EDU 348 - Teaching Social Studies in the Middle Grades: Second Lesson
I taught my lesson today, and it went really well. I used the Iron Maiden song that Dr. Besnoy brought to class and surprisingly enough the kids enjoyed it!! I love open discussions and having the studnets become involved so I allowed them to read for ten minutes the chapter section in the book and then with the background knowledge we discussed the information on the Trail of Tears more in depth. My teacher wanted me to use a certain map he had premade which was fine, but I spent most of the time talking with the students. It is very refreshing to hear studnets say thankyou or that was really cool, becasue I did put alot of time and effort into the lesson, because I wanted them to enjoy it becasue what they think really matters to me. My teacher was so funny, becasue he said he never uses technology in the room so on Wednesday I came to the school and my teacher, myself and the technology teacher hooked up a projector to the laptop and the teacher said it was so simple he might actually do it-I wont hold my breathe though lol. The teacher gave me the oppurtunity to teach all three periods before lunch and it really did help me, because I was able to change what I didnt like, add some things, see which questions I wanted to use and it helped me build my confidence before I was observed by Dr. C. Again, Dr. Besnoy really does have some great ideas and he is willing to share, so if anyone is a procrastinator like me and hasnt been observed by Dr. C and is in desperate need for some great ideas, Im telling you what, he really does have them.
A side note, it was really windy on Thursday and I was talking to Leanne and I put a stack of papers on top of my car and they blew everywhere so if anyone saw me scrambling the parking lot, I am not a stalker or a weirdo, I was trying to pick up the papers lol.
Jenny :)
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