Move over, Katniss and Peeta.
On Friday, Oct. 25, local librarians, teachers, and education faculty and students from the ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ will be taking part in a Hunger Games of their own.
βHunger Games in the Classroomβ is a collaboration among Central Florida educators to study how the popular Suzanne Collins trilogy can be used as an educational tool. The event will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. in ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½βs Curriculum Materials Center on the first floor of the Education Complex.
Participants will compete in challenges that teach teamwork and literacy skills and play games that test their knowledge of various school subjects.
For a live-action version of the Hunger Games, participants, or βtributes,β will be split into teams of four and will compete with each other in a series of fun, educational games until only one team is left standing.
Survival games will highlight the flexibility of βThe Hunger Gamesβ challenge as a method for teaching different subjects.
Besides competing in games and winning prizes, participants will gain valuable teaching resources and methods to utilize in their own classrooms. Theyβll also talk about Hunger Games-related themes such as government, food disparity and dystopian societies and how they can use the young-adult fiction to incorporate those topics into their lessons.
βEveryone loves βThe Hunger Games,ββ said event organizer Yolanda Hood. βWhen students of all ages are excited about a book or book series, we can use that as an opportunity to engage them in the classroom.β
A movie based on the seriesβ second book, βThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire,β is set for a Nov. 22 U.S. release.
Registration for the ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ event is open to anyone interested, but space is limited. To register, call the Curriculum Materials Center at 407-823-2791.
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