Erin
Erin is a National Board Certified high school social studies teacher who builds her courses on inquiry and project-based learning. She started Let’s Cultivate Greatness as a passion project to help other teachers create empowered, articulate young adults who are equipped to shape the future. She is based in Washington State.
“It takes a great assembly to be better than no assembly at all.” This our mantra whenever my student leaders get into assembly planning mode. I shamelessly borrowed and tweaked... Read More
Any history teacher knows that a primary source-based course is the best way to teach the stories and lessons of the past in a way that’s both rich and intriguing. ... Read More
Every teacher knows how important setting the right tone in the first week of class is. Likewise, those first interactions with your student council need to be intentional towards building... Read More
If I could go back and tell my brand new student council advisor self just one piece of advice it would, hands down, be this: pencil in all the events... Read More
Analyzing primary sources actually means three separate things: reading, thinking, then writing. But we often talk about it and teach it as if it’s all a singular thing. It’s not. ... Read More
One of my favorite parts about teaching social studies is that there is inherently never a right answer. For being a huge rule-follower in every other aspect of my life,... Read More
No matter how you structure your Civics class, you’re doing a Three Branches of Government unit. There’s no way around it. And it’s for sure your biggest unit, with endless... Read More
Asking questions seems easy enough. But after spending any time at all teaching you know it’s not. Certainly, not asking great questions anyway. It’s one of those subtle yet fundamental skills I... Read More
Primary source analysis is the cornerstone to teaching history these days. And once you have a few good analysis strategies in place, it’s easy to assume your students can seamlessly turn their... Read More
It truly takes a village to raise a child and the school community has never been more essential in supporting our students. In my high school Leadership class, we add... Read More
