Marzano Lesson Strategy Reflecton

Well I must say this was an experience! I created a comparison matrix and placed it in my lesson on capabilities of the North and South . In the past, I simply showed a power point that highlighted the differences in the North and South at the onset of the Civil War. This Power point also went over resources and capacities to wage war. (Core Content U.S. Hist #6120) After creating a new lesson based on this content & incorporating the Matrix, I then added this to a game format. The students now use the matrix and play the game which was designed to help them gain understanding of the factors that affected the course of the Civil War and helped to contribute to a Union victory.This was a smash Hit! I also have two other variations of this game (presented in my Marzano Lesson). In addition, I went to the D.I. got some game pieces from a Monopoly Game and an Old Risk Game .. We use them in this lesson. We have factories, cannon, armies, Money, railroads, etc. This was used as an Non-linguistic illustration set out according to the matrix informational chart! It was so cool! The students came to understand far more through this teaching strategy. I should learn by this! Doug