Hey #edusky — what’s your most UNHINGED but actually effective lesson idea?

I once pretended to be King George III, taxed my students on pencils, bathroom passes and so on, then dropped a rap about the Intolerable Acts.

Your turn.

I’ve always wanted to see the “American Progress” painting from a Native American perspective and I think this did a good job. #history #teacherlife #edusky

I wrote a play over the weekend to make the election of 1824 more engaging. I used slang terms made it funny and tried to show the drama of that election rather than just telling them. My students still complained about it #edusky #teachers #teacherlife

Are we really doing this right now… #teachers #edusky

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I created a mock congress for my 8th grade students. It took hours to set it up. make the presentation, create each states role playing card and guiding questions.

I wanted the students to see how ineffective the articles were..

My students response “this is boring”….

Can’t wait to put this amazing portrait up in the classroom. #edusky #teachers #teacherlife #teaching #middleschool

I have no idea if anyone wanted this but I made it anyway. Introducing a brand new fighting game. Founding Fathers: Clash for the constitution. #edusky #Historyteacher #retrogaming #videogames #teacher #teachers #teacherlife

This is how I ended our Revolution war unit. England walking away after signing the Treaty of Paris. #edusky #teachers #HistoryTeacher #history #edu #teacherlife

Might get hate for using ai but being able to create images like this to help students get excited and engaged with history is too cool for me to pass up. #edusky #historyteachers

It’s very cool when you are teaching about the revolutionary war and declaring independence and the local paper drops an article showing the county they live in was the first to protest the stamp act. #historyteacher #edusky #FCPS #teachers

I’m starting to question if my lessons are meaningful and helpful for my 8th grade students. Sometimes I do get too ambitious with the kids. I feel like I need a restart after Thanksgiving break. Here’s a lesson i did on the petition to the king. #Edusky #Teachermentoring

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Anyone else dress up for their yearbook photos. I’m not the most photogenic person so 15 years ago I started wearing historical outfits and costumes that I use in my lessons. Here’s the last 3 years

Is it weird that I’m excited to show my students the presentation on the major battles I made. It’s got videos, animations, music and I tried to go for an infographic look to it. What do you think? #edusky

Spent the night trying to come up with a good note taking activity on revolutionary war battles with my students. Still not sure if this will work but I guess we will see.
Any feedback is helpful. #Edusky

This week I decided to change the wording of my objective to “what are we doing” and I feel it has really improved my lessons and engagement. #teacher #teacherlofe #education #edu

Spent the last few weeks taxing my students as the king. This week they started to revolt. #teachers #teacherlife #edu