I am currently teaching Story of Mankind to middle school students. It is twice a week, 3 hours a class. My hagwon is a bit ambitious and they would like my students to read the entire book in 5 weeks. The first class went well, but I am now in a rut. The students are starting to lose interest and it's entering this lull because they don't have time to read the book and the lecture is overloading them with information.
I have to make this class more interactive. I'm currently thinking of making a quiz game. The students will make up questions and then we'll see who can pick the correct answers or I'll get them to give an in class presentation on a short topic. This might work, but my students have this class at 9:30 in the morning so I'm fighting several factors- i.e. lack of sleep, lack of motivation, and lack of preparation (there is only a little time for them to read and digest the information in the book.)
I have to prep throughly for the course and think of something to do next week. If I don't get the class back on track by next week, I'll have a long month ahead.
Dan
0 Response to "Story of Mankind"