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This started as just a blog to reflect on my practice and is growing to include teaching strategies, resources, and curriculum. It will likely grow to include other topics as well until it finds a clear character.
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Most Recent Blog Posts
Providing Useful Feedback in the Classroom
Providing quality feedback, and setting aside time for students to read it, reflect on it, and revise with it pushes back against the desire to go fast instead of focusing on mastery. Doing this frequently and consistently also helps build a positive classroom culture; Students can tell the difference between a classroom where feedback is…
Approaching AP World History
When I started teaching AP World in 2016 I relied heavily on tips and advice from my APSI as well as resources from other teachers kind enough to share them. I also borrowed a few structures that I had been successful with when teaching AP Econ. Over the years my approach has developed into several…
AP World Released DBQs & LEQs by Topic & Year
Quick Reference charts for the AP World DBQ and LEQ released topics from past exams. Includes links to the College Board PDFs.
AP World: Teaching Imperialism in Unit 6
Unit 6 is one of my favorite units to teach in AP World, and is arguably one of the most important for understanding contemporary global issues. The unit’s content demands thinking about how we teach imperialism as much as what we are teaching. Student engagement is important, but also building historical empathy and training students…
ChatGPT & Standards-Based Grading
I decided to see what advice ChatGPT could produce if I put in the prompt “Write a blog post about tips for standards-based grading in social studies.” I am copying below what the AI provided to me. It’s all fairly standard tips, the type you would see as an introduction to the topic in a…
C3 Historical Thinking Skills Proficiency Scales
This post contains proficiency scales I have drafted for all C3 history standards for high school. Hopefully they offer a clear starting point for teaching and assessing historical thinking in addition to content.
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