Dec - 15
2014
I recently wrote about how I have used video games in my high school history classes. This post will describe how I’ve used simulations in place of quizzes and tests in one of my most challenging history electives. Over the past decade I have had the chance to create a series of trimester-long…
Dec - 06
2014
As I’ve mentioned before, in my day job I am a high school history teacher (the commentaries on this blog about pro wrestling, guitar playing, rock music, movies and ridiculous letters to the editor are merely hobbies). I teach American history to students grades 10-PG at an independent school in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Throughout my two…
Aug - 12
2014
In my day job (when I am not thinking about professional wrestling, or guitars, or rock music, or movies, or other distractions) I am a history teacher and college counselor at Wyoming Seminary, a boarding school in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I have previously written about my teaching, and with the 2014-15 school year right…
Jan - 12
2014
On January 10, 2014, the Sassy Librarian and I were treated to a night out by our awesome friends, Harry and Meredith. And not just any night out, but tickets to the WWE live event at our local arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. If you’ve been following this blog you know that I’ve been a…
Jan - 04
2014
As a history teacher, I am often asked to rank and evaluate things (like “who is the best/worst President of all time?”) and as a musician, the temptation to rank artists is omnipresent as well. Sometimes I combine these two identities, such as when I declare that the electric guitar was the most…