The last math class I took was over 20 years ago. Since I was an elementary education major, I only had to take "Math for Elmentary Teachers," basically it teaches you how to teach math. The last time I took a high math class was Calculus in high school, way back in 1996. It was … [Read more...]
Teaching Medieval History for High School
I have always been intrigued by teaching history through literature. I love reading historical fiction, and any primary sources I can get my hands on, which can include what was then realistic fiction. You can learn so much about a time period from reading books, but I've always … [Read more...]
Prepping for college with Making the Grade
I was actually going to write about a game we have called Ex Libris, but have zero pictures, and then I started working on our Modern history lessons landing page, but that is a monster of a post, and my brain is fried from a week of working with the kids on Making the Grade. … [Read more...]
Learning “how to adult” can be fun!
In middle school, I took a life skills class. My two big takeaways came from two wildly different activities. First, and the reason I took the course, for two weeks we carried around a sandbag baby. I remember seeing the kids carrying them, and how they decorated them, and found … [Read more...]
YouTube seems scary, but it doesn’t have to be
Did you hear about the latest crazy YouTube challenge? You know the one where the kids are challenged to film themselves doing (fill in the blank). Or, have you heard about the latest scary video uploaded to YouTube and geared towards kids? You know the one where the video looks … [Read more...]
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