Into the Forest: History and Biology

Hands Off the Wheel

What to leave the sub? That's sometimes a dangerous question, but one every single teacher is used to. Since I've been out a large number of days this year, I've had a lot of sub notes to plan. I don't have a lesson plan book on the desk in my classroom. In fact, I don't have a desk in my classroom. I don't even have one in the teacher's room upstairs. I gave that one away to a new hire about 14 … [Read More...]

The Swerve in the Classroom

I haven't taught World History in about 10 years, and I miss it. Although there are times when I go back in the midst of teaching Multicultural Studies to the histories of different parts of the world, it just isn't the same. There's something about teaching the stories of hundreds of years ago in distant lands that almost makes me think I am dusting off some scroll somewhere. That's exactly … [Read More...]

Controversy in the History Classroom

The American Historical Association has an online publication called Perspectives on History. I've discovered the articles there from scanning the RSS feed of AHA on Google Reader, and became very interested. Although its a cliche to say that engaging students in a history classroom focuses on current events and connections in history, I have always been interested in learning more about what is … [Read More...]

WW2 Test Survey

If you could fill this out after you take your WW2 test, I would really appreciate it. I'm trying to learn where your choices fell. What topics did you find easiest? What topics were you most interested in? Did you try to learn something you didn't know? Thanks. Loading... … [Read More...]

#APUSH on Twitter

All I know about test taking I learned from kids. Maybe there's a deeper wisdom that comes through in the middle of the night when the pressure is on. Now, thanks to Twitter, I have a window into the madness. Take a look! Is this you? (more coming...) Trying to explain to your parents why you're not studying for #APUSH and all you can come up with is "it's just an exam..." #badexcuses How am … [Read More...]