What amazes me is that most AP would decide your room was chaos. That the noise was inappropriate. However this was a super dynamic lesson, with 100% engagement. Thanks for sharing, thanks for all you do. Kudos to you!!! #theylearnwhenengaged

“Raise your hand.... raise your hand. YOU RAISE YOUR HAND” literally story of my life 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Fuller length videos like this are so valuable for other teachers. Nice work. Great management and engagement. 7th graders?

I get so worried about my own classroom performance, worried that students aren't listening or that I had to repeat an instruction or correct a student along the way. It was awesome seeing you teach like this! Thank you for reminding me that kids aren't perfect, we aren't perfect, so our classrooms don't have to be perfect!

This is awesome! I am so impressed with your students' engagement with the activities - would love to see some updated videos on how you develop classroom culture and even grading policies to motivate students.

Hi Meghan! I just got hired for my first teaching job for next year (middle school social studies) and so this was super helpful! Can't wait to try this out in my classroom next year!

I’ve always been a tiny person and it was very heartwarming to see the smaller middle school students that still look like they’re 11 or 12 years old and not 20. Very interesting teaching activity. Kept them engaged. I love your timer. Thank you for sharing 👍

Hello Megan, Thank you for sharing this content, I'm a substitute teacher here in LA. I so much admire your hard work and dedication, time and effort to display the life of a teacher, more than anything willing to be honest and sincere about the behind the scenes process and limits as being an educator. I've watching your videos for about a year or so (eversince I started subbing). You're such a true role model and great femenist, those students are greatful to have you as their teacher. Thank you for all you do, and for this channel!.

I LOOOOVE seeing these teaching videos!! If you are able to, please continue to do these!! :)

I’m a homeschooling mom. I love this and look forward to using this with my girls next year. You have beautiful, intelligent children preparing to take on the world to make it a better place. Thank you for sharing!

This is a great example of great teaching....thank you, your teacher voice is awesome!

Oh, I love this!! So helpful to actually see other teachers teach. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm using the video as my Exemplary Teacher Observation for Induction during the school closure. I learned so much from this video! Lots of great strategies to pull from :)

New subscriber here! I just want to say I've fallen in love with your channel since I stumbled across it a few weeks ago. I will be starting my first year of teaching in the Fall & your channel is so informative and helpful! Thank you!

6th grade is the year where they begin to formulate their own opinions and articulate their own thoughts and ideas. Being a third grade teacher, I always try to get my students to give me more than an “in the box” answer. One of the ways I do this is through opinion writing (yes, we do opinion writing in third grade). I enjoyed your lesson. Your kids were super engaged, focused, and I loved how you implemented strict procedures for the tasks your students had to complete. I definitely took a lot of great points from this video and I want to try these points out next year. I also enjoyed how you had your kids respect each other through the use of the expectations and procedures you set forth! 😁. Making a counter argument is amazing for children because it allows them to really listen to what they are saying and pay attention with their body and face! 😁. Thank you for your continued inspiration! 😁. By the way, where did you get your timer you had on your board? I try to use the one on my projector, but I need my kids to see whatever instructions I provide for them to follow.

I'm a teacher to be in Germany. This video helped me so much to learn more about teaching. Thank you so much!

Your students are so confident and speak so well! I think I should incorporate more activities like this to increase my students’ confidence in speaking. 👍🏼

This was great! I love your classroom, the lesson and the Microphone!! I need that!

I always wonder what about a middle school classroom in the opposite country from my place. Thank you for your sharing.

I love that you do this! As someone who is thinking about getting her alternate certification this is super helpful especially in COVID when it’s hard to shadow a teacher

The first girl who spoke from the second table (currently at 20:28), did so amazing. I could tell with how eager she was to stretch that little arm out and get the microphone that she already had her details organized and was ready to express their point. This was such an amazing video and I hope you see this even though it's three years old. I've been watching your channel since I got into highschool and present day I turned 21 last month and currently working with toddlers in a daycare until I make the move to get my bachelor's and get integrated in a public school. I want to work with Kindergarten to 3rd grade 😩 Thank you for being the teaching candle that stayed lit Throughout all this time without ever losing your beautiful, hardworking flame and giving up on the profession 🥺 I get so sad seeing former teachers I watched forever end their teaching career .. although completely understandable every time I see a great teacher leave the field a part of my own candle falters under wind and I get so afraid one day it's going to self extinguish and I'll be stuck wandering if education was really the right path for me.. people like you remind me to keep pushing towards my goal!

Great lesson! Thanks for sharing. I love how engaged and excited your students were.

So fun to watch! Would love if you shared more lessons like this. Thank you!

Thank you so much for this! I'm about to end my first year of teaching and I'm going to 100% use this for my geography class

This is sooooo awesome and helpful!!!! I LOVE watching other teachers teach and you do a great job!

Loved hearing their arguments. They considered so many different aspects. Really interesting.

Absolutely loved watching this! What an amazing group of kids and great lesson!

I love it! Thank you for showing us the full lesson!

Ohhhh...This was super helpful when I was planning my lesson. We are doing robber barons or captains of industry. I have read about these, but never actually done one before. It was great to actually see what it looks like in practice rather than just theory. Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for sharing. It is really great that you share your lessons for other teachers to see.

This is such an amazing group of kids! I am so proud of all of them!

Thank you SO much for making this video! It is so helpful and inspiring!

This is so interesting. What a useful way to teach this skill, more important now than ever. I think I'll adapt it for my 8th and 11th graders!

This was awesome!! As a student teacher, your videos are so helpful!

What a great skill to teach! This is an awesome idea -- thanks for sharing!

Excellent video, and thank you for teaching our youth the importance of listening and trying to understand other viewpoints.

I teach middle school history too (and I teach geography), in France and I just discover this video. It is really an interresting activity about Athens democracy. I think I'll try this next year with my 6th grades. And I like the conclusion about the comparison with USA. It's really interresting to see how other teacher teach, especially in other country.

You surprised me, your teaching technique is excellent. I wanted to be in your class while watching the video

Thank you so much for making this video!! Im a future teacher & find these the most helpful to watch :) just subscribed!

The quality of your videos are great! You give me the confidence to teach middle school next year. I'll be teaching the same subjects.

Neat. I use this style of debate with my high-school students. :-) I'm encouraged to see that I can continue this with my middle school students next year.

This reminded of how much I love 6th graders. They are my favorite.

This is Gold! Thanks for sharimg! 😍

Awesome students!!! I loved it.

I want to be a teacher when I’m older and this video was so great to see 😍

I loved this class! Can't wait to use this idea.

As a new teacher, this was cool to see.

I'll most likely be in a 6th grade classroom until the end of the school year. This is helpful because I've only taught high school. I like the energy and humor of these kiddos. It'll be an adjustment coming from older kids but this gives me hope.

Hello, rigorous structured student talk! Love this!

I love your assertiveness, I would love to be as assertive but also joke around :). I can also see myself being bossy , I think my future students would think I'm bipolar lol!

Soooooooooo glad to be back from holiday...gonna binge all your videos now. This ones great by the way TCFMS.

I still love this I’m thinking of implementing this and taking my kiddos to the gym so they can do this “COVID” friendly

Completely random, but saw you on Trading Spaces. What a GREAT swap!

I plan to check out the blog for more details about S.A.C., thanks for sharing. How did you decide to use tables vs traditional desks? I teach 5th and am considering moving to tables, but space is my main issue

Brilliant video! I noticed that you have two door bells on your board - are they for different things? Different signals? What do you use them for?

Can you please share where you got the microphone from? I love it!

I’m literally moving there to see what the horror storie was!

Nice.... I my self a teacher in Pakistan. Really impressed.

Where did you get your stopwatch with music??? That seems like such an effective way to get students' attentions!

What an awesome lesson....students were engaged great job 👍🏽

What is the blue timer you use?

You're amazing! Thank you for sharing! I'm so grateful!

What timer did you use in your video?

"Zip it." LOL! I've said that a time or two. (I teach 6th grade math and science) I have almost the same exact microphone. I call it the "Pink Microphone of Wisdom".

What about that microphone? Where did you get that?

Watching this mid-pandemic, this feels so nostalgic....

Enjoyed the lesson! Where did you get your shirt?

thank you for uploading!

This was great! As always, thank you for sharing!

This was so cool to watch oh my goodness!!!!

This was a great video. I’m sorry the camera died. You should do more teach with me videos definitely! Did you also go into the fact that we are not a true democracy but a democratic Republic and how that is different, more inclusive, and altogether great?

What timer is that?

Great teacher👍 Hellos from Morocco

Thank you so much for sharing this video!

I love the mic!!!!!

Great video! I love doing this with my 5th graders. What doorbell do you use as an attention getter?

How are you allowed to post video including the students faces?

Did you get your shirt from Dazey? I couldn't find it on their website.

Also, how do you incorporate this into your lesson? What was the original topic? Democracies or the history of American Government?

Wow this was great! You make me want to get my single subject lol

This was great! I’m thinking I could use a structure like this to help my students write opinion papers. If they can discuss their opinions like this, then it will be much easier for them to write about it! 😁

I’ve tried to do similar lessons with my students, but it’s difficult to teach them to research. How do your students find their information?

The one thing i do want to know is how to tell who won the argument ?? and who didnt? like how did you make that determination?

They are so smart

I love this video and to see how teaching styles are different. Wonderful videos for student teachers or learning new ways of doing things!! But I don’t agree with having the children’s faces in the videos, esp without parents consent.

Too cool 👍

I see the yellow button is a door bell whats the blue button and what is it used for? The microphone ...genius so you can save your voice and be cute at the same time 😂 Where did you get the timer, doorbell and microphone?

Do you think these could be used in an Elementary classroom?

What grade you teach?

wow ur heels were high did u feet hurt at the end of the day

Just wondering if you teach them about direct vs representative democracy?

Hi auntie

Listening to a cough in 2020... literally traumatizing lol

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On a normal day, do you have to yell this much? I just don't see how your voice could take that 8 hours a day without vocal damage.

Little genius...fix mistakes. Wow

She seems tough! And i believe if she doesn’t like you, she will NEVER like you. There is no winning her over. EVER! Just saying.

Talking too much and too loud.