Federalist Paper No. 51 Assessment Reflection

Assessment Reflection The topic was the Federalist Paper No. 51, written by James Madison. In the Federalist Paper, Madison essential describes the structure of the proposed government. The branches of government Madison felt should run independently from one another. Thus, to assure such independence, no one branch should have too much power. So, it is in the Federalist papers where the system of check and balances is introduced. Essentially what Madison wanted was to avoid a situation in which any one group or one person controlled the decisions of the whole society. I elected to use this particular assessment based on the fact that it was relevant source of information for the civics class. The assessment was also an analysis of a primary source, which I felt was important to include, in order for the students to become accustomed to analyzing documents and speeches. Analyzing primary sources will also guide students toward higher-order thinking and better critical thinking and analysis skills. …show more content…
It also allowed me to look back and see the content that I needed to learn more about. As a result of journaling for this class, I was better prepared for the other class and what to expect from those classes. One of the best parts of journaling was taking the time out to sit down and gathering my thoughts from the lesson. This also allowed me to analyze the lesson and what I needed to do to improve, whether I needed to make adjustments to the lesson or to my instruction. Whenever I took the time out to make the adjustments I found the class ran more efficiently. Often times making one little adjustment to the lesson drastically changed the development of the lesson. But, I can definitely say I found the journaling process to be beneficial in the student teaching