Shannon Salter
@civicswithsalter.bsky.social
Teacher of Citizens. Allentown SD.
Educating for American Democracy Teacher Leadership Task Force. iCivics EdNet. Sphere 100 Fellow. NY Historical WAMS Ambassador Reach University Professor. Mayflower descendant, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Educating for American Democracy Teacher Leadership Task Force. iCivics EdNet. Sphere 100 Fellow. NY Historical WAMS Ambassador Reach University Professor. Mayflower descendant, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mr. Bob Dodge, high school, Modern European History and AP MEH. Introduced me to the Scarlet Pimpernel and Barbara Tuchman…first time I encountered history outside of terrible textbooks. He’s one of two teachers who whisper in my ear as I teach today: “Keep the story in history!”
August 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Mr. Bob Dodge, high school, Modern European History and AP MEH. Introduced me to the Scarlet Pimpernel and Barbara Tuchman…first time I encountered history outside of terrible textbooks. He’s one of two teachers who whisper in my ear as I teach today: “Keep the story in history!”
In addition to so many good ideas…I teach high school. My instructional plans are always in the same place in our LMS and my students are well versed in how to figure out what’s expected on any given day. Whether they are absent or I am, they know how to get the learning they are owed.
August 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM
In addition to so many good ideas…I teach high school. My instructional plans are always in the same place in our LMS and my students are well versed in how to figure out what’s expected on any given day. Whether they are absent or I am, they know how to get the learning they are owed.
Grades should reflect what a student knows and can do at the moment in time when the grade is published. We don’t make Olympic athletes average their training runs into their final race times.
July 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Grades should reflect what a student knows and can do at the moment in time when the grade is published. We don’t make Olympic athletes average their training runs into their final race times.
A little on the nose…
July 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A little on the nose…
NASA has never built a rocket. They’re all built by private contractors- the military-industrial complex. Boeing. McDonnell Douglas. Lockheed Martin. Every era of US Space exploration has had its SpaceXs.
May 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
NASA has never built a rocket. They’re all built by private contractors- the military-industrial complex. Boeing. McDonnell Douglas. Lockheed Martin. Every era of US Space exploration has had its SpaceXs.
A lot of rockets blew up. Astronauts died during tests. We just didn’t get to watch it live while it happened.
There has been a time in the history of everything that works when they didn’t work.
There’s a reason we don’t routinely fly to other planets…yet.
There has been a time in the history of everything that works when they didn’t work.
There’s a reason we don’t routinely fly to other planets…yet.
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May 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A lot of rockets blew up. Astronauts died during tests. We just didn’t get to watch it live while it happened.
There has been a time in the history of everything that works when they didn’t work.
There’s a reason we don’t routinely fly to other planets…yet.
There has been a time in the history of everything that works when they didn’t work.
There’s a reason we don’t routinely fly to other planets…yet.
The administration has- or had- institutions it could direct to conduct research according to its agenda . It dismantled them.
May 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The administration has- or had- institutions it could direct to conduct research according to its agenda . It dismantled them.
Content will be available on YouTube later!
May 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Content will be available on YouTube later!
I believe in making students show me what they’ve learned, even if it’s late. But I’m firm with them from the get go. In exchange for a very accommodating policy about due dates, you will accept my grading timeframe. When you put work In my hands I’ll give you an estimate, and you’ll accept it.
May 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I believe in making students show me what they’ve learned, even if it’s late. But I’m firm with them from the get go. In exchange for a very accommodating policy about due dates, you will accept my grading timeframe. When you put work In my hands I’ll give you an estimate, and you’ll accept it.
I’m thinking “tonight’s my mom’s birthday and I planned not to work tonight.”
May 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I’m thinking “tonight’s my mom’s birthday and I planned not to work tonight.”
It’s one of those things that people don’t see about teaching. Because we don’t have enough time during the work day to grade everything, we sometimes plan our work/our life around when big student task will be turned in. Turn something in a week late? You may think “it’s only 1 thing to rate,”
May 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It’s one of those things that people don’t see about teaching. Because we don’t have enough time during the work day to grade everything, we sometimes plan our work/our life around when big student task will be turned in. Turn something in a week late? You may think “it’s only 1 thing to rate,”