My first lesson was on the opening of Japan by Commodore Matthew Perry. I decided to do a comparison of Japanese perceptions with American perceptions through the medium of art. Basically, I found a great on-line resource that has a bunch of pictures of paintings both from the Japanese and American sides. My main goal was for my students to understand the "clash of cultures" that happened when the cultures first interacted. Overall it went well. I can always improve though. One thing I did well was time management. I also did a good job of managing the group work I had my students do. The things I need to improve on are some small management pieces like wait until I have given all the instructions before I hand out things with pictures and to make sure I give appropriate closure that relates back to the main theme of "clash of cultures". As far as improving from my ed350 experience, I think I was more confident in front of my students. So I am seeing progress, which is relieving!
These are links to the websites I used to put my lesson plan together. If you are interested in art and or the history of Japan, I highly recommend these: http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027j/black_ships_and_samurai/core.html and
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