So last week we finally finished with the creating portion of National
History Day projects. Some of the students produced really exciting
projects and others just seemed to want to get it over with. We had a
reflection discussion on Friday and I was shocked by a lot of what the
students had to say. A major concern for them was that they didn’t have
enough time to work on the projects and they felt like they didn’t get
enough instruction. I was willing to hear everything they had to say and
found some of their feedback helpful to creating future lesson plans,
but couldn’t disagree more with those two pieces of feedback. The
students have been working EVERY DAY on NHD since the end of October.
There has been an insane amount of time put in to creating these
projects and in no way shape or form should anyone have felt rushed. I
also thought that my teacher and I provided a bunch of scaffolding
methods for the students in what they needed to provide in these
projects. We gave them plenty of outline/rubric sheets explaining
exactly what was needed for a good project. We even gave them the judges
scoring sheet that would be used to grade their projects. I wonder what
to do when what I have to say 100% disagrees with what the students
have to say. I don’t think I’ve been overestimating their ability to do
work because some of the projects were outstanding. Luckily I probably
won’t have to teach an NHD class again next year, but if I did I wonder
what feedback should I be taking away from this discussion and what I
should completely dismiss.
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