This morning as I cooked bacon for breakfast, I was transported back in time. No, I don’t have a cool time machine stove. The smell of the bacon frying sent me back to 1996, to a hotel room at The Sun Viking Lodge in Daytona Beach, Florida. Every few years my grandparents would take the …
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‘Twas the week before winter break…
You might have seen all of the memes about the full moon, Friday the 13th, and the week before winter break all happening in one big whirlwind - and I hope you are making it through this eventful season of teaching! I teach in a virtual school, so I didn't notice the full moon or …
Thanksgiving in the Classroom
As I write this on a Saturday afternoon, I'm looking ahead to this week and see two days of school and then a glorious 5 day break for Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving falls very late this year, and I know that many teachers and students are so ready for this time to rest and recharge after a …
My Goal as a History Teacher: Create Curators
Depending on what subject you teach, we all have a goal in mind for how our teaching impacts students. As a history teacher with a background in museum work, my biggest goal is for my students to learn to curate their knowledge to be able to share it with others. This involves so many of …
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Victorian Inspiration
I have always been fascinated by the Victorian Era. My first exposure to history was reading the Samantha American Girl books when I was in first or second grade. I quickly became obsessed with petit fours and fancy dresses and my love of history has never gone away! And I keep finding myself coming back …
Happy First Day of School!
Wow, today is the first day of my fifth year of teaching! Today the students are doing a lot of orientation activities, so I'm just leading home room sessions and will start my US History classes later this week. Here's what the first day looks like for me: Yep, that's my classroom! I teach at …
APUSHing into New Territory
Story time! The first time I answered the question "what do you want to be when you grow up?" with "I want to be a teacher!" was in 2nd grade. I thought my teacher had the coolest job ever! She got to read The Boxcar Children, take care of our class guinea pig, and write …