Towards the end of last school year, my students and I were all suffering from end-of-the-year-itis. We had 10 snow days (nothing like 20 from the year before!) and we knew we would be making up those days AFTER Memorial Day. We fell into the "4th Quarter Funk." Motivation on both "sides of the desk" was at an all time low. I had to try something to encourage at least a little drive and ... Read More about Gamification in American Government
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Social Studies Flipped Videos and Activities
Looking for examples of flipped Social Studies videos? You've come to the right page! As I continue to create flipped videos for my classes this year, I will add the YouTube video links to this page. Please feel free to use them in your classes, or as an example to help you make your own flipped videos! More will be added! Unit One: Foundations and Formations of Government Video ... Read More about Social Studies Flipped Videos and Activities
Summer Professional Development
Have you heard any of the following?"Teachers only work part of the year.""You teachers get the whole summer off.""The rest of the world has to work in June and July."I've heard this since I became a teacher. I heard this as a child because my mom is a teacher. It never seemed to me. though, that Mom took any time off in the summer. She's always in her classroom or researching new ways to reach ... Read More about Summer Professional Development
Doctopus in YOUR Classroom
Are you ready for another awesome Google Script? Check out Doctopus! Crazy name...awesome tool!Doctopus works with gClassFolders to distribute documents to your students directly from your Drive. Teachers can use the gClassFolders Spreadsheet file to run the Doctopus script...making the process extremely easy!For a simple Doctopus tutorial, created by me, please click here. (Just a side note...the ... Read More about Doctopus in YOUR Classroom
