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 […]
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 […]
During the summer, one thing all teachers have to think about is what worked well in their classroom last year and what they need to change. We all learn really quickly that how a classroom is set up can contribute to the success or struggles of your classroom […]
As far back as student teaching, my weakness was wrapping up my lessons. I felt like I always floundered with the “well we’ll stop there for today” line or asking a few wrap up/review questions and then that was it. I wasn’t doing the material justice, and I […]
One of my go-to projects is for my students to make a collage reflecting what they learned during a given unit. I probably assign them twice a semester. I love assigning collages for the following 3 main reasons. 1. Students practice research skills. This includes learning about reliable and accurate internet […]
In the first few weeks of World History I’m not going to lie, there are some less than thrilling topics we have to cover which means I dread lesson planning those topics during the summer (which yes I’m trudging through right now). But in the midst of “blah” […]
What do you want to be when you grow up? EVERY kid is asked that question hundreds of times. Until I was in high school I would tell people I wanted to be a dolphin trainer. I have a probably unhealthy love (cough cough obsession cough cough) of […]
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