Last year I started dabbling a little bit with Nearpod. I liked some of the features, but just haven’t had much of an opportunity to get back to it. I think my most successful foray was delving into the Fourth Amendment with this project. I offer it to anyone who wants to use it for …
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TV Watching Update
I was planning to update this already, but with all the down time at home, I figure it will explode soon and some of the new reviews would get lost. I’ll post the new/updated review first with the old ones below. The following list represents shows that I’ve watched at least one full season of. …
Week in Review (March 15-21, 2020)
Part of me wants to do an exhaustive overview of what happened this week, but I frankly feel… exhausted. Physically, emotionally, intellectually, this was going through the wringer. I spend way too much time online trying to get the latest news, debunk false information, and connect to others. I spent my weekend prepping for the …
US History: Teaching About Slavery in the North
For years I’ve struggled with how to teach slavery in my U.S. History class. There’s no more important subject (along with how it ends and its aftermath) in the U.S. History I curriculum. I’ve done stand-alone units, which may have served to isolate the content and make it feel to students like it’s a smaller …
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That time I was accused of grossly inappropriate comments
When I was a young teacher in the 1990s and living in the Claremont Towers just up the street from the high school, I was single with a lot of time on my hands. I attended virtually any activity at the school that one of my students was involved in: freshman soccer, JV basketball, the …
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Teaching During the Coronavirus Outbreak
Today is the third day of distance learning for the Hillsborough School District. Staff was given two half days last week to prep ourselves for this eventuality. To some extent I was in a privileged position — most of my materials are already posted online, I teach a subject that is a little easier to …
Tuesday Talk… with Troy Dayton, HHS 1995
In my first years of teaching I became as involved as I possibly could in whatever was going on at the school, and that’s how I met Troy, who was president of the Student Council the first year that I was roped into advising it. Troy was a charismatic can-do kind of guy who was …
AP Gov: The Pledge of Allegiance
This lesson isn’t quite as critical as the two I shared last week on the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise clause, but students find it interesting and it overlaps with both of the previous courses while addressing something they do five times a week (or witness). This particular Google Slides presentation ends with information …
Adventures in illicit drugs and underaged drinking!
When I was very young, maybe four years old, my mother put a lit cigarette in my mouth and told me to breathe in. I coughed, of course, and I imagine found the experience gross and scary. I don’t know if that bizarre parenting decision paid off in spades or if I came to my …
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Week in Review (March 8-14, 2020)
This week goes down as one of the most unusual on record due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus making a serious impact on people’s lives. Thursday felt like the day that everything was canceled for the next couple of months: professional sports, Broadway, school trips and events, et. al. Sunday – Was there a weekend? It’s …
Fenster on Education 