8th Grade Social Studies Classroom

I presented my lesson to an 8th grade Social Studies classroom. In this classroom I presented a lesson that incorporated critical thinking and evaluating primary sources to support their argument. My mentor teacher and I came up with a lesson called “Who fired the first shot” where we showed students videos and documents about the battle at Lexington and Concord. I sent students a PowerPoint with four different points of view about the event at Lexington. My since my school is a one-to one (one student to one computer), my mentor teacher regulars sends assignments to them via email. This type of lesson provided the students a new type of thinking and interaction. I had the students read four different accounts independently about the event …show more content…
H changed the format and directions to my lesson. This got me nervous because I thought that I did not adequately prepare for this activity. My mentor teacher explain why he made those changes and after hearing those explanation it made me feel better about my presentation. My favorite part of this activity was the conversation between the groups. The students were using facts from the sources, listening to each reasoning, and having applying each students responding to the overall conclusion. This section of the activity is what went well. What I need to improve is to watch my wait time when asking question. I would not give the student enough time to think and I would give the student the answer to the question. I need to be more patience during this part of the lesson. I will definitely use this lesson in the future because it’s a great way to introduce a lesson to the students. I has many different components that makes the students use critical thinking and cooperative learning. I will make sure that I incorporate what my mentor teacher said to enrich my activity so the students are more