Get Away

Your band of the week is Yuck. Yuck are an indie rock band that originated from London, England. The band features members Daniel Blumberg and Max Bloom, both of whom formerly played in the band Cajun Dance Party. The band’s self-titled debut album was released through Fat Possum on 21 February 2011 in the United…

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Lessons Learned

Lesson One – Picture This This week we have been talking quite a bit about Little Rock Central High School and the Little Rock Nine Crisis. One thing that I’ve noticed in the time that we have been discussing this important part of Arkansas history is that majority of my students have very little knowledge…

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Helping Our Neighbors

With the recent tornado that hit nearby Joplin, Missouri; our school has decided to join the relief effort along with many others. Students, don’t forget that tomorrow is the deadline for getting in our supplies to send to Joplin, and here is the list of items that are needed… Bottled Water Snack items and non-perishable…

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Topics of Conversation

Yesterday my students were given a homework assignment to read up on the 36th governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus. Students were asked to read the given article and prepare a index card that has two components…on one they were asked to write any interesting facts that they found in the article and the other side…

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Orval Eugene Faubus

As we move forward in Arkansas History, today we will begin our conversations about the Little Rock Nine Crisis. In order to better understand the situation of what happened at Little Rock Central, today we will be talking about former Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus. The actions taken by Governor Faubus had a dramatic impact on…

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Q-Notes

My example of Q Notes taken from a screen shot of my Interwrite Workspace. In an effort to try something new in our history class, today I will be introducing Q-notes to my students. Q-notes is a two column note taking system that is very easy to use and helps simplify the note taking process….

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Scott Weiland

Scott Weiland (born October 27, 1967) is an American musician, lyricist, and vocalist, most notable for his work with Grammy Award-winning rock band Stone Temple Pilots. Weiland is also known for his five-year career with supergroup Velvet Revolver as well as his own solo career. His onstage persona is known as being flamboyant and chaotic;…

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For Every Bubble…

…there is a bust. This is a phrase that my students have now learned by heart over the various economic talks we had this year…but today we will be talking about why do bubbles in our economy occur. In theory bubbles should never occur because that would mean that we are placing too much value…

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