I found the second article, Teaching for Historical Literacy, pretty interesting. The atmosphere Reif has going in his classroom sounds intriguing. After hearing some of the activities he does along with the rate of success he has, it gave me a desire to create an atmosphere like this for my own students. He is clearly going above and beyond the typical textbook and chapter tests. There is no doubt that these kids are developing a deep understanding of our nations past, and I think all of that is OUTSTANDING!
That said, I could not stop myself from thinking..."where is this teacher finding the time and resources to put it all together." I envy a teacher that has that type of intensity in their classroom. I value the content, and want my students to be interested and involved in the learning of our history. However, with the lack of planning time, cut in resources, and all of the other subjects I need to cover, I feel as though I BARELY skim the surface sometimes.
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