World History
- Summer Blogging Blues
The academic year is intense. On top of teaching classes, professional and committee work dominates a lot of the time. Most academics welcome the coming of summer. I also welcome summer. I do not have to teach. Committee responsibilities are few. However,...
- School Is Not Out For Summer On My Blogs
So most of you would laugh that my seniors are not finished until June 10th and my undergrads not until June 18 - yes the 18th! But I also teach during the summer so this blog is always being updated all summer, so if you want to keep finding out...
- What To Do The First Day Of School
I am almost laughing this as my summer school students finished on the 5th of August when some of you were already heading back to school for teacher work days. Unfortunately in Virginia, for both parties, business reigns supreme and so we have...
- This Blog Continues All Summer
Virginia does two things that I'd love to see changed. 1) We have our state end of the year exams several weeks before the end of the year and 2) Our state legislature (both parties) consistently say they are for "education first," but refuse...
- School's Not Out All Summer!
Some of my students just took their state exam today and others took their AP one last week, but our last day for students is not until June 15th (at which point I will be grading AP exams). This summer I am working with our online campus so, as...
World History
School's Not Out For Summer Here
I still have my students until June 20th and then 10 days later start my with my online summer kids, so if you like this blog, you can come here all summer for ideas.
- Summer Blogging Blues
The academic year is intense. On top of teaching classes, professional and committee work dominates a lot of the time. Most academics welcome the coming of summer. I also welcome summer. I do not have to teach. Committee responsibilities are few. However,...
- School Is Not Out For Summer On My Blogs
So most of you would laugh that my seniors are not finished until June 10th and my undergrads not until June 18 - yes the 18th! But I also teach during the summer so this blog is always being updated all summer, so if you want to keep finding out...
- What To Do The First Day Of School
I am almost laughing this as my summer school students finished on the 5th of August when some of you were already heading back to school for teacher work days. Unfortunately in Virginia, for both parties, business reigns supreme and so we have...
- This Blog Continues All Summer
Virginia does two things that I'd love to see changed. 1) We have our state end of the year exams several weeks before the end of the year and 2) Our state legislature (both parties) consistently say they are for "education first," but refuse...
- School's Not Out All Summer!
Some of my students just took their state exam today and others took their AP one last week, but our last day for students is not until June 15th (at which point I will be grading AP exams). This summer I am working with our online campus so, as...