Reflection

My game plan has slightly changed over the course of the last few weeks. For example, I am planning on teaching my students how to use Windows Movie Maker in the up and coming week and having the students use this program to explain the differences between Greece's democracy and one other type of government. The other type of government will be picked by the students and approved by me the teacher. They will then find or make pictures/movies that describe these types of governments and compare it to democracy. They will finish the project by telling the pros and cons of each type of government and present their project to the class.
For the second quarter project, there has not been a whole lot of change in my project except for the fact that my principal has warned me to be very careful with this topic since we have a large Islamic population in our school and all of the problems that are arising currently. I have yet to change anything in this project.
For the third quarter (Black Death), I am planning on spending more time on how the plague broke out compared to the human response since this focuses more on our standard. This is the only change so far in the third quarter project.
For the fourth quarter project (Age of exploration), I am planning on doing an example project on Christopher Columbus as an example. The reason why is because he is a great example and he is the easiest person to research. This will ensure that all students are challenged and are working hard.
Since I have started to research these projects, I am very excited to start these projects with my students and I hope they will be as excited as I am. My principal seems to think that the students will get a lot out of these projects and is excited for me. Lastly, I am very happy that these projects were given as an assignment in the class because if they were not, I would have never done this.