WE HAVE A MASCOT!

After much deliberation I have decided that Jim is going to be the blog mascot. He will be called "History Cat" He will have many obligations, sleeping, biting, and creating new and useful instructional practices.

The Death of a Legend

As most you know Howard Zinn passed away a few days ago. Like many, I was touched by his passion for social justice as well as his desire to change what most of our students were accustomed to learning. Here is a link for those of you who are not familiar with him and his work. him:http://www.peopleshistory.us/

As iconic as Zinn was, I have found it challenging to incorporate much of his material into my instructional practices. The overall concept of teaching a bottom up curriculum is not all that difficult. However, actually reading primary documents or motivating students to care about their community has been surprisingly difficult (yes, I know students do not enjoy reading primary documents).

Any suggestions?