Teaching History to at a middle school can be one of the most daunting or rewarding tasks. As an educator, your heart goes out to a student that tells you, “I couldn’t do my homework because we didn’t have electricity." Reaching these students is essential to their success in the classroom. As a teacher who teaches in this type of school, I spend a great deal of time getting to know my students and finding out their interests, problems, and situations in life. Class discussions or assignments at the end of a class day provide perfect opportunities for them to open up and get some of their bottled up feelings out. These discussions are often very revealing and often can help them to better understand their own lives and home situations.
Students that have these types of special needs often require a little "push" to grab their attention in academics and school in general.
Some of these students are socially inept and some just cannot focus on the task at hand. Either way, if you can figure out what gets their juices flowing, you will have success in the learning environment.
My Project
My students need EduProtocols and Break Out EDU to engage students in learning through critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity.
While teaching this year has been a struggle with engagement and building community with in and out of the classroom, finding ways to engage them while build community has been my priority.
Students feel unconnected to their friends, school, and teachers. Being able to connect them will help not only their academics but help engage them in and out of the classroom. Being able to think critically, working collaboratively, all while building their communication and creativity will build life long success.
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