The School Year

How I use the first ten minutes to engage my students.

In episode 5 we hear about the second week of school, and the changes in Tyler's class. Also, he uses a poem by Khalil Gibran to explain how teaching changes over time.

In Episode 4 we discuss the use of the gradebook in teaching and how I will set up my gradebook for the school year....

In Episode 3 we discuss how I set up my classroom for success over the long school year ahead.

There is a strange moment in American History, when the United States military proposed launching a War of Terror... against the United States

Engagement or Compliance? How do you know when your students are learning or just being well behaved?

Welcome to the Teacher’s Lounge. This is episode number three of the Teachers Lounge and really glad that you decided to join us here...

Show Notes https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/6/12/21288116/coronavirus-covid-19-schools-teachers-grading

Welcome to the HistoryDojo Podcast! My name is Tyler Rust, your host for the HistoryDojo Podcast series and the writer, researcher, historian and teacher...

We should see the example of the first gay president as evidence that the American people have within their collective powers to appreciate a human being without bigotry and segregation.

Malcolm X was his philosophy, and his message was so bright and appealing that it became the beacon of hope that the African American community turned to again for guidance after their other leaders we dead and the dream of integration had ceased to seem possible.

Ronald Reagan was focused on white Americans, not all Americans. He worked for only part of American, while secretly hating the rest. This needs to be included in any discussion of Reagan as president, and historians should reevaluate him in this new light

Today we are going to look back at the American Revolution and examine it through the lens of generational change. This can also be understood as a "change over time" activity that many historians do when looking at history.

Living by example is a noble life. It requires thought, morality, reflection and spirit, all of which Emerson himself embodied in his writing and speaking.

If we understand that the Dred Scott decision has within it all of these lessons, we can be unsurprising when decisions by the Court today seem so disconnected with the national consensus on race, politics, economic equality and power imbalances. The post PODCAST: The Terrible Importance of the Dred Scott Decision appeared first on HistoryDojo.

The title of this podcast is "Why We Are All Henry David Thoreau." and it is derived from the article that recently appeared on Historydojo.blog under the title "Three Things About Henry David Thoreau You Did Not Know." The post PODCAST: Why We Are All Henry David Thoreau appeared first on HistoryDojo.

Coates helps us see how, as the great American write William Faulkner wrote, "The past is never dead, it's not even past." The issues many would rather leave behind are still alive within the American heart; refusing to see them only magnifies their lingering pain. The post PODCAST: On Reparations appeared first on HistoryDojo.

This is the podcast version of the blog article of the same title from Historydojo. The post PODCAST: Why Stonewall Still Matters Today appeared first on HistoryDojo.

The Stone Riots turn 50 on June 28th this year. Listen to the eyewitness retelling, along with commentary on the importance of this most American act of independence. The post PODCAST: Stonewall at 50 appeared first on HistoryDojo.

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is both beautiful and significant. In this podcast of the post that originally appeared on Historydojo, we discuss the rhetoric and the politics behind one of the most important documents in American history. The post PODCAST: A Revolution in Three Paragraphs appeared first on HistoryDojo.