September Additional Blog Post

Over the past couple weeks at my mentorship, the students have been learning about the American Revolution. During this time my mentor and I brainstormed ideas for a project that they could work on. One of the ideas was to have the students make a passport. They would put a picture of themselves inside along with all their personal info so it could be like an authentic passport. With this the students would pretend like they visited the major cities in the Original Thirteen Colonies, they were cities like Boston, New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Charleston. For each city they, "visited," they would write down some facts about each city and talk about some events that were going on  in the city during the Revolutionary War. At the end once they were done filling out all the information about each city they would receive a stamp of approval so it seemed liked they actually visited that city. It was a really fun project to design and a lot of the students really enjoyed it. Below is a picture of Walnut Grove Intermediate, the school I am doing my mentorship at.

Blog 6-Second Interview Preparation

1. My mentor is Britt Linke, she is an 8th Grade Honors History Teacher at Walnut Grove Intermediate School in West Covina, CA.

2. The five questions I am going to ask are, "Where did you receive your education from?" "What degrees do you have?" "How long have you been teaching?" "What makes you different from other people in your field?" "Do you consider yourself an expert in your field. If so, why?"

Blog 5-Mentorship and Research Reflection

1. My experience in finding my mentor was rather easy. I emailed my former History teacher at Walnut Grove Intermediate School in West Covina if she would like to be my mentor for my Senior Project. She said yes and I got on with doing my mentorship. The only slight problem is that since she is a teacher I only have a window of about 2 hrs per day for the week, but I've been managing and have been working with my mentor at least 2 days a week.

2.I have to say the most important article I have read so far was an article called, "Engaging Students in Learning History," by Prof. John Fielding(Retired, 2002) from Queen's University in Canada. He is a very knowledgeable man and gave many helpful tips on how to engage your students in learning history. Some of these included Watching Films, Field Trips, Debates, and Tableaux. He stated that these are some of the most effective strategies to engage and have fun with your students while also learning History. No doubt, this has been my most important article so far for my Senior Project.