These past six weeks have been a whirlwind and I am so surprised that I made it through. I am also incredibly thankful that I was able to take this course. Even though the unit plan was tedious and took what felt like a million hours to complete, it was such a wonderful opportunity to learn. I can now say that I know how to write an integrated unit plan. I think social studies is such an important topic and invaluable to students. It is a subject that I do not want to put on the back burner. Now I know how to successfully implement social studies throughout core subjects of my classroom. I also have strategies for implementing the arts; which to me is something I thought impossible. I could not have expected anything more from this class.
My expectations were far surpassed. I also was able to effectively collaborate with a classmate. Through this collaboration experience, my partner and I were able to identify each others strengths and build off of those strengths. We were able to break up assignments easily based on our strengths. We also learned how to compromise and manage our time together.
I hope that I am able to create many more units with other grade level teachers and have a classroom full of authentic learning experiences that maneuver through multiple subject areas. This does not seem like an impossible task anymore!
