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Instructional Upgrade

A Principal's Reflections

Perna’s US History I course worked on developing a colonial road trip project this month. Students were to develop a trip that someone could take today to explore colonial history through one of the three colonial regions. Students enjoyed the project and made colonial history come alive!

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Book Review: Lovely War

HistoryRewriter

I thought it would be too slow and boring for my 10th-grade World History students. While I probably wouldn’t use Lovely War as a whole-class read, I would definitely recommend it to any students who want a deeper dive and enjoy a good love story. I was wrong. The book has a slow burn.

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How Do You Grade a Creative Assignment?

ED Surge

Dear Bonni, I'll be teaching a course on the history of Ireland later this year. Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? What do I do? I feel weird about testing them on genocide.”

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4 Ways to Use ChatGPT to Your Advantage in the Classroom

Leah Cleary

I just had to copy and paste their definitions. Here are sample commands: Command: DOK Level 1 Explanation + Generate 3 DOK Level 1 Multiple Choice Questions appropriate for sophomore World History students studying Classical Greece. I teach AP World History and IB Theory of Knowledge, so I have a ton of essays to read.

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How one district solved its special education dropout problem

The Hechinger Report

Students in a world history class at Northview High School spent an afternoon course comparing multiple definitions of terrorism and discussing common threads among them. Across town, in a South Hills High School science course, students took an online quiz about RNA.

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How to Build Strong Writers One Sentence at a Time: A Smart Literacy Strategy for Secondary Students

Leah Cleary

The appositive sentence structure is noun + comma + definition + comma + significance. Have them write descriptive sentences in science, complete sentences in history, and use sentence frames in math explanations. Appositive Sentence Starter. Many of these starters encourage students to consider causation.

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My First Year

Rosie the History Teacher

Teaching positions for history and biology were rather scarce in my area, so I applied pretty much everywhere in a 50 mile radius. I was going to be the founding history teacher at a little school in Metro Detroit! This is how I felt about being hired to teach history! That was a busy time! What if they don’t like me?

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