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Cause of Death: The demise of Quotationals Quote Bee contracted COVID 19 and passed away during the blight known as distance learning. To be honest, the weight of stress, a full time line of activities, and cost of resources left Quotationals vulnerable to COVID. A recurring theme at the grassroots level of innovation and project development. There are many wonderful people that given a lot, however systemic hierarchies tend to lack the resources and support that one would find in other arena like start up businesses, artist retreats, or scientific research and inventions. Perhaps time will see this rite of intellectual passage rise again, or maybe the hundreds it has served is evidence enough that it was a success.
Creators and Developers: Sergio Gonzales, Larry Light, Molly Tor, Mr. B, Sue Brown, Sharon Swan, Manuel Salinas and many more. This group of outstanding educators and a community-oriented tech guru donated a lot of time for students in over five schools from SBCUSD and MVUSD.
Video #1: Quote Bee
Video #2: Socratic Circle -Master Teacher Larry Light leads a Gandhi character study using quotes by and about him.
Video #3: Quote Bee
Quote collections for group discussions Use the above worksheets to initiate your own Socratic circles in the classroom or at home.
Quotationals consisted of an annual quote bee where students memorized over 700 words of wisdom ranging from the greatest minds in history to wise saying your grandmother told you. An after school club called Quips supported the program by allowing practice under a controlled stressed setting in addition to discussions based on groupings of quotes. Over the course of the program students naturally play with language and themes covered to created their own original quotes comprising a bank of wisdom used in future lessons and the Submit-A-Quote Competition.
