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    New Beginnings

    The most beautiful part of January isn’t the snow or the magical lighted displays around town, but instead it’s the chance for a new beginning. January is a refresh button and a new starting line. And as an educator, I feel the need to begin again...

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    The Gift of Reading: Bugs of Christmas Past

    In a season of mistletoe and merriment, the only thing missing from the holiday is mutant bugs.

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    The Gift of Reading: Romancing the Fruitcake—A Tale of Two Genres

    For the past two weeks on my morning runs, I’ve been listening to the podcast Christmas Wars: A Very Merry Rivalry on the battle for Christmas movie...

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    The Federalists v. Anti-Federalists: A Town Hall Meeting

    If you read my previous blog post, The Most Foundational Document: The U.S. Constitution, you'll have noticed a classroom activity for the...

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    The Gift of the Math Guy

    Before transitioning away from life as a public school educator, I worked as the academic trainer for English and social studies in a large, urban...

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    Balancing Skill & Content in AP® World

    Do you struggle with teaching over 800 years of content and building college-level skill proficiency to AP® World History students? Does teaching AP®...

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    The Gift of Reading: We Three Books

    On the day after state testing, one of my sophomores burst into the room and announced: “Mr. G, I used rule of three on my essay.” It was a proud...

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    The Gift of Reading: Of Authors, Words, and Magic

    For most of the past year and half, I have spent most of my waking hours querying or obsessing over querying literary agents for my young adult novel...

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    AP Euro: Napoleon Bonaparte and the Complexity Point

    Most AP® European History teachers try to pace their class by killing Napoleon prior to winter break. Hopefully the attached lesson plan will be...

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    Getting Nothing for Someone

    Just last week, my oldest son asked me what I wanted for Christmas. My answer? Nothing.

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