2nd Lesson

Well I was a little disappointed in my second lesson. It went okay, but not as well as the first. My practicum teacher asked me to cover the invention of the cotton gin and its effect on the American economy. I guess it probably didn’t help that the students were going on spring break the following day. She also wanted me to show how it effected the North and South differently. Unfortunately, she ended up covering a lot of this material several days before my lesson. I felt bad because I knew the students had to be bored. It seemed like a waste of time. The students became engaged eventually, but the beginning of the lesson was necessary to explain the second part of the lesson. It was tough getting through the first half, but I was able to get the students interested because I related this event to their lives. We discussed new technologies that have had an effect on the current economy in America. I found that students really do like to talk about the world around them and how it affects their lives.