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Oct 252 min read

Our Grade 6 Stone Age Diorama Project

This past month, I had lead a project that combined history, art, and storytelling with my Grade 6 students in social studies class. In...

Oct 193 min read

Lesson Plan: Identifying Cause and Effect

In continuation to my series of lesson plans based on the article “ Technology over the long run: zoom out to see how dramatically the...

Oct 53 min read

How Identifying Key Words Can Help ESL Students Read More Effectively

For ESL students, reading advanced material can often feel overwhelming. A useful strategy to make the process less intimidating is to...

Oct 23 min read

Five Different Activities with One Article

One article can go a really long way in terms of activities and lesson plans. In this blog post, I want to explore ways in which you can...

Sep 163 min read

Stone Age to Digital Age: A Macro-level History Course on Humanity’s Technological Developments

I teach a wide range of history topics, from prehistoric life on Earth to modern issues like the societal impact of AI. This vast expanse...

Aug 122 min read

Bringing History to Life: Teaching History with 100 Objects

As an educator, I am constantly seeking innovative ways to engage my students and make learning more meaningful. When it comes to...

Aug 23 min read

The OER Project - An Amazing Resource for History Teachers

One of the key responsibilities of teachers is not only to teach but also to plan lessons. Personally, I find lesson planning to be quite...

Jul 242 min read

Teaching Climate Change

Teaching climate change is a core component of my curriculum across all grades every year. As a social studies teacher, I feel a moral...

Jul 93 min read

Flipping the Script – Getting My Students to Teach Me

In my work, I teach a lot of one-on-one classes online to students. Until recently, my focus was primarily on teaching English as a...

Jun 123 min read

An IB MYP Integrated Humanities e-Assessment

As I complete examining for this year’s MYP Integrated Humanities e-Assessment, I wanted to take up the challenge of creating an...

Nov 14, 20232 min read

Lesson Plan - Analyzing Historical Artifacts to Learn about the Stone Age

I am teaching my grade 6 students about the stone age and to lead into the unit, I created a lesson on sources of history and analyzing...

Jul 18, 20232 min read

Book Review: 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

There is a tired old saying: History is written by the victors, and the vanquished remain unheard. It is quite cliché but holds truth,...

Jul 13, 20232 min read

Challenging the Status Quo by Reading

I had the privilege of being educated in different parts of the world. I studied grades 1-4 in the USA, grades 4-6 in Israel, grades 7-9...

Jan 19, 20222 min read

So What Exactly Does "Synthesize" Mean?

In a couple of my earlier posts, I explored the act of analyzing and evaluating. Both skills are important higher order thinking skills...

Jan 11, 20222 min read

So What Exactly Does “Evaluate” Mean?

In an earlier post, I wrote about analytical skills, and the process of analyzing something. Throughout one’s academic career, as well as...

Jan 3, 20221 min read

Primary and Secondary Sources

In history, we often talk about primary and secondary sources. But what exactly are they, and what is the difference between them?...