The students were
still focused on the previous lessons, which made the transition to this new
lesson easier. Although this particular lesson didn’t offer them as much
engagement, the students still had made connections from the concepts to their
real-life experiences. The overall idea of the lesson was to learn about individual rights by having the student randomly choose a notecard that had a specific right on it. We then let the classroom run while the students could or couldn't do "normal" things. Many of the students were jealous of the others.
Classroom management will always be a work in progress as teachers. Our
host teacher already had set procedures and strategies set in place since the beginning
of the school year. When the class got out of control we just rang a bell and
they settled down to listen to the new directions. We walked around the
classroom when the students had to write down to monitor their progress and
keep them focused.
If I had to do it all over again I would have changed how the students
copied down the Bill of Rights/drew pictures of each of the Amendments.
Although most of the students found it helpful, a few students approached me
after class to ask for a copy of the paper that Ms. James and I had used for
them to reference.
The students completed a worksheet where they had to write a thank-you
letter to our forefathers, thanking them for a specific amendment that he/she
appreciated most. Some of the students felt strongly about their reasoning and
provided evidence to support, while others didn’t.
Using this worksheet would have worked better in our lesson: Pinterest
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