Teaching Contentious Topics & Civil Discourse

The way you approach the contentious topic matters. In this post, I discuss best practices and resources to help you!

The Content Dragon

Originally written: March 7, 2019 (while I was in the classroom. I’ve left the original wording to help teachers) Updated: March 15, 2022 Check out the podcast link To start, my class is a semester long. This semester, I have 17 less instructional hours than I did from last semester. I am grappling with field […]

Tips for Review for the AP Test

Oh man…this is a vast topic, and I’ll try to do it justice. I made a massive calendar with students in the classroom before and after school. I’d make elaborate powerpoints and make sure I “covered” everything… I taught AP Government in a semester, and I was trying to make sure my first semester kids […]

Five Days to better Argumentative writing

Steps to integrate writing practices into every day without piles and piles of grading.

Next Steps in Evolving: Goal Setting for Grad School

If you read my last post, you likely caught my word for 2022. Now, I love having a word to guide me through the year, but there is more to that plan than just choosing a word. There are so many different ways to create goals for yourself, and once you find the way that […]

Evolving

Every year, I choose a word to focus on through the year. I am not into resolutions, because in my younger years I set myself up to fail. It took a lot of reflecting and unlearning to understand that one word would help me best. Past words 2021: Embrace and Enjoy- I’ve worked hard my […]