Keep the Students Engeged with Lessons!

1) Direct Instruction:
-Looking into pictures, Students were asked questions and asked to make connections!
-Some of the questions were cause questions
-Students and teachers interact with each other
-Students were asked to put their hand on their head if they agreed.
-Students were asked to hug their arms if they disagreed.
-The teacher asked the students review questions.
-A teachers role is to repeat what was said by students too.
-Graphic organizers were passed out to the students about the war. They are great to be organized and see what students know and what  they need to know.

2) Inquiry Lessons
-This is problem solving skills
-Authentic real world situations
-Organize students to the question
-Hypothesize
-analyze data
-draw conclusion
-inform the class on the conclusion
-The teacher provided a calendar for students to see dates, time management, and a timeline of events

3) Cooperative Learning
-Group and cooperative skills are vital in this lesson and this video
-Students work together as a team and a group
-This develops social skills!
-Students work together to the tasks of the lesson
-A vital aspect of this is the teacher walking around listening to the groups working together
-Groups share what they learned with each other
-A brief review at the end to cover any last minute questions