Observation #2
Anne Frank has been a challenge and a half to teach. I hadn't anticipated how mentally draining it would be to attempt to teach thirteen year olds the emotional scope of the Holocaust. They kept wanting to giggle during the lessons, which I suppose can be forgiven as emotional discomfort manifesting itself in 13 year old minds, but it was still something I had to contend with.
Shannon observed on a reading day, which was a simple bread and butter type of lesson. I let the kids pick their reading parts and stopped them periodically to foster discussion on topics I wanted to highlight about he characters relationships and the history of the Holocaust. It was simple, and it was a little boring to me. But then I suppose not all lessons can be fun and invigorating.
Despite the boredom for me personally, the students were engaged, and it went over well. Overall another successful lesson.
Shannon observed on a reading day, which was a simple bread and butter type of lesson. I let the kids pick their reading parts and stopped them periodically to foster discussion on topics I wanted to highlight about he characters relationships and the history of the Holocaust. It was simple, and it was a little boring to me. But then I suppose not all lessons can be fun and invigorating.
Despite the boredom for me personally, the students were engaged, and it went over well. Overall another successful lesson.
Comments
Post a Comment