Vignette
#3: History Classroom
It is late April and the panic is
beginning to set in. A quick calculation reveals to the world history teacher that he will not finish the textbook unless he covers an
average of 40 pages per day until
the end of school. He decides, with some regret, to eliminate a mini-unit on the Caribbean and several time-consuming activities, such as a mock United Nations debate and vote, and discussions of current international events in
relation to the world history topics
students have studied. To prepare his students for the departmental
final exam, the teacher will need to
switch into a fast-forward lecture
mode.