Moler's Musing
MAY 9, 2025
This week was all about pulling the threadtracing how specific events pulled the country apart and pushed us toward war. Option 1 was Divide the Piea visual breakdown of how much each event contributed to the growing division between North and South. This one let students reimagine the weeks events as a vintage video game.
C3 Teachers
MAY 5, 2025
Nick Taras experience shaped the inquiry we eventually developed together: How do individuals and communities keep the memory of traumatic events alive across generations? In an optional extension, students investigate how remembrance functions in their own communitieswhether through monuments, local history, or oral tradition.
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NCHE
APRIL 3, 2023
At the grocery store: “ Your students did such a great job documenting our local history! The gas station: “ Hey Joe, I heard you had a student doing some research about local mines in our community. If your community is like mine, it’s likely much of your town’s rural history hasn’t been preserved in a meaningful way.
Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past.
Moler's Musing
MARCH 21, 2025
This week was all about using EduProtocols to deepen understanding and get students thinking critically about history. From Parafly for paraphrasing complex texts to Thick Slides for sequencing and comparing key events, we focused on meaningful engagement. Wednesday Wednesday, I wanted to mix things up and bring in local history.
Moler's Musing
DECEMBER 17, 2023
After contemplating options, I decided to put together some lessons on local history. We’ll finish customizing our historical event sweaters when we come back from break on Monday. The other option was to introduce some new EduProtocols with smart starts, but that works better when I’m actually in the classroom.
Moler's Musing
MARCH 14, 2025
We even tied in local history by exploring Clermont Countys own Gold Rush in 1868. Each of these protocols ensured that students werent just memorizing factsthey were actively engaging, thinking, and making connections across history. Students had to relate Texas annexation to another historical event. Was the U.S.
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