1. Action plan MRS. ZAHIDA THE CITY SCHOOL HISTORY, GRADE 9.

2. Adopt 21 st century teaching approaches to enhance students appreciation for history LONG-TERM GOAL

3.  Questioning strategies should be changed in a way that gives motivation to weaker students and promote critical thinking. SHORT-TERM GOALS

4. Focus on encouraging students instead of praising them.

5. Encourage collaboration among the students, this will help them in understanding how they can use each others knowledge as a resource.

6. INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND TASKS 1.CREATING THE RIGHT CLASSROOM CLIMATE

7. 2.YOUR CLASSROOM PLAN

8. 3.ORGANIZING YOUR CLASSROOM

9. 4.DEVELOPING ROUTINES AND PROCEDURES

10. 5.ASSIGNING AND MANAGING WORK ASSIGNMENTS

11. 6.PREPARING FOR INSTRUCTION

12. 7.MANAGING BEHAVIOR

13. 8.KEEPING IT ALL GOING

14. THESE EIGHT INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES WILL HELP TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL TEACHER THAT STUDENTS WILL REMEMBER FOREVER. THIS WILL ALSO HELP MY STUDENTS BECOME LIFELONG LEARNERS.

15. SOLUTION TO ANTICIPATED CHALLENGES  The principal may not agree with my new approach. I will share the course manual and my notes from this course to my principal. CHALLENGES SOLUTIONS

16.  I do not own a computer. I will stay after school to use a computer in the school’s computer lab to create productive tools. CHALLENGES SOLUTIONS

17.  There may be students who do not want to work together. I will randomly group students to encourage collaboration with all class members. CHALLENGES SOLUTIONS

18.  Opportunities provided may look less to students. Will help students by asking different questions and putting examples to get the required answer. CHALLENGES SOLUTIONS

19. NEWS LETTER

20. The 21 st Century Classroom

21. Time Line Struggle For Independence (1905 - 1940) Final Term (Jan- March)

22. RESOURCES

23. Other teacher who teach my same grade subject

24. References books

25.  Internet  word processing  Multimedia and  Spreadsheet applications

26.  Intel teach program  Getting Started Course manual.

27. conclusion By implementing my newly acquired 21 st century teaching approaches, students will be empowered and will appreciate and gain a better knowledge of history