Lesson+Reflections

//**1 pager lesson one**//: This was a fun lesson for me to teach, it is not my history background so I kinda got into it which I think helped the students to enjoy it more. I think seeing me get excited about the information that we found showed them that I was not just giving them an assignment to do, but that i was learning with them. For as much as we covered however the students did not do well on the identification quiz. I thought after review and by keeping the quiz short that they would do better. I did not anticipate so many questions that I couldn't answer, I am used to American history where I have the ability to give at least some feed back, but some of these questions left me stumped. All that I needed for this lesson were made available to me, Ferris is a very helpful school when it comes to making accommodations. I feel like i did accomplish my goal for this lesson, the students gained knowledge that they did not already have and that's what i set out to do. I believe that anyone could teach this lesson if provided the proper instructions. This lesson was probably not the most student centered but I did work with every student that needed my help.


 * //1 pager lesson two//**: This was also a fun lesson. For this lesson I created a final assessment for the explorer section of the book. Each student would be assigned an explorer, research that person and then create a poster on them. Each poster must have a picture of the explorer and map displaying their travels and a time line of their explorer's life. Outside of the visuals they must answer several questions about their explorer: What was their explorer's full name? How many men did he take with them? What were some consequences of their trip? What country did they sail from and where were they going? so on and so forth. However one of the small glitches that came up within this assignment was that the list of explorer's that we provided had people on it that could be considered difficult to find. Some of the students had to use wikipedia as a source which was ok for the assignment but not the best source. Once again everything that was needed was provided, we had ample time in the library to finish this assignment and what didnt get done in that time had to be finished at home. I think the goals for this assignment were accomplished yes. This would not be a hard lesson for anyone to teach. This lesson was more student centered then the last one. I assigned the students their explorers but allowed them to trade if they wanted to. The toughest thing about classroom mangaement for this project was keeping 4th period focused on their work and not playing games on the computers.

//**PPA Lesson one:**// WWII is one of my favorite subjects. I loved this lesson. The powerpoint was entertaining and the kids liked it. It could have been a little longer to take up the whole period there was a little too much time after the lesson. All materials that were needed were readily accessable. I feel like i accomplished my goal of showing a bad side to war. Until you see what it truely is you dont understand it. Most of my lesson could be done by someone else but once the pictures that my grandfater took start showing up they would not be able to explain it like it was explained to me. This was a subject centered lesson focussing mostly on the impact of war. No problems with the class they were pretty involved with the power point.

//**PPA Lesson two:**// WWI was a good lesson despite the fact that i gave it during the last period of school on the day before christmas break. The lesson went fine again a power point combo with a lecture. This lesson was also a little on the short side. I think I spoke fast cause that was the also the day I was observed by Eastern. I did not anticipate ending so soon but it was ok cause Stacy the teacher i was with at the time had a long story to tell about how her car was stolent he previous day. No problems with materials, ready as always.This is a lesson that would not be hard to give. There are a lot of pictures and the information the students need are right on the slides all they have to do is take notes. It would be easier if the teacher delivering the lecture had an idea about history to expand but it would not be neccessary. This was pretty much a subject centered lesson. There were a few students that were ready for Thanksgiving break so I did my best to direct questions to them to keep them occupied with the power point.