synectic model

This was a rough model. It showed me that I could teach by analogy. I had never realized that this could be so useful. I have found that students can remember better when analogies are used than if they are not. Although this is not something that should be used as a universal teaching method in my classroom because other methods teach other items better, it taught what the illegal immigrant experience in America is much better than I have been able to do it before.