Field Experience Week 2

This week I have been working like crazy to get my lesson plans complete. In order to do this you need a great partner, a good subject and a reliable computer. I am lucky because I have all three. One of our assignments for field is making 5 lesson plans preferably social studies. Incorporated in the lesson plans are a technology lesson and 3 different models of lesson plans. My partner and I chose to use the cause and effect model for one of our lessons. It is hard to write a lesson plan when you don't know the subject. I spent hours and hours looking up the effect of the pioneers on the Utah Native American's.

I went to the library after not finding all I wanted to on the internet about the pioneers and native americans. I found some information that was very controversial. One scenario made the pioneers look like friendly neighbors who worked along side their native brothers. Another scenario made the pioneers look like anything but innocent. I wondered how you know what information is correct. I hope as a teacher I have information maybe from a textbook. I am assuming if it is in a textbook it is gospel.

It will be important for me as a teacher to know fact from fiction. Rumors and opinions work in some areas but not history. Elementary students take what teachers say to heart. For example today in class I helped a few students with math thinking I knew what I was doing. The students had the right answer and I told them it was wrong. I wanted to climb under the desk and disappear because they trusted me and I led them astray. It's a good thing kids are forgiving. It is important when I have my own class that I know my subject area. I love learning. I can see it will continue throughout my teaching career.