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...]
How to make art lessons happen
I'm gonna confess something. I like art lessons. In high school, I always wanted to take art, but didn't have room in my schedule to take it. Later I fiddled around and learned somewhat to draw, but I recognize my limitations. I've always wanted art lessons for kids to work out, … [Read more...]
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