Today we held our monthly advisory meeting at Woodland. Each month we spend we devote one day to hanging out with our advisory group and addressing any academic concerns they have as well as have a little bit of fun in the process. With Thanksgiving just around the corner we decided that today it would…
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In our school we have had many discussions about the high cost of making copies and how to tackle that cost as a school…I’m sure that this conversation is not exclusive to Woodland but it is one worth discussing. While I do my fair share of coping I try to reduce the amount of paper…
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Today we put our last reformation project to rest with the conclusion of our reformation song project. Students were asked to create a song that was historically accurate about the formation using people, places and events from that time period. Students worked in pairs and really turned out some awesome songs…such as the rap that…
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Lesson One – No One Cares About Your Killstreak With the release of Modern Warfare 3 this week, the boys in my class have been fixated on playing the game all week long. While I am myself someone who enjoys playing games like MW3, I do have to say that I don’t like the conversations…
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Embedded above is the study guide for the unit test that we will have on Wednesday (11/16/11) over the Renaissance, exploration, Africa, and the reformation.Mr. McClung
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At first I was a bit skeptical when a co-worker came to me with the idea to have my students create their own songs about the reformation period…but after seeing the my kids light up today when I introduced the assignment and hearing the excitement in their voices I knew that this has the makings…
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Blake and Jack give their version of Epic Rap Battle. Today we will start a mini-project in which my students will use the information they have learned about the reformation and put it to music. The past couple of weeks I have treated my students to songs about history that are performed by a a…
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The past two days in class we have been focusing on the counter reformation and how the Catholic Church responded to Martin Luther and the protestants. In class we discussed the spreading of protestant views and other religions that steamed from the reformation period and how difference in religious views tend to be a primary…
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Here you go… Posting of the 95 Theses Invention of the Printing Press (Gutenberg) Council of Trent Luther’s Translation of the Bible 30 Years War Mr. McClung
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