Message from michellejones

[Anonymous]

A few years ago, when I taught 7th grade history, I wanted to give the students more information about Confucius, but not through notes. So, I went to Barnes and Noble and found a children's book on Confucius. For seven years I used this book to teach Confucius. First, I started out by asking the students to look at the picture on the cover and predict what the book would be about, and to be specific about their predictions. Next, I read the first section of the book, which provides background information on Confucius. After this, I asked the students to examine their predictions and see if they needed to be revised now that they had some basic information about Confucius. So, the students were able to practice predicting. Finally, before I read the last section of the book, I asked students to create an ending for the story. All students shared their endings with partners. I finished the lesson by reading the ending and discussing with students the differences between their endings and the actual ending. The final project was to create the front page of a newspaper all on Confucius. It worked out very well.

Michele Jones