Author Archives: Tricia
Teaching the Holocaust
How and when should we teach students about the Holocaust? Here are some answers to these questions with links to helpful resources. Fundamentals of Teaching the Holocaust includes many helpful resources produced by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. This excerpt … Continue reading
Welcome to the Summer 2022 Semester
I am excited to welcome you back for the summer semester. I’m especially happy to be working with all of you again. This blog will serve as a place to extend class discussions, share current news of interest, and further … Continue reading
Answers to Your Questions – Week 2
Here are answers to some of the questions you asked this week. If your questions were related, I addressed them together in my response. With the rise in popularity of graphic novels, have any textbooks changed over to that format … Continue reading
Teaching About Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This episode of the Teaching Hard History Podcast may be of interest to you. Teaching the Movement’s Most Iconic Figure – w/ Charles McKinney “Throughout this season, we’ve been confronting the popular but misleading “Master Narrative,” which revolves around a … Continue reading
Thinking About Historical Markers
I read this article recently and have been thinking about it in the context of the reckoning around Monument Ave and Confederate monuments in general. Racial reckoning turns focus to roadside historical markers Across the country, historical markers have in … Continue reading
Where are the women?
This article in the Washington Post has me thinking. Opinion: In my advanced high school history textbook, it’s as if women didn’t exist “Once, after second-grade history class, I came home and jokingly asked, “So did women just not exist?” … Continue reading
Reading Portraiture
After our trip to the VMFA yesterday, I’m reminded of some of the wonderful resources at the National Portrait Gallery for interpreting works of art. You will find the downloadable teacher’s guide entitled “Reading Portraiture” to be particularly helpful.
What is a Green Book?
So you stayed up late on Sunday to see the big winners at the Oscars. If you haven’t seen Green Book, you may not know what a Green Book is. Here’s a description. First published in 1937 by Victor H. … Continue reading
Single Point Rubrics
In commenting on blogs this week, I mentioned single point rubrics to a number of folks who commented that analytic rubrics with lots of categories and criteria seemed confusing. I like single point rubrics because they focus students only on … Continue reading