We sat on the floor and lie on couches while we worked, if we felt like it. 2.We could talk wherever we wanted to. 3. I’m not sure I ever saw my teacher give a lecture. 4.He was always too busy racing around the classroom offering comments and answering questions. 5.And we chose what we wanted to learn. 6.If something interesting turned up while we were doing a project, we could investigate it further. 7.Considering all these qualities of my American history class, I’d say it was the progressive type, one that Darling-Hammond would admire.