I’m Confused. Are You Confused, Too?
Confusion by Adi Ron (2005) Image via Wikipedia I’m confused. I’m very confused. For the past ten years or so schools have been working hard to raise the levels of student learning, at least as far as...
View ArticleU Made the Difference
Image via Wikipedia “The success of this academy,” my principal said the other day “depends on what happens in room 250.” Room 250 is the largest room in my academy, which is one of seven small...
View ArticleI Like To Watch
Image by ◄bl► via Flickr The last time I got to watch another teacher teach was when I was a student teacher six years ago. Back then I really didn’t know enough to observe what was happening and...
View ArticlePushing Beyond Their Limits
Image by xmascarol via Flickr I’ve got a great 6th grade social studies class. They’re bright, chatty, funny, ambitious, and thoroughly indoctrinated into the hunt for grades. It’s really sad to see,...
View ArticleChaos and Injury, What a Year
Image via Wikipedia My school year started with injury and chaos and it is ending the same way, only this time I’m not the one who is injured. On our last full day of the year my school schedules a...
View ArticleThe Lessons of Independence
Image via Wikipedia Independence Day always brings out the history teacher in me. Don’t worry; it’s safe. Schools are closed so I can do the pure stuff instead of social studies Not that there’s...
View ArticleRe-inventing My Social Studies Teaching: Hail Freedonia!
Image via Wikipedia I’ve decided to do something different. No, not that. I’m still going to be teaching where and what I am doing presently. I’m just going to do one thing different. It is a big...
View ArticleRevising History
Image via Wikipedia I keep waiting for someone to tell me why an 11-year-old should be interested in the economic system of ancient Rome. Or why a 13-year-old should care about the War of 1812. How...
View ArticleMy One Great Lesson This Year
Image by anna_bencze via Flickr This has not been my most successful year as a teacher. Even so, I had one great lesson. My 7th grade social studies class was learning about the British and Dutch...
View ArticleThrough the Education Standards Looking Glass
Detail of Lewis Carroll memorial window This is the bottom central pane of the memorial window – see [284591] (Photo credit: Wikipedia)I know I shouldn’t be surprised. I know I should be used to it by...
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