I sat in a faculty meeting from eight this morning until three-thirty this afternoon with a break for lunch. It was great to see everyone an...

I still strive to know as many answers as I can, however, I believe it is acceptable for teachers to be stumped sometimes, and more importan...

It’s that time of year…..put away the suntan lotion, the dog-earred novel, and all of the trip memorabilia. Accept the fact that blogging ma...

Thank you to everyone who posted after my first acknowledgment found here . I really appreciate it. NYC Educator at NYC Educator apologize...

It’s a quiet morning here except for the sound of the washing machine and the steady stream of “fair and balanced news” coming from the Midd...

Bibles are wonderful things, of course. They guide some of us in our religious lives. They provide a history for the Hebrew people, the begi...

I’m tired, sad, joyful, and hopeful all at the same time with a whole lot of weird thrown in. That really sounds like I’m a child of the se...

I had planned to post all of the links and images everyone sent me for my previous post. I really appreciate the way each of you played alo...

Welcome to my 100th post! After 100 posts I'm a bit delirious so forgive me as we depart from the norm here at History Is Elementary. S...

Happy birthday to my most wonderful friend in life, my husband. Words are not enough to appropriately compliment this man in order to expla...

Research proves visual learning has many benefits. It can improve attention, it appeals to students with different learning styles, and vis...

Cinderella, over at World of Royalty reports here that Blackbeard’s flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge, has been found off the coast of North ...

Any social studies teacher understands the importance of teaching about resources. I discuss resources----human, capital, and physical/natu...

I’m here….I’m just busy reading all of the fine submissions from the 34th History Carnival found here and the 74th Carnival of Education h...

As the Fourth of July approached I began to think again about myth versus fiction and how we, as educators, perpetuate the myths. Don’t get...

Last night I finally felt I could sit down and write about the visit I made to my old home site. I’ve thought about it for a couple of days ...

The school where I teach is separated into four different buildings that form a large square. In the center is a large grassy area with a tr...

This post comes by way of Darren over at Right on the Left Coast who so correctly stated: There are two things that get kids in history’s g...

In this post titled, “We Need to Stop This…Now”, Sen. John McCain apparently agrees with me concerning the inability of Congress to be abou...

In a recent editorial titled Congress's Real Crimes , Gloria Borger ( U.S.News and World Report ) states: So here we are, at the start o...