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Lesson Self- Assessment for ED 315
Name: Sarah WardLesson topic: War Time EconomyDate: 10/23/12
School/grade level/ number of students: Ronald Reagan HS/10
th
/36Name of Cooperating Teacher: Maureen McCanna
Planning and preparation:My task was to explore war time
economies, focusing on WWI and WWII. I decided tolook at war bonds
and rationing and compare it to George Bush and our currentwartime
economy. I got them engaged showing a war bond clip from the
movieCaptain America. This really got their attention and got them
discussing. Then weanalyzed some propaganda posters. Then we
watched a video from WWII learning howto ration. I had them talk
about how their lives would be different if we had to ration.The
George Bush article was a good wrap up to tie things together and
bring it back to
the now.
Classroom environment:They worked in groups for several times
during this lesson which got them talking andsharing. The rationing
exercise was great and got them thinking about the differencesin
war economies now. I made connections with their daily lives when
discussing thepictures and interviews which got them to share more
easily. I had the whole classdiscuss the George Bush article to get
them out of group mode.
Instruction:I thought that I used a variety of instructional
strategies to get the points across. I
believe the WWII video was really engaging and definitely
something I would use againin the future. I showed the propaganda
posters on the overhead, but next time Imight print some out and
laminate them so they can pass them around and get acloser look. I
thought group discussion worked well for this lesson and then
wrappingit up with whole group was a good ending statement for the
lesson.
Assessment:Each group was held responsible for sharing on their
assigned poster. They sharedwith the class and I was able to ask
different people in the group to ensure that theyhad all
communicated. During the rationing discussion and George Bush
discussion Iused the notecards to randomly call on students so that
I could get random
comments. This way each student was held accountable. I also
collected the rationingworksheets to make sure they
participated.
Professional responsibilities:I found that it was important to
relate every lesson to the learning intention postedon the board
and the unit question, so I tried to make a point to do that this
time.
Reflection:
