What is True?
Contributor: Joseph Shantz | File type : Blog Post
Social media and news outlets seem intent on convincing us that COVID-19 is either a) an overblown, politically saturated, economy ruining bad joke or b) an unprecedented, deadly health threat tha... Read More
Good Morning, Sunshine!
Contributor: Austin Shenk | File type : Blog Post
Life change comes through establishing and working proper routines.
As a 20-year-old, I walked into work one day with my drowsiness very apparent. My co worker knew that I was going to be teaching ... Read More
Caring about Apathy
Contributor: Peter Goertzen | File type : Blog Post
Over on the forums, Jane Bauman asks a question that surely vexes us all: “What are ways to help older (fully capable) students want to reach their full potential instead of trying to get by wit... Read More
Twisted Fairness
Contributor: Betty Yoder | File type : Blog Post
Who of us hasn’t dealt with the “it’s not fair” syndrome? I mean personally, not just hearing from students.
I was thinking of this recently when I got bit by the bug – again. It ... Read More
“Thank You, Ma’am”
Contributor: Kendall Myers | File type : Blog Post
Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones is the unforgettable character from Langston Hughes’s short story “Thank You, Ma’am.” She is unforgettable to the fourteen-year-old boy who tries to ... Read More
Location, Location, Location
Contributor: Kyle Lehman | File type : Blog Post
While the summer can potentially put a stick in your spokes, you love teaching, and search again for something to give this year an exciting face-lift. Looking for inspiration, you blow ... Read More
Building a Framework for Making Sense of History
Contributor: Peter Goertzen | File type : Blog Post
In my experience, each group of history students has at least one Mr. Why-Didn’t-They-Just question.
“Why didn’t they just agree to quit fighting?”
“Why didn’t they just invent flame... Read More
Notes for Unit 14 of A Beka’s World Literature
Contributor: Kendall Myers | File type : Teaching Material
These are teacher's notes for "Divine Comedy" and "Faith" in A Beka's 10th grade World Literature.
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Notes for Unit 15 of A Beka’s World Literature
Contributor: Kendall Myers | File type : Teaching Material
These are teacher's notes for "Freedom of a Christian" and "The Martyrdom of John Huss" in A Beka's 10th grade World Literature.
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Notes for Unit 16 of A Beka’s World Literature
Contributor: Kendall Myers | File type : Teaching Material
These are teacher's notes for "Don Quixote-Ch. 1," "Don Quixote-Ch. 2-3," "Discourse on Method," "Paradise Lost," "Pilgrim's Progress," "Mathematical Principles of Natural Science," "The Stolen Ribbon... Read More
