Posted inClassroom Management, Middle School, Opinion, Social Studies

It's Not Just a Classroom; It Could be a Museum

I think every teacher has been asked the following question: What does your ideal classroom look like?    I know some teachers think about the answer to this question every day.  Some answers include an interactive whiteboard, a few computers or tablets – preferably iPads and MacBooks or Chromebooks, and round tables over desks.  In a […]

Posted inInstruction & Curriculum, Opinion

Days of Remembrance: JFK’s and Lincoln’s Legacies in the Classroom

“Four score and seven years ago…” The first words of Mr. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address ring through the annals of every American history textbook ever written. Now 150 years later, seven score and a decade, the speech remains America’s greatest. It was just nine sentences long and took not much longer than 2 minutes to deliver. […]