Message from ptalreja

[Anonymous]

Hey!
I really enjoyed the debate and as many of you have alluded too. It was def. an affective tool for understanding and analyzing. Some of these ideas have sunk in more than the straight lecture.

Clay's lesson has made me think about how to incorporate it in my geography class with my unit on China. It can def. be used in my classroom though I will probably encourage each student to have an a pre-written opening and closing speech so that students who struggle with English or just get nervous speaking on the spot can use that as a crutch, if needed. I can also collect it to assess their overall individual understanding of their philosophy. I like what someone said about having students make propaganda posters, props, etc. Whenever we do things in my class where students take on characters they are required to dress up which I would incorporate into this lesson.

In my World History class I think I would incorporate these East Asian teachings into a press conference I have at the beg. of the year, in which students figure out the ideal form of government. I usually have Plato, Queen Elizabeth I, Hobbes, Rousseau, Locke, and a few other Western thinkers. I could possibly think about adding Confucius, Lao Zi, Shang Yang, to make it more WORLD oriented. I can use the background information that Clay gave us, and have students use that to build their argument like we did yesterday.

Anyone have any suggestions to add to my lessons???