While reading and, as mentioned above, digging in –\u00a0I am struck by how vast the amount of super cool resources there are available to us all.\u00a0 I find myself going to one place to begin reading, and seeing a link to something else that looks interesting and going there, soon to be five pages away from my original intent.\u00a0 All of the things I find are relevant and I find so much I want to use and share in my classroom with my students.\u00a0 My problem is, how\u00a0 do I narrow it all down and really find the meat that is the most important to be shared.\u00a0 I liked it when Matt said if you only have one day to teach John Brown, make sure you teach this.\u00a0 That helps a lot.\u00a0 I have so much to teach in such short time periods that I feel like I am rushing through really valuable and exciting material all the time.\u00a0 Because of the standards and focus of powers that be, I am limited on the time I can take.<\/p>\n
As has been mentioned,\u00a0I want to take the time with my students to teach them to research and problem solve – using the content of sites such as House Divided and Gilder Lehrman.\u00a0 I need to figure out how to design lesson plans and units that get them to do this.\u00a0 School starts in a couple weeks and I want to have some dynamic lesson plans in place and ready to start off with a bang.\u00a0 UGH!!\u00a0 I’m feeling the pressure.\u00a0 After this week I will have several from all of us regarding the Civil War, Lincoln, Underground Railroad, and Reconstruction.\u00a0 But I don’t teach that until after Winter break.\u00a0 I have much to do.<\/p>\n
One more comment, I really find the essay regarding the Underground Railroad fascinating and helpful to look at from a perspective I never have.\u00a0 I see how the differences in the North and South would have greatly affected the punishments, risks, etc of those working the underground railroad.\u00a0 And equally fascinating is the fact that because of States’ Rights which I always teach as a Southern emphasis and part of the reason for war, were just as exercised in the North.\u00a0 That makes it a very interesting discussion to have with the students.\u00a0 Great information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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