Social Studies Wonder Day: The Underground Railroad and Feminist Hero, Harriet Tubman 4 Oct 20194 Oct 2019 The following is a transcript of a podcast that I recorded to model the inquiry-based learning strategy of a Wonder Day project. In this strategy, students are asked to pose…
health education… Health as Social studies and Social Studies as Health Education 29 Sep 201929 Sep 2019 Ok! Time for a more positive post this week! When I tell people that I am studying to become a Health and Social Studies teacher, they often do not see…
Ramblings Stuck 22 Sep 201929 Sep 2019 I would have gone to Columbine High School if my family had stayed in Denver. Or perhaps my parents would have sent me to Chapman High School in an effort…
Social Studies Thinking Outside the Timeline 16 Sep 201916 Sep 2019 I'm in the thick of my teacher training and I’ve been feeling overwhelmed. The demands of grad school along with student teaching and trying to maintain some sort of social…
Inspiration… The Greenland Problem 8 Sep 2019 “A map maker takes a messy, round world and puts it neat and flat on the wall in front of you. And to do this a mapmaker must decide which…
health education Growing Pains: The Memorable and Not So Memorable Moments of Sex Ed 3 Jul 20194 Jul 2019 When I tell people that I'm going to be a health teacher, one of the first things they say to me, without prompting, is, "Oh my gosh, my sex education…
Inspiration Awesome Lessons from Awesome Teachers 3 Jul 20194 Jul 2019 In my first post I wrote briefly about four of the most influential teachers in my life. I was lucky enough to have them all in high school - a…
Tips and Tricks Find Your Light: New Teacher Tips from a (former) Drama Kid 29 Jun 20194 Jul 2019 You know the old saying! "Ya can take the kid of the theater but ya can't take the theater out of the kid!" I'm just kidding. Nobody says that. Accept…
My Story The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth – Why I ACTUALLY Chose to Become a Teacher (PART II) 29 Jun 20194 Jul 2019 In my last post, I discussed my inability to be vulnerable with my classmates about why I decided to become a teacher. As my first two weeks of grad school…
My Story The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth – Why I ACTUALLY Chose to Become a Teacher 23 Jun 20194 Jul 2019 "Did you always know you wanted to be a teacher?" "What made you want to become a teacher?" These questions sprinkled my first day of grad school on Tuesday all…
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