Miss M
@teaching187days.bsky.social
High school social studies teacher. Ninja. Wizard. Jedi Master. Blogger of excellent classroom adventures at https://187days.tumblr.com/
Day Sixty: 187days.tumblr.com/post/8008646...
Day Sixty - 187days
Today was busier than I thought it was going to be.
I had to have a chat with The Principal in the morning- nothing serious, just time-sensitive- and then I had to get ready for my classes, which m...
187days.tumblr.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Day Sixty: 187days.tumblr.com/post/8008646...
Day Fifty-Nine: 187days.tumblr.com/post/8007687...
Day Fifty-Nine - 187days
My Global Studies students spent last class learning about particular religious conflicts and creating presentation slides about them. This morning, I wrote up a tutorial for making improvements: keep...
187days.tumblr.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Day Fifty-Nine: 187days.tumblr.com/post/8007687...
Day Fifty-Eight: 187days.tumblr.com/post/8006895...
Day Fifty-Eight - 187days
I planned to do my grading this morning, but instead I ended up in a meeting with Ms. L and The Principal over a union matter. Ms. L was there as union president, I was there as building rep. It was a...
187days.tumblr.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Day Fifty-Eight: 187days.tumblr.com/post/8006895...
My brother joined my class via Google Meet today, so, of course, I took a selfie of him onscreen and me standing in front of the screen to send to our parents. My students thought that was adorable.
November 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
My brother joined my class via Google Meet today, so, of course, I took a selfie of him onscreen and me standing in front of the screen to send to our parents. My students thought that was adorable.
Day Fifty-Seven: 187days.tumblr.com/post/8005958...
Day Fifty-Seven - 187days
My APGOV students have been studying a set of court cases and, in small groups, determining which of those cases is the most significant in a tournament-style debate. Today they had to explain how the...
187days.tumblr.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Day Fifty-Seven: 187days.tumblr.com/post/8005958...
Yesterday's entry! Day Fifty-Six: 187days.tumblr.com/post/8005926...
Day Fifty-Six - 187days
My Global Studies students have learned that if I ask for something- a volunteer to read, an answer to a question, whatever- and they’re dead silent, it does not faze me. I will wait them out. I could...
187days.tumblr.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Yesterday's entry! Day Fifty-Six: 187days.tumblr.com/post/8005926...
My older brother's going to be a presentation judge for an upcoming APGOV assessment, which is going to be so much fun.
November 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My older brother's going to be a presentation judge for an upcoming APGOV assessment, which is going to be so much fun.
Day Fifty-Five: 187days.tumblr.com/post/8002343...
Day Fifty-Five - 187days
Today was one of those days that just worked.
Did I rewrite my Global Studies lesson a third time during my prep period to make it work? I did, but I did it quickly, still got my grading done, and i...
187days.tumblr.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Day Fifty-Five: 187days.tumblr.com/post/8002343...
Day Fifty-Four: 187days.tumblr.com/post/8001429...
Day Fifty-Four - 187days
My plan for the first part of Global Studies was to go over the article students had read and annotated yesterday, then have them pair up to share what they’d learned from researching particular Hindu...
187days.tumblr.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Day Fifty-Four: 187days.tumblr.com/post/8001429...
My APGOV class starts at 1:00PM, so this is what happened to my lesson plans today.
a woman in a white jacket is holding a piece of paper and pointing at it .
Alt: Nancy Pelosi tearing the SOTU papers.
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
My APGOV class starts at 1:00PM, so this is what happened to my lesson plans today.
Day Fifty-Three: 187days.tumblr.com/post/8000550...
Day Fifty-Three - 187days
There were still chocolate chip cookies in the main office (from when The Principal brought them in on Monday), so I had a hobbit moment and had two as my second breakfast before going to grade papers...
187days.tumblr.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Day Fifty-Three: 187days.tumblr.com/post/8000550...
Totally never posted this... Day Fifty-Two: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7999605...
Day Fifty-Two - 187days
The Principal made two giant bags of chocolate chip cookies over the weekend and brought them in for the staff. And here’s the thing: he cooks and bakes EXTREMELY well, so this was excellent. And, y'k...
187days.tumblr.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Totally never posted this... Day Fifty-Two: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7999605...
My teacher pals and I watched our students in the drama club’s fall play. They did “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” and it was great! The world is tough right now. It was good to see these kids doing well onstage.
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My teacher pals and I watched our students in the drama club’s fall play. They did “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” and it was great! The world is tough right now. It was good to see these kids doing well onstage.
I went to the eye doctor yesterday and discovered that years of reading high school students' work finally did my vision in. The inevitable freak out the first day I wear glasses in my classroom will be fun.
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I went to the eye doctor yesterday and discovered that years of reading high school students' work finally did my vision in. The inevitable freak out the first day I wear glasses in my classroom will be fun.
Day Fifty-One: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7995960...
Day Fifty-One - 187days
I always begin my classes by saying “good morning” or “good afternoon” to my students. The enthusiasm of the response in my first section of Global Studies is awesome. And, if I follow up with a “happ...
187days.tumblr.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Day Fifty-One: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7995960...
Day Fifty: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7995150...
Day Fifty - 187days
Today was ApplyNH Day (a day when students can apply to any of the state’s colleges for free), so we were encouraged to wear our college gear and talk to the upperclassmen about our experiences. That ...
187days.tumblr.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Day Fifty: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7995150...
Day Forty-Nine: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7994158...
Day Forty-Nine - 187days
Students had an early dismissal today because we had professional development in the afternoon.
Did I manage to show a 37-minute video about the hajj and discuss it afterwards in all three 44-minut...
187days.tumblr.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Day Forty-Nine: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7994158...
Day Forty-Eight: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7993288...
187days.tumblr.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Day Forty-Eight: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7993288...
Day Forty-Seven: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7992308...
Day Forty-Seven - 187days
Today was pretty chill because students had the weekend to get Halloween and the DST time change out of their systems. The only issue for me was that I’ve got a cold.
Did the pandemic teach me to t...
187days.tumblr.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Day Forty-Seven: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7992308...
Day Forty-Six: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7989542...
Day Forty-Six - 187days
It’s Halloween!
Originally posted by dattebayomemes
School was full of costumed students and staff. The science teachers were mad scientists, Mrs. R was a witch, Mr. F was a dinosaur (he totall...
187days.tumblr.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Day Forty-Six: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7989542...
Day Forty-Five: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7988750...
Day Forty-Five - 187days
I don’t think I’ve actually written about this very much, but the difference between last year’s ninth grade class and this year’s ninth grade class is enormous. This year’s class arrived so much more...
187days.tumblr.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Day Forty-Five: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7988750...
Reposted by Miss M
I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?
October 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?
Day Forty-Four: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7987796...
187days.tumblr.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Day Forty-Four: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7987796...
Every time I teach my APGOV students about an aspect of the government, they ask a bunch of hypotheticals to try to figure out whether it can be broken/exploited/corrupted. That's telling about their political socialization.
October 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Every time I teach my APGOV students about an aspect of the government, they ask a bunch of hypotheticals to try to figure out whether it can be broken/exploited/corrupted. That's telling about their political socialization.
Day Forty-Three: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7986942...
Day Forty-Three - 187days
This morning, I redid my Global Studies lesson by taking a reading assignment and turning it into a presentation on slides. It was about some of the customs and traditions in Christianity, particularl...
187days.tumblr.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Day Forty-Three: 187days.tumblr.com/post/7986942...