Pfrankmann

EHL teacher- Harmon Middle School, Aurora, Ohio ‍‍‍‍‍‍8th grade Social Studies ‍‍‍‍‍‍ 7th and 8th grade French-
 * Paul Frankmann**

e-mail: pfrankmann@aurora-schools.org Course wikispaces: http://harmonss8.wikispaces.com, http://harmonfrench.wikispaces.com

Aurora City Schools website


 * School**: Harmon Middle School


 * School Location**: Aurora, Ohio (in Northeast Ohio between Cleveland and Akron. Formerly home to Geauga Lake Amusement Park + Sea World Ohio... now just Geauga Lake Wild Water Kingdom and Aurora Farms Premium Outlets... but good schools, great school sports, and a great small town home town)


 * Grade level you teach**: 7th and 8th Grade


 * Subject areas you currently teach**: 8th Grade Social Studies (U.S. History from 1492-1877, DC Trip, Mock Congress, Beaucoup Citizenship), 7th and 8th Grade French (Combined = First Year High School French with Cultural Focus on Canada, Louisiana, Haiti, France, and Francophone Africa)


 * Hobbies and interests**: Running, Cycling, Orienteering, Traveling, Speaking French, Gardening, and someday... working on it, Kiteboarding


 * Why EHL?:** I became a teacher to hopefully make a difference for the better in the world by making a difference for my students. After majoring in International Studies and French in college, I postponed Peace Corps service to pursue a teaching certificate in order to stay home and help raise my younger brothers. Took Army ROTC at the same time to become a Combat Engineer and serve my country through duty with the Ohio Army National Guard while I began teaching Social Studies and/ or French. Marriage and children postponed Peace Corps / other NGO service overseas indefinitely, and so I found other ways, including the Peace Corps World-wise Schools Program to bring the world into my classrooms. Following 9/11, the local chapter of the American Red Cross reached out to area teachers with the Facing Fear program to help us help our students process all that was happening. Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) was made available soon after, and I discovered that its real world content and active methodology engaged, encouraged, and empowered my students. EHL represents and serves all that I hold most dear as a person, a parent, a citizen, and a teacher. EHL as a global curriculum has the potential to make the world better, one student at a time.

=Action Ideas-=

Introductory Exploration

Module 1-The Humanitarian Perspective

Module 2- Limits in Armed Conflict

Module 3- The Law in Action

Module 4- Dealing with Violations

Module 5- Responding to the Consequences of Armed Conflict

Closing Exploration: Where do we go from here?