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This Day in History 9/12: The Battle of Marathon
Marathon isn’t just a word for a ridiculously long foot race that gives you red nipples, poop-filled shorts and a silly cellophane robe as a trophy. For the small band of Greeks on September 12, 490...
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Making the case for Parochial Schools in the NCLB age
Yes, Sister Mary Margaret, there is a place for you and the rest of the “penguins.” It’s just difficult to see against the tests, the balance sheets, and the armada of charter and magnet schools...
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Why don’t they want history taught right? A response to a History Commentary...
Sometimes it isn’t about whether someone is right or wrong. Sometimes you’re just in the wrong conversation altogether. That’s the vibe I got as I read a recent article in Education Week about how...
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The Revolutionary Age – the Winter Edition of History NOW
The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar, 13 September 1782″. By John Singleton Copley (1738-1815), c. 1783 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Revolution is truly like a pox, spreading from person to person. This...
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The Teacher “Bar” Exam is no solution to teacher quality
The Sad truth about Education programs in the US (Photo credit: brewbooks) When a cat and a dog start howling at the moon together, something is terribly wrong. With Randi Weingarten and Arne Duncan...
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How “Philosophy Bro” Helped me Corrupt the Youth, Socrates-style
The Death of Socrates (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Nothing excites me more than a student proving the ignorance of the powers that be. On Monday, my room was visited for the great beauty pageant of...
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Review of Khan Academy’s “American History Overview Part 1: Jamestown to...
I had not been a huge fan of Khan Academy. Even before I started working with one of its competitors, I generally took a dim view of anyone that thought they could do better than a teacher with just a...
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Cool Link for the Classroom: The Periodic Table of the Presidents
Periodic Table of the Presidents, courtesy of Periodicpresidents.com A huge thanks to P.J. Creek for sharing his amazing work here at the Neighborhood. P.J. is an eighth grade social studies teacher...
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How to Teach about 9/11 – Some Resources
English: World Trade Center, New York, aerial view March 2001. Français : Le World Trade Center à New York. Vue aérienne datant de mars 2001. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Every year, I tell my 9/11 story....
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Bring Back Social Studies – From the Pages of The Atlantic
The beginning of the end: President Bush signing NCLB at Hamilton H.S. in Hamilton, Ohio. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Even if you’ve said it a thousand times, it doesn’t hurt to say it again. Mr. D’s...
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