The Week in Review

This week in class we have been wrapping up the life and conquests of Napoleon Bonaparte, including his ill fated attempt at defeating the British empire at sea and his attempt to take Russia with a under provisioned army at the onset of winter. I am starting to learn my students and their study habits as well as their willingness to participate in class discussion. I do have a student who has very low self esteem and does not think that she is very smart and therefore is reluctant to put forth very much effort. I have been working with her one on one in an attempt to bring her out of her shell and demonstrate her ability to answer posted questions and participate along with the rest of her classmates. We have been making small progress but progress none the less.

In my other Western Civ class we are finishing up WWI and have been spending a lot of time discussing how the progress in weaponry and new development in technology made this war a turning point in industry. This class seems to be more interactive and asks some great leading questions as well as being more focused.