6 books you should be reading. (Maybe now. But later works too.)
My daughter calls them “the Before Times.” As in . . . the days before COVID-19. Before stay at home orders. Before you were teaching via Zoom and Google Classroom and Meet. In the Before Times, I...
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Most of you already know about the History Tech summer reading program. If you just starting hanging around, a quick recap. For years, I’ve been making a list of books that I plan to read between the...
View ArticleProtests are as American as . . . well, America. And, sadly, so is racism....
“. . . it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” Angela Davis Let’s be clear. I really have no idea what I’m talking about. As a middle aged white guy born and raised in Western...
View ArticleUsing tradebooks to make your life easier and your students smarter
Long time readers know how much I love maps. I don’t really know for sure when the infatuation started but Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton may have had something to do with it. I ran...
View ArticleHistory books make the best gifts. Some resources to kickstart your shopping...
We all know that the best holiday gifts are books. And the best books are history books. Perhaps you need some gift ideas for a friend or loved one. Perhaps you need to make a few oh so gentle...
View ArticleThank you, George Takei, for reminding us. The Bill of Rights should not be...
Yesterday at the final keynote of the 2020 NCSS national conference, author and actor George Takei shared his experience growing up in what he called an American concentration camp. As a five year old,...
View ArticleGo beyond February. 5 ways for becoming a culturally competent communicator
Carter Woodson grew up in Virginia, moving to West Virginia at the age of 17 to attend high school. He worked as a coal miner while he studied part-time, eventually becoming a full-time student and...
View Article2021 Summer Reading List: Books that’ll make me a better person
Maybe it’s the heat. Or maybe it’s too much AC. Either way, it’s been hard to get started on the annual History Tech Summer Reading List. It’s been a tradition for as long as I’ve been in education....
View Article“A tradition like no other.” 10 books to read this summer
To quote Jim Nantz and his love for the Master’s golf tournament, “it’s a tradition unlike any other.” And just like the Master’s, the March Madness basketball tournament, the NCSS national conference,...
View ArticleNews flash. Treasured summer reading list tradition in danger
Yeah. I’m a little behind schedule. Let’s just say that my May and June did not go as planned and leave it at that. And one consequence of the altered agenda is that my summer reading list, a treasured...
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