The assignment I created for my 10th grade U.S. History class consists of the students researching a historically relevant figure that shares personal and possibly professional characteristics with the student. My goal is that students will make a connection with history and realize that the people and events we talk about in class have relevance in their modern lives. It is important for the students to know that most people share the same hopes, goals, and dreams and with a lot of hard work and ingenuity they make be able to be historically relevant one day.
I have included a link to my assignment page below that contains an example Prezi that I made.
Please let me know what you think. I appreciate any and all feedback.
Thanks
Erik
Hi Erick,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post again. I agree with you that students excited about historically relevant figures and this topic appropriate for the 10th grade level since they like to have a hero in their life. In addition,I don’t think so that you have any errors about subject. I like your topic about the connection you share with the historically relevant individual.it is new and unique. Really you are a great teacher.
Dayla,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words. I often try to think outside the box when creating lesson plans for the students, but can oftentimes see that they are so used to worksheets that lessons like this can fail. Kids and people in general like things that are predictable and predictability is one of my weakness as a teacher. I suppose that is one of the reasons I like teaching, because their is always another day in the classroom.
Was there anything you saw in my presentation that you would change? I am open to any criticisms you may have.
Erik
Erik:
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to get students to make a connection with a historical figure. I agree with you that students need to have a personal experience in a history class. I think that your project lends itself to creating that personal connection.
I really enjoyed the way that you put all of your information on the picture of Ben Franklin.
Linda
Erik,
ReplyDeleteGreat Prezi: short and sweet! Best part "an eye for detail" in Ben's eye. Nice touch; creative. I think the application piece is fantastic for students of that age, relating them to a famous historian. Great job. Your wiki looks fruitful with great information as well.
Brian
Hi Erik,
ReplyDeleteYour Prezi was great. I think it would be a fun and creative way for students to connect to a historical figure. I have to agree with Brian about the "eye for detail". That was my first thought when watching. Maybe one stuggestion would be to move the chess piece from the ear to a white part of his clothing. At first, I thought Ben had an earring! ;)
Shelly
Linda,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the post. I appreciate the fact that you liked my Prezi. I have only made about ten of them so I am still learning. How much experience do you have with Prezi? I would enjoy hearing any tips or advice you may have on how I could improve on my Prezi.
Brian,
ReplyDeleteI though the eye for detail was the best part of the Prezi. Now that I think about it I should have connected all of the similarities with the picture in some way. Did you think it was too short? On one hand I though it was short and on the other It was only an example. I would appreciate any insight you had on the previous sentence.
Shelly thanks for the post. I was trying to be funny and create a little interest in the presentation, but it may have been too much. I sometimes do things like this in my class presentations and they often received reviews from students.
ReplyDeleteErik
Hi Erik,
ReplyDeleteI Really like your prezi.It is very simple and creative and your topic is very interesting.In addition, I agree with you that history is a personal experience and the more personal you can make it for you students the better they will learn and retain the content provided.
Thank you
Sherihan,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the post. Is there anything your would change or any way you think I could improve my project? I would appreciate any ideas that you may have.
Erik