On Wednesday I had a great talk with a teacher from Iowa named Mrs. Braida who had stumbled across my website and decided to hit me up on Google Chat. I learned that she is a 6th grade social studies teacher and has frequented our site to check out our work and to use it…
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I have a problem with social studies…it is a subject that is very text and content laden. In the three years that I have taught this subject I have really struggled with what the appropriate way is to disseminate the content to my students in a manner that does not include daily use of PowerPoint presentations. I…
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The image is a proof of what our new shirts for cross country will look like…finally, an ‘act like you know’ shirt. Mr. McClung
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In class on Wednesday we talked at length about how do you create change when you don’t agree with a situation. We took a look two major groups that are trying to create a change in America; the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Westboro Independent Baptist Church. Both are well known for their protest…
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Above is a short presentation of seven contributors to the scientific revolution that we will be featuring during our talks about the scientific revolution. Mr. McClung
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The Features are an American indie rock band from Tennessee. Though they have had limited success in the United States, they have been very well received in the United Kingdom and have a very loyal following in the Southeastern United States. Within a few years they had become a fixture of Murfreesboro and nearby Nashville,…
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Lesson One – The Brownie Project For over a month now, my AVID students have been working on a top secret project that was finally executed today. Students went door to door in our school thanking each member of our staff for all that they do for our school and greeting them with a cup…
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Students, today we will be adding our 4th set of dates to our continually growing timelines…the focus for today’s set of dates is the scientific revolution. The Introduction of the Heliocentric Theory Invention of the First Telescope Newton’s Laws of Gravity Age of Reason Mr. McClung
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Today to start out our class we will be taking some time to look at our test data from yesterday and compare it to other forms of assessment we use in our class on a regular basis. The graphic on top represents the class averages from yesterday and the bottom chart represents your weekly ten…
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It’s that time again, we will spend some time today watching the news for our 3 Things Thursday assignment. Mr. McClung
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