Every history teacher has their favorite time period to study personally, topic to teach professionally, and topics they need or want to learn more about. World War 2 and the Holocaust have always been my favorites. I love Ancient Rome too, but WW2 and the Holocaust squeak by […]
Head over to Student Savvy at 3pm PDT today to read my guest post on making history come alive for students! I recreate trench warfare for my students every year and I modified my original post for this great opportunity. Plus, Student Savvy is an awesome blogger and […]
Last week I wrote about how I sometimes play hangman and 2 truths and 1 lie to get my students engaged in the day’s lesson (click HERE to read that post). Today I have two other methods to share with you (both are Pinterest inspired). 1) I write the answer to […]
Getting students engaged and excited at the start of the class becomes more of a challenge as the year goes on. Every year (and sometimes semester) I have to come up with new ways of hooking the kids into the lesson, or giving them warm-ups, so that they […]
One of the thousands of amazing things about TpT is the ability for teachers to create classroom resources for other teachers, including whole units, at discounted prices–what teacher doesn’t want to save money?! After being inspired by a fellow TpT-er, I figured out how to give you all the […]
Exit tickets, or exit slips, are really big in classrooms right now. They give a teacher a quick snapshot of what a student did or did not understand so the teacher knows if the next day should start with a review/clarification or can move on to the next […]
Well, I’ve officially been on TpT for 6 months! I found out about TpT back in the summer of 2012, but didn’t consider becoming a seller for a few reasons: 1) It seemed like it was mostly for elementary school students (now known to be not true) 2) I […]
When I got my first classroom, one of the things I was most excited about was putting together my classroom library. Just because it’s a high school classroom doesn’t mean it can’t have a library like elementary ones. I make a point of keeping a variety of books […]
When I studied abroad in London one of my favorite things to do was visit the Imperial War Museum. I probably went every other week because there was THAT much to see, and all of it was fascinating! Every war Britain had ever participated in to any degree […]
One of my absolute favorite things to do in the classroom is to teach with political cartoons. I integrate them into every topic possible. I love that they give kids a real “in the moment” look at what someone was thinking about the given issue or topic. I love […]
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