Observation in Humanities

    The lesson I observed was humanities. It started at four o’clock on Monday. The classroom was large enough for sixteen students. The colour of walls was light blue. There was a picture of Atatürk above a white board. What is more, there was a projector in the middle of the ceiling. After each student had settled in their places, the teacher took the attendance at first. He was wearing a gray shirt and blue jeans. His hair was black, and he had blue eyes. Then, he put his laptop on his desk and opened a film of which name was “The Name of the Rose”. He announced that he was going to ask some significant points in the exam. Due to this, he wanted us to watch it carefully. The subject of the film was Renaissance. In other words, we learned about the life styles of ancient civilizations, and the importance of church on humanbeings before the eighteenth century. The film lasted about an hour. After we had watched it, the teacher asked a few questions about it. The answers of those questions clarified the most vital parts of the film. When we have come to the end of our lesson, the teacher wrote four questions on the board as homework.

    What I think is, most students learned about the ancient times clearly since the teacher preferred to show a film instead of just telling. The subject and the characters were gripping. I did not get bored while watching the film. Finally, the questions that the teacher asked after the film helped us to understand the details in a better way.