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CHANGE | Curious Quotes & Universal Themes

1/11/2021

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Welcome to 2021! It's already been a year, and it's only January 11th. I took some time, and by some I mean a LOT of time away from a great number of things at the end of 2020. I have been looking around and carefully considering what I want to pick back up for the new year. With that in mind, I am introducing SEASON THREE of Curious Quotes, Points to Ponder, and Inspiring Insights. This season focus on Universal Themes & Generalizations. I imagine that many of you are familiar with the concept and probably already employ this strategy in your learning environment. My hope here is that this will be of some benefit to you and your students. 
For the next 11 weeks, I will be posting a new set of slides on the weekly Universal Theme. Here's the schedule! 

JAN 11 - Change
JAN 18 - Conflict
JAN 25 - Exploration
FEB 01 - Force or Influence
FEB 08 - Order vs. Chaos
FEB 15 - Patterns
FEB 22 - Power
MAR 01 - Structure
MAR 08 - Systems 
MAR 15 - Relationships
MAR 22 - Adaptation
MAR 29 - March Madness Begins!!! 


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With each set of Curious Quotes, I will also present the standard list of Generalizations for each Universal Theme. 
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I always love a quotation from a Greek philosopher, and Heraclitus is PRE Socrates! There's a good deal to ponder related to many of his ideas. I really like this quote because it is short and simple. I used the Trajan Pro font because I wanted it to look engraved. 
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Honestly, when thinking about quotes about change, this one from David Bowie's song Changes was the first one that came to mind. This was also the last slide that I finished for this set. There were many alternate versions of this one. I just could not find the right image. I finally came across this simply spectacular Halloween costume. It fit with the "children" part of the quote. Consider how this quote applies to various youth movements in the past and present. 
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Speaking of children leading us, this flows nicely into this often used quote from Malala Yousafzai. With "the kids these days" in mind, I decided to go full on emoji with this one. I like using the emoji keyboard because it is really easy to resize along with the text. Ask your kids what they are doing to change the world and how you can help them. 
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Perhaps one day in the future then the Dune film will finally be released. Until then, we have this quote from the Frank Herbert classic novel. As a lover of book covers, I went with this image of the original 1965 book jacket. It leaves a great deal to the imagination. This quote is a bit more complex than the others. Consider how it is different than the others in the list. 
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We close out this first set of Universal Themes quotes with this from President Barack Obama. I like this as a companion to the quote often attributed to Gandhi: "Be the change you wish to see in the world." Quote Investigator has something to say about this! I took this photo at the National Portrait Gallery's America's President Exhibit. I have always been a huge fan of this exhibit and the Obama portrait is a stunning work of art regardless of your politics. 

WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVORITE? VOTE and let your voice be heard! 
This will all lead up to a March Madness event, where your votes will select the CHAMPION of Curious Quotes for this Season. 

VOTE HERE!

Since these themes are "universal", let's just say that there tends to be no shortage of quotes on the subject. Do you have a favorite quote about change? Please share it in the comment section below! 

If you use any of these slides in your learning environment, I would love to hear how it went. 
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Johnna J Rosson link
1/11/2021 03:58:08 pm

I love all of these slides and plan on using them in my GT pullout classes. We already do journal work which includes analyzing various quotes and this was exactly what I needed at this time! Thank you.

Here is one of my favorite quotes on change:
We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better. — J.K. Rowling

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Lisa Turner
1/11/2021 04:42:26 pm

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Rob Siltanen

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Laura Sergeant
1/11/2021 04:46:27 pm

I love to start the year with Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror", discuss who the "man in the mirror" is, and then follow with the concept of Change.
"I'm looking at the man in the mirror. I'm asking him to make a change." - Michael Jackson

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Brian Housand
1/14/2021 03:13:30 pm

Thanks for these suggestions and comments. They are great!

I am adding a couple to the list as well that have come to me via email and comments elsewhere.

From Melissa Bilash at The Grayson School -
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”― Buckminster Fuller

I also really loved this one shared by Maria Selke - "All that you touch your change. All that you change changes you. The only lasting truth is change." - Octavia Butler - Parable of the Sower

Brian

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