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Looking backward & forward with 1 flipping week to go

7/24/2017

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 These are some things that I wrote exactly 3 weeks ago....
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How are things going so far?  Meh, not bad but not great. I'm still struggling with the objectives for the colonial & "road to revolution" units. I'm thinking of a "1757 snapshot" -- the colonies 260 years ago. But when I break that down into the political, economic, social, and daily life domains it looks HUGE.  At least as big as the colonial regions unit that I'm trying to replace.

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<-- This tweet appeared at an opportune time.

It is true that I want my students to learn all of the things [link to original use of phrase] right away. That is probably how I partly sabotage myself every September.... Must keep in mind that most 8th-graders are not quite ready to learn the first few days and weeks!  Those classes are for exposure and grabbing their interest and proving that I'm not an evil bastard.  It's not about being clever, it's not the time for mega-innovation in all possible ways, and they won't necessarily appreciate the 'bread crumbs' of historical knowledge that I drop along the way this month.


Tomorrow I'm doing some more local research for the summer-work grant. Yay for $$!!  Hopefully the chief researcher has found some useful items about the local figures I asked about last week. I feel like I am one diary away from total success....

Just 7 more self-imposed blog posts this month!

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    Andrew Swan is in Year 19 of teaching middle school (8th-grade US Civics/Government in a Boston suburb). Previously he has taught 6th, 7th, and 8th grade English, US history, geography, and ancient history in Massachusetts and Maine. 
      This is Andrew's 6th year of flipping nearly all his direct instruction, so we have more class time for simulations, deep discussions, analyzing primary sources, etc. ... and also to promote mastery for students at all levels.
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