and his friend Michael work in the same grocery store. They both sign a contract specifically requiring the reporting of any employee stealing to the owners. David uncovers Michael taking produce. David says he is giving the food to a pantry supplying the poor. David faces a conflict between a legally binding contract and loyalty to a friend who wants to help the poor.
4th - 12th
Civics, Criminal Justice - Law
Elementary/Middle School Debbie's Dilemma
For her seventh birthday, Debbie's father has promised to take her to the fair. She may also choose five rides as part of her present. When Debbie and her father approach the gate to buy tickets, Debbie's father discovers he has left his wallet at home. He has just enough pocket change for two admission tickers, but that means no money left over for rides. Debbie's father suggests she might say she was six years old instead of seven. That way, she can get in for half price and use the money
2nd - 8th
Character Education
Elementary/Middle School Jake's Dilemma
His team is losing as Jake digs in at the plate. Hid dad coasches first base. Jake takes a swing at a pitch and to his surprise hits into the outfield. Screaming for Jake to run, his dad clearly notices Jake missing first base as he rounds for second. Jake keeps running and scores the winning run. When the plate umpire asks Jake's dad if he had touched the base, Jake's dad shakes his head. (Video clip available) See SamuelGomberg@aol.com for deta
3rd - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Character Education, Short Stories
Elementary/Middle School Holly's Dilemma
Holly is an eight-year-old girl who likes to climb trees. She is the best tree-climber in the neighborhood. One day while climbing down from a tall tree, she falls off the bottom branch but does not hurt herself. Her father sees her fall. He is upset and asks her to promise not to climb trees any more. Holly promises. Later, Shaun's kitten is caught up in a tree and can't get down. Holly is the only one who climbs trees well enough to reach the kitten.
2nd - 8th
Character Education
Advisory Group Series - Lakeside, Ohio
An "Assignment America" segment from CBS News, this thought provoking discussion starter asks, "Can a small town, suburb, school or community have a pervasive honor code?" Show this short five minute video and sit back and watch the discussion unfold. Guaranteed to stimulate serious thinking, discussion, and reflection. Video available online or at SamuelGomberg@aol.com.
5th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Character Education, Civics
What is the least known best kept secret in education?
What is the least known and best kept secret in education? Answer: Kids love to talk . . . with each other . . . about important matters and significant topics. The content subsumed under the heading, "Discussion Central" provides, at present, interested teachers with field tested and developmentally significant discussion/lessons that can supplement traditional textbook treatments of U.S. History topics such as: The Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea Party, The Underground Railroad, Families w
3rd - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Character Education, Government, U.S. History
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About the store
Experience
Social Studies teacher, supervisor twenty-eight years. U.S. History, A.P. Economics, American Government, A.P. American Government & Politics, Law in American Society, Personal Economics.
Chaired various professional development committees including Master Learning, Response to Nation at Risk, Curriculum Development, Social Studies electives.
Served on Elected Teachers Council.
Teaching style
At the risk of being overly simplistic, I would humbly suggest that the word development encapsulates what I hold to be the essence of what attracted me to education as a career in the first place and what has nourished and informed my teaching to this day.
For the majority of my career I have tried to share with as many colleagues as possible my developmentally informed educational teaching style. Specifically I have tried to glean from the research and theory of Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg insights into how best to stimulate, nourish and foster every student’s personal growth in a variety of ways. I have worked hard to develop student cognitive reasoning as they advance from Piaget’s concrete operational stage to formal operational thinking and their moral reasoning through Kohlberg's stages of moral development. I have learned and tried to share with others, the insight that without a sound grounding in these adolescent stages of development, the best lessons of history, literature, philosophy, government, economics and most complex disciplines can never be fully appreciated and confronted, much less mastered. How can a student understand the majesty of our democracy as eloquently penned by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, that “governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed†without a solid intellectual base grounded in the Piaget and Kohlberg typologies.
My own education history
Carnegie Mellon University Doctorate History/Education 1988
University of Northern Illinois Administrative Certification Principal/Asst. Superintendent
Department Chair Certification
University of Chicago (summer) 1978
University of Wisconsin-Madison M.A
Political Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A. Political Science
Additional biographical information
Have had dissertation translated by Israeli Ministry of Education for training of teachers. Similar treatment in Japan at Institute of Moralogy, Kashiwa
Presenter at NCSS, ASCD, PDK, NMSA, AME for over thirty years.
Conducted workshops in/at Israel, Japan, UCLA, Harvard University, University of Akron
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