What Your Education Teachers Didn't Tell You

This week's class is called, "What Your Education Teachers Didn't Tell You." Did the content justify the title? Did you find today's session helpful as you prepare for your own teaching career?

History Day Projects

This week's class will focus on using History Day projects as a teaching tool. Comment her on the value of having students create History Day projects. Do the benefits seem to you to justify the extra time necessary to help students prepare such projects?

Leading Good Discussions

Unless the schedule has been changed, Mark Murph ey should be talking to you today about leading good discussions. Please comment here on what you did in class, and note what you think is the most important thing you learned from the class.

Before the semester ends, add to the blog here a lesson plan for a good discussion.

Effective Lectures

Keith Wilkinson (an illustrious NSU graduate) will be talking to you this week about leading a good lecture. Post here your comments on what you learned from today's class. What do you think is the most important advice Mr. Wilkinson had for you? How is lecturing at the high school level different from college lectures?

Before the semester ends, please post here a lesson plan for a lecture you might give to a high school history class. Use one of the formats recommended in your general methods class.