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Spin, Smash, Repeat: Building a Small Vocabulary Game (Vocab Crusher)
I wanted to make an “anytime” classroom activity that could spark thinking in a few minutes. What started as an AP prompt randomizer in Google Sheets eventually became Vocab Crusher, a small and scrappy vocabulary game built to make practice more active. This post traces that evolution from spin to smash. Continue reading
Vocab Connect: A Review Game, Made Easier
Vocab Connect is a vocabulary review game built around table talk, explanation, and connection. I’ve used it in my classroom for nearly a decade – and recently made the one change that finally made it easy to setup & share. Continue reading
From Policy to Practice: Taming Revisions (in My Classroom)
From Policy to Practice: Taming Revisions (in My Classroom)
This is just about the impact a new revision policy had in my classroom and how I built a system to fic my workflow. Continue reading
Leveling Up the DBQ: A Skill-Based Approach to Teaching the AP DBQ
I wanted a different way to introduce the AP DBQ – one that made skills visible, feedback immediate, and revision part of the process. This post shares how the DBQ Guild came together, why a tracker had to exist, and what real-time feedback changed in my classroom. Continue reading
History Investigations: Voices from the Past
As I have begun to mentor an aspiring educator, I’ve been thinking about my various roles as a teacher. At any given moment I am a mentor, a guide, a sources of knowledge, a hero, a villain, a supporting player, a taskmaster, … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged education, Franz Ferdinand, History, Lewis and Clark, Mexican War, Social Studies, Teaching, World History, World War I
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A Procedure for Reading Difficult Documents
As you would not chug a hot cup of tea, you also should not speed through a primary document! You risk a burnt tongue and not fully understanding what you just read. Try reading Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal quickly! … Continue reading
Teaching Historical Interpretation: Interpreting Student Life Events
“Who even knows if this really happened,” one of my students declared this year. “How do you think? How does one find out about anything?” I responded wanting to discuss how history is formed – the need to find artifacts … Continue reading
Posted in History, Reflection
Tagged education, Historian, Historical Interpretation, History, Inquiry
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Going Meta: Cataloguing My Past Two Years of Blogging
As my blog turned two this past week, I felt it would be a good time to look back at one of the things I have worked on in my spare time these past few years. Over the past two … Continue reading
“We’re not gonna take it. No, we ain’t gonna take it. Oh, we’re not gonna take it anymoooore.” While preparing for the upcoming school year, Twisted Sister’s epic protest song began playing as I read the Declaration of Independence. Obviously … Continue reading
Michael K. Milton: Musings on History & Education (mostly) 