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I taught a social studies lesson in the highschool I am observing in on absolutism and constitutionalism in the European monarchy. We watched "The Lion King" and analyzed it for examples of these two types of leadership styles and which ones that students found most effective. The students then wrote a five paragraph essay comparing and contrasting the leadership styles of Scar and Mufasa/Simba. See the attached lesson plan.

Evaluation of Lesson: For this lesson, the EWU supervisor as well as my master teacher evaluated how I taught the lesson. My master teacher said that I did a good job with the class and that they seemed engaged and working hard right up until the bell rang. The EWU supervisor, Dr. Howard, said that I had good movement around the room during the presentation of the instructions for the five paragraph essay and while the students were working on the introductory paragraph. He said I looked poised and confident and that I showed a good rapport with the students as well as good voice projection. He said that I presented clear directions to the students and that the students seemed to respond well. There were no classroom management issues during the lesson. He said the writing assignment was well thought out and that giving the students the rubric before they wrote the essay was a great idea. He also said that I did a good job giving examples to the students on what was expected in the essay. He said I had good classroom awareness and that I brought the class back together well when they got off topic. Overall, he said the lesson went very well and he recommened a pass to the education department.

Reflection on the Lesson: I was a little bit more nervous about teaching this lesson than any of the others because the EWU supervisor was coming to evaluate my performance, so I know that I was figiting a little bit more in front of the class than I should have. The students behaved that angels during the lesson though. They were attentive and willing to work hard on their essay assignment. Looking back, one of the things I might do differently would be to use the document camera a little bit more while giving examples of that what is expected in the essay. I think it might have helped some of the students to better understand what was expected of them if they could have seen it written out on the projector. After I gave the students their instructions, I walked around the room and helped students who were having problems or who had questions about the essay content. Overall, I think that lesson went very well and that the students did a great job on their essays.