Category: Teaching Resources

Tick Tock
Aug 29

Tick Tock

Today in class we took a closer look at GDP and how it relates to our national debt in the United States. In class we used a debt clock website as an impressive visual of what exactly our debt looks like and where our money is going. You can check out this debt clock by…

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Model Students
Aug 4

Model Students

Today I will be leading a professional development session at my school over how to use and implement an Edublogs website into your classroom. Listed below are a few of the links that we will be using today to show good examples of blogging and the various ways that it can be used. Mr. Lamshed’s…

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Topics of Conversation
May 26

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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Q-Notes
May 24

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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Playing w/ Graphic Organizers
Apr 27

Playing w/ Graphic Organizers

Rock around View more documents from Joe McClung Today in class we used a graphic organizer strategy called “rock around the clock” to take notes for our new section over reconstruction in Arkansas. This organizer can be seen above and features several boxes in which students record information. They are asked to identify the main…

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The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
Apr 22

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

Today in class we will be using a teaching resource from PBS that documents the rise and fall of Jim Crow. We will be using the website to examine the barriers that African Americans faced during this time period of segregation and oppression. The site provides plenty of activities and lesson plans for teachers as…

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Learning v. Enjoyment
Apr 17

Learning v. Enjoyment

On Friday I introduced to my students a new project which requires them to research a supreme court case that had an impact on Jim Crow laws. As an exit activity on Friday, I requested some feedback from my students as to how effective the activity was…we measured this activity by looking at enjoyment and…

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Using Kagan Strategies – Circle the Sage
Apr 14

Using Kagan Strategies – Circle the Sage

Keeping with the theme of this week we will be using another Kagan Learning Strategy to review our class notes before we begin our class lesson today. Today we will be using an activity called Circle the Sage in order to review the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. Here’s how it works… First the teacher…

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Using Kagan Strategies – Numbered Heads
Apr 12

Using Kagan Strategies – Numbered Heads

Today in class we used a Kagan Learning Strategy in order to review the content covered from the previous day. The name of the game is numbered heads together, and in this game students are randomly selected to answer review questions for their group…here are the rules. Each group is given a whiteboard and marker…

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Talking Frayer Model
Nov 22

Talking Frayer Model

This past week my students learned how to take notes using Frayer Model graphic organizers. The Frayer Model is a vocabulary building organizer that requires students to define a term, give examples, draw a picture, and give non-examples. This is an excellent way to build vocabulary and retain the taught content. The example above is…

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