Notes+on+our+classroom


 * Related back to previous knowledge - compared wars, and previous battles
 * Didn't require hands - because was questioning on previous knowledge and knew that there were students who would be able to recall and that other students would listen
 * Note taking skills were reviewed briefly
 * Drawing connections between what was on the board and the materials students had in their notebooks
 * Storytelling from within the lesson / "character development"
 * A lot of accessible rhetoric for students
 * Students (mostly male class) loves battles and weapons