Glory is a great film that is more historically accurate than most films made about key historic events. There were some liberties taken out of necessity, and the occasional questionable choice or factually incorrect depiction. The two most flagrant, in my opinion were the flogging of Trip, a pivotal scene, which would have been in …
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The Hershey YMCA Model United Nations Years
In my first year of teaching, I started the Mock Trial team at HHS. In my second year of teaching, I created the Model Congress club. In my third year of teaching, I took over advising Model United Nations with Chris Ryalls from Bernadette Coyle. I figured with the other activities I was doing (which …
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Common Assessments and Data
Older teachers might be caught waxing rhapsodic about the good old days when they didn’t have to give common assessments. We made our own tests based on the materials students worked with in class. Although our supervisor might ask to see the occasional quiz or test, there was very little scrutiny about how we were …
Tuesday Talk: The Embiggening
I’ll cop to the fact that this is filler to keep my blog streak of 277 posts going, but after searching around for an idea, I think this could actually be a pretty interesting read. Somewhere along the line I discovered I was a pretty good interviewer. And while I took a journalism class which …
AP Gov: Political Parties
With the AP Exam over with and students onto the Film Project (described last week), I’ve got to go back to the school year and look for things that I didn’t write about earlier in the year related to the course. Somewhere along the line I stumbled on Mondays being AP Gov day, so I’m …
Costa Rica Journal 2008
I forgot this existed and only recently stumbled on it. I traveled to Costa Rica with six students back in July 2008. DAY 1When I got back from Costa Rica I was rather busy, but I found the time over the first couple of weeks to review my extensive notes and write my first several …
Week in Review (May 10-16)
Not much going on this week, just the AP Exam, a return of my songwriting muse, the end of the HHS Debate year (not counting the virtual banquet), and the loss of my oldest pet. A bit of a roller coaster, to say the least. I’ve written ad nauseum about the exam, most recently here, …
US History: The Google Form Quiz
Last year my work husband Rob Longo and I decided to try using Google Forms to streamline the process of grading quizzes. We learned at some point that you can create a quiz on Forms and when it comes to multiple choice questions, have the quiz grade itself. I’d completely forgotten this when I finally …
Advice I Would Have Given to Seniors In a Normal Year
A month ago I wrote about what I tell students about college acceptances. The day before senior prom — which sadly won’t be happening this year — I typically tell my students the following story: When I was a junior in high school, I became friends with a senior from across town. We both liked …
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In the Wake of the AP US Government and Politics Exam
I’ve had a lot to say in recent weeks about College Board, Advanced Placement, AP testing, and the AP US Government and Politics redesign (part 1 and part 2). On the one hand, I’m thankful for the blog fodder, I would have preferred less stress for my students and less stress for teachers. The College …
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Fenster on Education 