Message from tnumark

[Anonymous]

You pose a very interesting question. I think teachers have to take the stand that, when teaching, one has to come up with interesting and motivating ways to teach the standards. I've read the standards countless times and they are not very exciting. So I believe our job is to bring in the relevant activities, though they may not fit into a cookie-cutter mold of the standards. A hands-on activity in middle school? That's the best thing a teacher can do. This is how you are going to justify it. As a supplement to the standards about Japan in the middle ages that you are teaching. Remember your audience and they aren't robots.