Vignette #3:  History Classroom

It is late April and the panic is beginning to set in.  A quick calculation reveals to the world history teacher that he will not finish the textbook unless he covers an average of 40 pages per day until the end of school.  He decides, with some regret, to eliminate a mini-unit on the Caribbean and several time-consuming activities, such as a mock United Nations debate and vote, and discussions of current international events in relation to the world history topics students have studied.  To prepare his students for the departmental final exam, the teacher will need to switch into a fast-forward lecture mode.