While I understand it's necessary to have knowledge of the material you're teaching, gaining it from a high school level text is not a good...
Don't rely on the textbook for either class. For U.S. History, incorporate reading packets (primary/secondary sources, readings of your own...
We're not "allowed" to track in NYS anymore because it's "detrimental" to student progress. What they basically did was take away 4 tracks (track...
My favorite contradiction about NY is that it stresses to its teachers that there's a framework that must be followed but it's up to the...
This is a bit off topic, but does anyone else have a copy limit? I, by nature, give a ton of handouts so this summer I'm working on condensing my...
My absolute favorite is when they have pictures with captions and then ask questions that don't require any analysis. For instance, one picture...
Last year, the Board of Regents investigated test fraud and found that the elementary school exams were too easy. So, this year the exams were...
I've used tic-tac-toe in the past as well. My only complaint, I had a hard time making the diagonal, horizontal and vertical projects equal in...
If you had the power to do so, what would you change about your state curriculum? For history in NY, I'd implement the following: 1) Change...
I, too, do a lot of discussing (fish bowls, Socratic Seminars, etc.) as well as debates. However, I don't have a hard time coming up with...
I really am not the type of teacher to lecture for 5 straight days. Instead, I prefer to lecture 3 days out of the week with the other two used...
I think a month of movies can become mundane. I think a nice week/week and half of movie watching is a nice treat. When I took APUSH in high...
AlexBakesCakes;1419787]Hello Teachers! I am a student at Illinois state university. For a project I chose to ask questions on a discussion group...
And isn't it nice how you have the right to think that way? the right to voice your opinion? The issue here isn't about gay marriage; it's...
That teacher would be me. In extreme cases, I have been noted to say that there is scientific evidence to support a correlation between genetics...
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I touch on homosexuality in my classroom. In my World History classes, we talk about the Greeks' openness with homosexuality. In my U.S....
I had over 600 files on my old school computer. I was able to save about half of them before the school "updated" the computers. (I had thought...
Thanks for the replies guys. Ron, I have both the old version and the new one of it. While I thought the old one--with five more chapters than...
I've posted about this in the past but I still need some suggestions. My department has been randomly buying textbooks for decades. In other...
