Connecting Connections Across Disciplines... Across Disciplines

    I recently had the chance to read Jeremy, Dereks and Sams lesson on BYOD and relating it to real-life, like the court case Plessy v. Ferguson.  (https://docs.google.com/a/umich.edu/document/d/1u_FitXfV6USyQ8DbgK32BGAGEZfMhOpP3Zt3uxzXGgc/edit)

In reading their lesson, it had appeared to me that a tremendous amount of critical thought and connections had gone into this lesson plan, and I can see this lesson plan being effective.  Not only did their lesson plan provide material that would reach their students on BYOD, but it also connected to a recent class topic in EDUC 504.  I really enjoyed how in their lesson plan they related a current topic to a topic that was affluent in 1896.  This showed how history is important because events of the past effect and affect decisions and thinking in the future.  Furthermore, the use of primary sources is also effective, for the English portion, to provide credible sources of information and to expose students to the idea of primary sources.  Without knowing the work that went into this lesson plan, I would say a great deal of effort and strategy went into the planning and surpasses the critical thinking involved in the lesson plan my group composed.  This really has helped me think how I can hit on more standards and opened up a new pathway to teaching chemistry in future high school classrooms.