Hello all, Well, today was our first day of CST exams. I like these tests because I use the time to catch up on stuff (while I’m monitoring the students, of course). I’m not too crazy about the History section of the exam, mainly because my students are not just tested on what they have […]
Hello again, Today we played a game called, “Name That Slide.” I have the students come up and give clues to another student until that student guesses what is on the slide behind him/her. I have a full description on the website. Here’s the address: http://www.SuccessInTheClassroom.com/namethatslide.html. The first time I played this game with the […]
Hello all, One thing about teaching History is that you have a lot of videos that you can show to enhance the lesson. Today I showed a clip of Ken Burns’ Civil War Mini Series. I don’t like showing videos too much, because it seems too easy. I have heard of a few teachers who […]
Hello again, Today I handed out topics for the Civil War in a Can project. This time it was for my other two groups of students. At my school, we block schedule. I will have one particular group of two classes on Mondays, Tuesdays, and every other Wednesdays, then another group of two classes on […]