Lecture "Balancing Religion and Politics"

This lecture was given by David Domke, and he talked about how religion effects politics. He started out with examples from JFK and a speech he gave telling Americans what he believed America stood for. As he talked about that speech he gave examples of what America had done to change this, and in the end he ended up with the line "I believe in an America." This was a very powerful way to show that America right now and back then was based a lot on your religious beliefs.
I found that this related to teaching, because teaching is a balancing act in many ways. Teachers have to know their students and how to balance out levels of learners in their classrooms. Teachers also must have a balance of a fun environment while still being able to teach things to their students. I also felt this presenter showed how to make students interested in something. He had a very powerful way of capturing our attention. He used a power point to give us information but didn't load it with too much so that we wouldn't get bogged down by all of it. He also knew what he was talking about which allowed him to have a better interaction with his audience. The last thing I really enjoyed about this lecture was that he never made us think that one view on this was the only view, and he never came right out and said what he believed in.