Independent Component 2

Time Log:
April 1 Sunday: 4 hours
April 2 Monday: 5 hours
April 3 Tuesday: 5 hours
April 4 Wednesday: 5 hours
April 5 Thursday: 5 hours
April 6 Friday: 5 hours
April 7 Saturday: 3 hours
April 8 Sunday: 3 hours

(I basically did my IC2 over spring break)

Literal
I, David Roeder, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work."

I read through the entire Junior history book "American Odyssey: The United States in the 20th Century: and created a lesson plan for Chapter 1 and half of Chapter 2. (It takes a whole lot longer than I anticipated to create a lesson plan.)

Interpretive
As a future teacher I have to have a knowledge on how to create a lesson plan. It is WAY harder then i assumed. I used this format:

Goal:

Material:

Activity:

Method of teaching:

I included method of teaching because it supports my best answer "Mixing up the Curriculum." It demonstrates that different units and topics do better with different teaching methods.

Evidence
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1RRe-GaKf2_a7CL6Yt3x_oDUl4sSo33pTe2qtZj5zkDI

Applied 
Creating a lesson plan and basically but my best answer to the test. I found (on paper) it seems to work. By using the best method plan to fit the unit. By doing this you can insure that students grasp the course material. If they know the material they are more likely to do better on the standardized test.

Independent Component 1

Content:

• Attended several seminars on teaching and history
• Nixon Library
• USC Convention
• Online Seminars
• Final activity (Still needs to be done)
• Attending History day March 10

Literal:

• I, David Roeder, affirm that I WILL complete my independent component which represents 30 hours of work. (By March 10th)
• I have (as stated above) completed at least 20 hours worth of seminars regarding teaching, and history. Most regarding the importance of Primary sources work and student involvement. I planed to sum up what i learned by judging at History Day. Unfortunately I am unable to do as such, but i will assist in any way possible and hopefully pick up tid bits of information.

Interpretive:

This answers my EQ: "What is the Best way to Teach U.S. History" (soon to change) in a number of ways. Firstly, as any historian can tell you, the importance of your sources DETERMINE the quality of you work. By learning A. the values of primary sources and B. a way to apply them for class room use. This will teach students a life long lesson. That being your work is only as good as the information used to back it up. Secondly through the other various seminars, I've learned some valuable (basic) knowledge for becoming a teacher. Such as the importance of not being bias and so on. This has obvious benefits towards my EQ.  

Independent Component 1 Plan Approval

Write a description of what you plan on doing for your independent study component.
   So far i have registered for a total of 3 seminars regarding teaching and history. A total of about 10 hours of work just in the month of November alone. I plan to continue to attend teaching seminars, and perhaps watch a documentary to reach the 30 hours.


Describe in detail how you think your plan will meet the 30 hours work requirement.
  The first 10 hours i plan on attending seminars. For the other 20 i still do not know. Perhaps i can attend more seminars or try to take a class. 


How does your independent study component relate to your EQ?   
  My EQ "What is the best way to teach U.S. History?" So attending these seminars I hope to learn more about teaching styles and different types of content. These seminars are MEANT for teachers so if by some rare chance the seminar itself doesn't help, i can ask around for information.