You know something is wrong. You are afraid to ask. The students can immediately project themselves into the millions of American families during all the wars that our country has fought. These questions are understandable because the students can imagine themselves in the situation you have just described to them. Advanced organizers are cues and clues for creating categories for the concepts, processes, and information that you will be teaching them, and for filling them in while you are teaching.
Students benefit from knowing what they are going to learn.
You share with them your objectives written in the language that they can understand. You end the lesson or unit by reviewing the lesson with them, telling what they have learned. Change the pace. Good teachers change the pace of learning and instruction. The lesson should be stopped when it is interesting rather than when it is boring.