Teacher Daniel

I need to go over this in class.

1) Name three things that the Romans learned from the Greeks?

Religion, a well-regulated system of coins and measures and weights, alphabet, government.

2) How were the Christians different from the followers of other religions?

"They extolled the beauties of poverty and humility and meekness." They also spoke up about the concept of hell. They believed in "One God." The refused to "pay homage to the emperor."

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