Welcome to the Journey

Although I'm technically almost done with my initial licensure requirements to teach high school social studies, my first month in a classroom* has demonstrated just how much I don't know.  Looking forward to posting and sharing thoughts as we journey through the research on teaching kids to think historically and "do" social studies.

* I am about six weeks into a long-term substitute teaching position that seemed like a great idea at the time.  Ok, it’s still a great idea –  if it doesn’t kill me.  Suddenly inheriting three preps -- two of which are AP classes who are approximately 2-3 weeks “behind” schedule – is perhaps not the easiest environment in which to apply all the great things I’m learning here.  But it's my environment, and my laboratory, I suppose.  It's certainly real.