On October 22nd I observed a Sociology class for period 2/6 in which my mentor teacher led with a whole group lesson and then halfway through the lesson divided the class to work in smaller groups. We began with a "warm up" question asking, "what do you know already about voodoo? Where did you get this information?" The teacher prefaced the lesson by explaining that in this class we are going to watch a few videos on whether or not voodoo is a real religion. She continued stating that some ideas students have heard about voodooism are in fact misconceptions from Hollywood.  She emphasized, as she does before watching any video for class, to view the video on voodooism with "open eyes and an open mind" letting go of biases. When explaining voodoo she made it make sense, in an effort to remove prior misconceptions she explained it as if it were any other religion. She then reviewed with the whole class asking the students what the 4 M's of religion are, asking students to raise their hands or call out their responses. Various students listed each component that made up the 4 M's: mysticism, magic, membership, and morality. Throughout this time she is always answering any and all questions, listening to ALL students. She then handed out worksheets for students to work on while watching the videos, to ensure they are paying attention but also that they are making connections to the vocabulary and videos. She prefaced each video with the whole class stating what they were about to watch and giving background information. Students watched video one through three, after each one the teacher asked the students which aspects of the 4 M's they noticed within the video often asking open ending questions. After watching all three videos she told students to work in small groups to finish the second part of the worksheet. The second part of the worksheet meant for smaller group discussion asked students to explain some interesting things they learned or did not know before. Students were also to discuss and work together towards a general opinion on whether or not voodooism is truly a religion. This second portion of smaller group work was about 15 minutes. While students are working together we both walked around ensuring groups were staying on task, answering any questions they may have had, and probing and prodding students to critically think deeper and analyze the videos further. With the last five minutes of the class, the students as a whole were asked what their groups concluded and what they believed after watching the videos.