Okay, so this is is a pretty awesome site. One of my daydream fantasies has been to be locked in a library and having nothing to do but read. This site is great because it lets you honor the great stories you have read and read what other people have to say about books you love. You also get to see what other people are reading and find treasures that you may not have found on your own. I determined this year to quit spending so much money on books and instead use the public library. On the one hand, I enjoy browsing for the book and reading it, but I have a difficult time returning books that I like. I want them to be on my shelf so I can return to them when I want. Anyway, I joined, added some titles I thought of off the top of my head, and will return to refine my page as well as read recommendations for future reference. Now if I can just find the time...
I have been thinking a lot about how to integrate what I am learning in the class into teaching U S History. Here are some ideas I am working on developing lesson plans for: If you found George Washington's Ipod, what would be on his playlist? Write a text or email dialogue between John and Abagail Adams or Washington and Hamilton during the Revolution, or Jefferson and Hamilton, Paul Revere and Sam Adams on the night of the Boston Tea Party. etc. Create trading cards for the first five presidents and have a swap meet with other classmates. Create a magazine cover published in Massachusetts (or Virginia) dated April 13, 1861. Research to find 10 titles Jefferson had in his personal library. Use those titles to write about
I still have 7 days of summer school left and I have just accepted a position as a secondary support specialist for social studies. After 27 years in the classroom I am due for a sea change. Now I just have to figure out how to sort out what I want to keep and what will be sent to the dumpster. I had to do this when I moved from elementary to middle school. It wasn't easy then and will be more difficult now.
I have been thinking a lot about how to integrate what I am learning in the class into teaching U S History. Here are some ideas I am working on developing lesson plans for: If you found George Washington's Ipod, what would be on his playlist? Write a text or email dialogue between John and Abagail Adams or Washington and Hamilton during the Revolution, or Jefferson and Hamilton, Paul Revere and Sam Adams on the night of the Boston Tea Party. etc. Create trading cards for the first five presidents and have a swap meet with other classmates. Create a magazine cover published in Massachusetts (or Virginia) dated April 13, 1861. Research to find 10 titles Jefferson had in his personal library. Use those titles to write about
I still have 7 days of summer school left and I have just accepted a position as a secondary support specialist for social studies. After 27 years in the classroom I am due for a sea change. Now I just have to figure out how to sort out what I want to keep and what will be sent to the dumpster. I had to do this when I moved from elementary to middle school. It wasn't easy then and will be more difficult now.
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