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Motivating Students In The 20th Century

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I agree with Dottie; it is often hard to get students to see the value of Humanities in their day to day lives. Sometimes "Period Classes", like 20th Century, make it easier to show a student how the class content applies to their day to day lives. A class like "Intro to Hum" applies to their lives in a much more abstract was than a tangible way.

I do not agree with rewarding a student with extra credit or other rewards for doing what they need to do to be successful! I think that is a bad way to motivate a student - because life has very few Extrinsic rewards!

I try to appeal to a student's "Intrinsic motivators". That can be hard since most students don't think they like Humanities or think it is a waste of their time. In an "Intro to

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