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The Power of Place: The Battle of the Capes
I’ve written many a blog post about the power of place. I’m glad to be able to tell you about my visit off the coast of where The Battle of the Capes happened. I find it very awesome that the beautiful beach I was on was once the site of the most important naval battle…
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History in the Kitchen: Key Lime Pie
Fun fact: My favorite pie is key lime pie. There is a pie store (called The Pie Store) in Montclair, New Jersey that makes the best key lime pie, but today I decided I was going to make my own. Why? Well, I started looking into the history of key lime pie and I found…
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Useful Classroom Resources- USI
Over the course of this very busy year, I’ve been working hard and collaborating with other teachers to develop tools for my classroom that can be used in a virtual, hybrid, or in-person world. The purpose of this post is to share some of them with you so that you can use them this year,…
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Ancient Egypt Unit – Chicken Mummification
Teaching and learning should be fun and interesting, and few things have piqued my 5th grade ancient civilization classes’ interest more than mummifying a chicken. There’s something about this project that they just can’t keep their eyes or ears away from, and every year my students come away from it knowing the mummification process and…
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Whose Independence (Updated and digital!)
Last year I decided it was high time to use other sources in addition to the Declaration of Independence to explore what the Declaration has meant to different people at different periods of time. I juxtaposed “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” and the Declaration of Sentiments against the Declaration of Independence,…
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SEL Activity- One Word 2021
Happy New Year! In 2021, not only are we going to continue to feed our students’ minds to help them think critically, but we also need to feed their souls. I don’t have to tell you that SEL (social-emotional learning) is always a priority, especially as the pandemic continues and the status of in-person learning…
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Teaching Indigenous Peoples & The Reoccupation of Alcatraz
This week’s episode of the Teaching History Her Way Podcast begins the conversation of teaching about Indigenous Peoples in American History. Over the years I’ve done my best to teach about Indigenous Peoples, but it wasn’t until I took a long, hard look at my teaching and curriculum that I’ve been able to improve and…
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To Begin the School Year, Turn Inward
Yesterday was the first time I’ve seen my colleagues in my school building since March. I can’t even begin to tell you how it fed my heart and soul to see them in person! But being together after a long quarantine summer also means that we continue our individual and collective work as anti-racist educators…
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History in the Kitchen: Origins of the Supreme Court, RBG, and Ratatouille
Marbury v. Madison The tradition of judicial review began with a Supreme Court Case decided in 1803. In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court used the power of judicial review for the first time- that is, their power to determine whether a law is constitutional or not. When it became apparent that John Adams, a…