He Gandhi

Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India, on October 2nd 1869. His father died when he was still a teenager. At the age of 13 he married Kasturba Gandhi who was three years younger and the marriage lasts for 62 years until her death in 1944. As a young man Gandhi left India to study law in London. Then he spent two decades working in South Africa securing rights for Indian expatriates. It was during this time that his political reform through non-violence which he called Satyagraha was born. This movement meant resistance of tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon Ahimsa, total non violence, which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. This way, when he returned to India, Mohandas Gandhi emerged as a political and religious leader in the fight for independence from Great Britain and was accorded the country's Father of the Nation. India freed itself from Britain on August 15th, 1947. Five months later, on January 25th, 1948 Gandhi was shot by a conservative Hindu.

WWW Lesson Plan; Famous Investors & Inventions

Level: Form 4 (Intermediate - Advanced)

Time: 60 minutes

Aims:
1. To locate information from the website
2. To discuss answers with group members
3. To complete the worksheets prepared by the teacher

Technical Requirements:
1. A computer to each group (each group consists of 4 members)

2. Internet connection

3. Web browser

4. Flash Player

Website:

1. http://library.thinkquest.org/J002039F/
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-CvkEUSAO4

Preparation:
1. Identify a website that is related to famous inventions throughout time.
2. Prepare a lesson plan and related worksheets pertaining to the topic of the day.

Procedure:
1. Teacher mentions a few items and asks the students if they know who the inventors are.
2. Teacher instructs students to view a video about the Wright brothers on Youtube.
3. Teacher explains to the students about inventions, inventors and some of the famous inventions throughout time.
4. Teacher instructs students to form groups of four and assign a computer to each group.
5. Teacher helps the students browse the website and read the articles about the inventors with the students.
6. Teacher distributes a crossword puzzle to each group and asks the groups to complete the puzzle in the time allocated.
7. Teacher distributes another handout with several questions about the inventors and their inventions that the students have read on the website. The second task is to be completed individually.
8. Teacher checks the answer with the students and fill in any missing details.
9. Teacher concludes the lesson.

Follow-up:
1.Teacher asks the students to read thoroughly all the inventions on the website and creatively invent a new invention.
2. Their inventions will be shared with the whole class in the form of individual presentation.

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Academic detail:

1) Gender: Female
2) Program : ED 220
3) Major : TESL
4) Minor : Literature
5) Point of entrance into Faculty of Education : SPM
6) CGPA : 3 >
7) Was your major your own choice or that of others (i.e: your parents)? :
no influence whatsoever from anyone, purely my choice
8) Do you hold any scholarships (KPM, KPTM, Yayasan, etc)? If so, please state.:
No scholarships :)

Family background:
1) Father’s occupation : Lecturer
2) Mother’s occupation : Teacher
3) Annual family income (approximate) : >100000k

Teaching experience:
1) Succinctly describe your experience throughout practicum.

i would say it was an enlightening experience, nothing short of being challenging and if i was asked to do it again, i would do it in a heartbeat :) nothing beats 40 students looking up to you.

2) Do you plan to teach in schools upon graduation (assuming that the post is there for you)?

No. and Yes

3) If YES, please state specifically reasons behind your decision, specifically indicating major motivation for servicing in schools :

i have very very high respect for the teaching profession. enough said.

4) If NO, kindly list and explain your reasons.

i see that teaching today, is no longer the core job of a teacher. they go for courses and meetings a lot that the students in schools are abandoned. this is from my experience of having to sit in for "missing" teachers in school. 7 out 9 periods a day.

5) Did your practicum experience deter you from serving as a teacher in Malaysianpublic schools?

a little i must say

6) If teaching is still a choice, where (and at what level) do you plan to teach?:

possibly sub urban schools or rural schools. what's the point of my tertiary education if i can't contribute to my nation, future generation.

7) If teaching IS NOT your choice of a profession, what are your plans upon graduation?:

web content writer, journalism, or maybe fashion.