Independent Component/ A cool thing happened at the museum

Last Saturday, the Museum received a pretty interesting box donation, as well as a visit from a friend of the museum who we always enjoy seeing.

First, Former Mayor of West Covina Mike Miller came in at the start of the day, and began identifying photos he had donated a few weeks ago, naming people who we had no idea who they were, in an album that had photos from when he worked on the Little Rascals (1999), and The Flintstones (2000), Rose Parade Floats.



















After he had left, we had a woman who just so happened to make the first donation in 1999, to the museum, come in and make a donation. She was a former member of the Southern California Historical Society, and Donated a Map of California, dated 1854, two reports on a politician, and three books about the history of southern California, and one about the History of the Historical Society of Southern California.

Me Cataloging The Donations 

Independent Component 2 Plan Approval

1) I plan to continue doing service hours with my mentor.
2) I'll be there a lot, so it'll reach 30 hours before the end of the time given.
3) Continuing hours at the school will help me to continue observing what he does to keep these children's attentions, and what he does to ensure they learn.

Independent Component 1

a)I, Jacob Ruiz affirm that I completed my independent component, which represents 30 hours of work.<br>
B) Miriam Tennant, and Mary Ellsworth helped me to complete my independent component, giving me my museum volunteer job, and helping me to become an effective docent.<br>
C) the museum has a log, which I will get tomorow to add to my spreadsheet.<br>
D) What I did mostly was file and record donations of various old and historical items donated from residents, and even past City mayors.

Interpretive
I do not have photos, but Mrs. Tennnant does. And my museum work does represent 30 hours, because I actually was there for that time. We have logs. And photos.

Applied
This component helped me to get a base knowledge of how to teach people, and how to deal with them when they ask questions. Pretty much any time somebody comes in, like this older Vietnam veteran, he was a rough customer, and that experience, which wasn't great, helped me to build up a tolerance, and just help improve my skills.

Blog 13: 30 Minute Lesson Plan

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-UDimZjGfNERk9fNHlpaXNBdEk/edit

Third Interview Questions

1. What is the best way to help Special Education students retain knowledge in a Middle School History Class?
2.In what ways do these students learn differently than standard students?
3.In what ways do you alter standard lesson plans for them?
4.Any other ways you find helpful in teaching Special Education students?
5. What is the biggest problem in helping them remember what you teach them?
6. Is there anything you think should be done to better accommodate these students in schools?
7.Should the Special Education students be mixed with other students in a classroom, or not?
8-10.That's all I could think of at the time...

Blog 11. Mentorship 10 Hours Check

1. I am doing my mentorship at Suzanne Middle School, in Mr. Gaeutrau's Social Studies Class.
2. My contact is E.J. Gaeutrau, Joseph Gaeutrau's father.
3. Total hours,I have done 4 hours with Mr. Gaeutrau, doing 12 over the summer with my old middle school teacher.
4. For the ten hours, most of it consisted of me just sitting there watching the class, occasionally receiving homework to grade.
5. I already did this.

Senior Project Update

1. I am currently assisting the Historical Society as they continue to try to make the museum more accessible, and I am still a docent.
2.One piece of research that I found important, was one in I forgot where, but it basically provided college qualifications, and what kind of teacher position you would gain from that. It helps me to lead the way of literally, what I'll do next.
3. I don't have any photos at the moment, but one of the other people at the museum has a few, so I'll update with some later.